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Late night text message from my daughter

I was about to shut down my computer when Speedy handed me a mug of Spanish coffee and I felt compelled to blog about it. As I was sipping the delicious drink, my iPhone’s text message alarm went off. Alex. It was close to midnight… what the heck could she want?

The message was:

PITONG katotohanan sa mundo:

UNA, mata mo lang ang ‘di mo kayang sabunin.

PANGALAWA, ‘di mo kayang bilangin ang buhok mo.

PANGATLO, ‘di lahat ng ngipin mo ay abot ng dila mo.

PANG-APAT, susubukan ng mga tanga ang pangatlo.

PANG-LIMA, inisip mong abot pala ng dila mo lahat ng ngipin mo, nung sinubukan mo.

PANG-ANIM, napangiti ka kasi nagmukha kang tanga.

PANG-PITO, ipapapasa mo ito sa iba para maka-ganti ka.

Now, let me translate that.

SEVEN truths in the world:

FIRST, your eyes are the only things you can’t wash with soap.

SECOND, you can’t count all your strands of hair.

THIRD, not all of your teeth can be reached by your tongue.

FOURTH, you will try to do number three.

FIFTH, you realized that you can indeed reach all your teeth with your tongue after you’ve tried it.

SIXTH, you smiled because you looked like a fool.

SEVENTH, you will pass on this message to get even.

I don’t know what smart person came up with that list but he must be psychic. Because — of course — I did exactly what the list said and I did each thing described in every item instinctively, starting with number three, while reading and feeling like a total fool as I came upon the next item. You can just imagine how I felt when I got to number four. And it got worse. And so on, and so forth.

My first generation iPhone cannot forward messages so I’m forwarding the list via this blog.

Good night.

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Comments

  1. d0d0ng says:

    The person who originally created this is a bonafide manipulator. He/she is usually creative and would be sitting at management level in a company structure.

  2. manilenya says:

    There’s a lot of that, a manipulator, as dodong call it :) for some, they are called smart ass.

  3. d0d0ng says:

    Yep, that’s before they find their niche. Haha.

  4. Alex says:

    Si Joshua nagtext sakin nyan. Nakaka-inis.

    • d0d0ng says:

      It is okay….I admit I tried reaching my teeth too.

      Joshua will probably be a president of the Philippines someday….hahaha!

  5. pinayehkmi says:

    Fourth is actually, idiots will try number three! hehehe..I did it too!

  6. Neolex says:

    hahahahaha… funny.

  7. Dinah says:

    Siempre while reading this, I was also trying to do no. 3, nya hahahaha!

  8. elit says:

    ha ha ha, I did number three right after reading it and then realized I was duped when I read number four. sucker! hahahaha

  9. Beatrize says:

    What a great way to end the day! A mug of Spanish coffee and a text from your daughter ;)

  10. malou says:

    waaahhhh…lakas mang-uto!

  11. frenchy says:

    Mwahahaha! This got me too!

  12. rhodora says:

    i guess we all looked like fools here. hahahaha.

  13. nina says:

    hehehehe…I did all of them :)

  14. Marvin says:

    Alex, naughty girl ka. ginawa ko sya in fairness.

  15. benchjet says:

    hehehe, i did the same thing! share ko lang din ito sa fb and multiply.

  16. chexy says:

    i think that, possibly, “The person who originally created this is a bonafide manipulator. He/she is usually creative and would be sitting at management level in a company structure” of a multi-million earning telecom company! LOL!

  17. Judy Spear says:

    Dang! She got me!!

  18. witsandnuts says:

    Odd, but I will try this. Hahaha!

    Yes, the creator is a manipulator AND a professional skeptic. =)

  19. rolly says:

    It’s glad to know I was not the only idiot around here. haha

  20. johann says:

    funny ang mga comment. when i’m reading number i tried pero my singaw pala ako kaya d natuloy… hahaha buti nalang may singaw kasi nabasa ko yung number 4… :) nice one. Pahiram ha… mang uuto din ako. :P

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