Something I heard on the radio made me burst out laughing – right when the office was at its quietest. I guess I’m now the resident klutzy (tripped and almost fell in the first few minutes of my first day), nutty girl.
I forgot the radio station already, but they were giving away free tickets to something. The caller has to supply the missing word to a proverb. Each correct answer earns one free ticket. I didn’t catch the start of this guy’s call, but it caught my attention because I could tell that the DJ was trying so hard not to laugh.
First proverb: “The pen is mightier than the ___________.” “Pencil!” said the guy in all confidence. At least he got “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”.
Next: “The grass is always greener on the other side of the ________.” Long pause. “Yard.”
Finally: “When the cat is away, the mouse will ______.” Long pause. “Wait.”
Min, this is your kind of humor. I wish you heard this too. Anna, remember the “three blind…ano nga ba yun…kittens?” Hahahaha! I don’t know if younger people are getting dumber, but just try listening to FM radio phone-in contests. I swear it wasn’t like that when I was a teenager. At least FM radio’s getting almost as funny as AM radio, haha!
during our time… it was… birds of the same feathers are relatives… mwahahaha….
oh… may i add, i heard someone use an idiom… and he wasn’t being funny, i’m sure. he said… “enough… the bus stops here!”
Hey! This is related to the problem of hunger, you know. It’s a sure sign of a serious iron deficiency….
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Anna, haha, I almost forgot that “birds of the same feather” thing. And I remember now, it was “three LITTLE…”. “The bus stops here” – parang Melanie Marquez joke, wahahaha!
Dominique, yeah, iron and iodine deficiency. We should bring back the LA Lopez commercial: “Iodized salt, iodized salt, mag-iodized salt tayo…”
Speaking (er, writing) of LA Lopez, Anna, who’s his look-alike again? Hahahahaha! Don’t you dare reply here. Text me.