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[This message has been edited by outwest77]

Most of you guys dont go to the phils much, but since i spend so much time there, thought i would clue the new guys , and a few old ones, in on what my gf told me.

Asked for a napkin my first trip in april, in the restaurant, much to my gfs laughter. HON DONT ASK FOR NAPKIN, thats feminine napkin, if you want that, pls ask for TISSUE, not napkin, or they will laugh at you.

Live and learn, who ever said the phils was not a laugh a minute.

Also before i met her the first time, i told her on the phone that i was going to be sure to bring my thongs since it is so hot that time of year.
Uncontrolled giggles coming from the other end of the phone, ............
whats so funny i said.............."you said you going to wearing a THONG?" hehehehehehe............NOT THAT KIND OF THONG I SAID, i mean sandals, you know, for your feet........LOL

... in response to Napkin please, posted by outwest77 on Apr 1, 2003

Fancy means fake to most filipina's.
I've also been laughed at when I asked for a napkin in a restaurant. On one of my first trips to the PI I asked the waiter where bathroom was he laughed and said "why do you want to take a bath"? ROTFLMAO!

Hum

... in response to And..., posted by Humabdos on Apr 1, 2003

Humabdos,
 I remember the 1st trip when Melly and her friends asked me several times if I wanted to go to the CR, I remember thinking, "I'm 33yrs old and have never been to a CR yet, so I guess the answer is 'NO'"!   LOL   It didn't take long though before nature made it necessary to understand what a CR was.
                SteveG

... in response to And..., posted by Humabdos on Apr 1, 2003


Hi Humabdos,
"LOL" We usually say *Comfort Room (CR) or Toilet* when referring to Bathroom. What an experience isn't it? only in the Philippines :)

NNP

... in response to Re: And..., posted by NoNamePinay on Apr 2, 2003

The toilet (usually pronounced toy-ray) and the bathroom (furo) are always in different rooms in Japan, also. It was something my wife had a hard time getting used to at first. I pity her sometimes trying to take a bath after I my usual morning routine. Anyway, you'd never ask for the furo in Japanese, if what you want is the toilet. In English, too, it would surprise most people who speak English since they are often are unfamiliar with American expressions.

- Jeff

... in response to And..., posted by Humabdos on Apr 1, 2003

LOL lets post funny stories, i have about 100 of them
take a bath, i will have to remember that one

... in response to Napkin please, posted by outwest77 on Apr 1, 2003

The first time I heard about tampo I laughed....I wondered where we got the word tampax,,,that must be french for tampo????lol

... in response to Re: Napkin please, posted by SteveB on Apr 1, 2003

Hey Steve,

Q. Do you know what a sanitary napkin is?
A. A manhole cover. ;oD

Dave H.

... in response to Napkin Joke, posted by Dave H on Apr 1, 2003

Dave,
 You got one creative mind there!  LOL  Or in the words of Gomer Pyle, "Dave you really got talent!"
                           SteveG

... in response to Napkin Joke, posted by Dave H on Apr 1, 2003

Good one,

... in response to Napkin Joke, posted by Dave H on Apr 1, 2003

I thought it was a vampire tea bag???

... in response to Napkin please, posted by outwest77 on Apr 1, 2003

Hi Out,

That's not my experience. They won't laugh at you in a restaurant if you ask for a "napkin". Did a waiter or waitress laugh at you? Filipinos are not so stupid that they don't know what a napkin is, especially if they work in a restaurant.

Thongs? Yes, that one may get a weird reaction like you said. Slippers always works better.

Ray

... in response to I disagree, posted by Ray on Apr 1, 2003

Ray,

That was the same experience I had in Davao, as well as Bislig and Mangagoy. Although they did take into account that I was a foreigner and that I actually meant 'tissue', they found it amusing and laughed at me. Lyn corrected me accordingly. I don't think it was "stupid" per-say, but I think that most Filipinos over there like the chance to chuckle at us from time to time.

Joe

... in response to I don't know Ray..., posted by Kreeger on Apr 1, 2003

Yah most filipino if they heared you asking "napkin"they certainly laugh at you.You should say "table napkin or tissue paper.I remember when I'm in fifth grade in our home economics class teacher teach us the proper table arrangement then everytime she mention napkin all the boys laugh.

... in response to I don't know Ray..., posted by Kreeger on Apr 1, 2003

And I always thought they were laughing at me because I looked funny. Now I feel better... :-)

Ray

... in response to Napkin please, posted by outwest77 on Apr 1, 2003

I never understood why most restaurants never gave out tissues... or when they did, the tissues were very thin and wimpy-- more delicate than the toilet paper we use here. Fortunately most have wash stations to wash your hands after eating rice and chicken calderetta "Kamayo-style" (with your hands). I guess it is a positive thing... less trees to cut down in an already dwindling rainforest reserve.