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Mum 'speechless' After Family Photos Taken 10 Years Ago Found 6,500 Miles Away

A mum has been left speechless after family photos taken 10 years ago in Wales were discovered on the other side of the world. Sharon Worgan, 43, from Conwy County, had no clue they even existed until they were posted on Reddit. The Minolta camera was discovered by Vince Masauding, who lives 6,500 miles away in Davao City in the Philippines, in a thrift shop with the roll film still inside, and he posted the photos online.

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Published at 2023-06-01 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Humor, Travel

Tags: Davao, holiday, photography

Forget Insurance: Farmer Who Accidentally Dented Woman's Car Pays with Onions

Though onion prices in the Philippines rising as high as PHP700 (US$12.70) a kilo is no joke, the memes that have come out of it certainly are — from wearing onion rings as jewelry to images of onion bouquets, all highlighting the fact that this staple good has now become one precious commodity.

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Published at 2023-01-12 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Humor, People

Tags: Market, onions

You Can Now Pay Someone $15 Per Hour to Wait in Line at Edmonton's Jollibee

Two women are capitalizing on the long lineups at Edmonton's Jollibee restaurant. Maryelle Gana and Ivana Recinos, both 19, are charging people $15 per hour to wait in line at the restaurant.

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Published at 2019-08-29 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor, People

Tags: restaurant

Why the F in ‘Filipino’ and How Did It Get There?

"Purist” Tagalog speakers, the superannuated academic, and sometimes the man on the street, will all insist that the letter F does not exist in the Tagalog language. One can never hear it, they say, in everyday speech. On the other hand, the same speakers whose parents were more or less educated in the old Hispanized orthography, or later in American English, do in fact use the letter F in pronouncing surnames like Fernandez or first names like Fidel.

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Published at 2019-08-08 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Education, Humor

Tags: Filipino, Tagalog, language

White Men Can’T Jump – Start

Eeeyyauugghhhhh! … Ah-Ah-Ahhhh! … Uh-Uh-Uh … No-no-no-nooo!!! Agh! Agh! Moans, imprecations and squeaks emanate in jerky spurts from my North American business partner. He grimaces, rolls his eyes, arches his back. The knuckles of his clenched fists turn so white I can see the bone. Sweat, initially only beading his brow, suddenly breaks free and rolls down to pool in his ears. His lips alternate between dropping open as if to vomit and abruptly clamping shut as if to hold his teeth in.

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Published at 2019-08-01 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

Tags: Traffic

If Michael Jackson Were Filipino

YouTube star Mikey Bustos celebrates the 10th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s passing with his take on the King of Pop.

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Published at 2019-07-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

Tags: Mikey Bustos

If Freddie Mercury Was Filipino

Youtube personality Mikey Bustos is back with his Freddie Mercury parody.

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Published at 2019-06-06 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

Tags: Mikey Bustos

Forgive Us Our Signs 13

Funny signs in the Philippines

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Published at 2019-02-07 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

Tags: Signs

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Published at 2018-08-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor, Society

Tags: Forgive, Signs

Philippines Police Order 'indecent Foreigner' to Cover Up Her Bikini Bottoms Wit

This is the moment a tourist was pulled over by police in the Philippines for riding pillion on a motorbike in skimpy bikini bottoms and ordered to cover up.

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Published at 2018-04-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

Tags: Police, women

When Life Imitates Satire

On March 31, 2014, The Adobo Chronicles (AC), published a 'news story’ that the taking of selfies has been officially declared a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

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Published at 2018-04-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor, Society, Stories

Tags: Life

Forgive Us Our Signs

Circulating on the Internet are hilarious photographs of Filipino signs—warnings, shop names, instructions, etc. that were wittingly or unwittingly concocted for the benefit of the chuckling public. The photos were taken and are being circulated by unnamed tourists for our collective enjoyment.

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Published at 2018-03-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

Tags: Forgive, Signs

Forgive Us Our Signs...Again

If you have photos of funny signs in the Philippines or of Filipino businesses in other countries, please send them to us so we can post them with your byline. Just make sure your photo submissions are in JPEG format, no less than 600px wide and properly framed so that the sign is legible. Send with your name and Twitter handle and with the Subject: Funny Signs to submissions[at]positivelyfilipino.com.

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Published at 2018-03-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

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Forgive Us Our Signs 3

If you have photos of funny signs in the Philippines or of Filipino businesses in other countries, please send them to us so we can post them with your byline. Just make sure your photo submissions are in JPEG format, no less than 600px wide and properly framed so that the sign is legible. Send with your name and Twitter handle and with the Subject: Funny Signs to submissions[at]positivelyfilipino.com.

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Published at 2018-03-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

Tags: Forgive, Signs

Forgive Us Our Signs 4

If you have photos of funny signs in the Philippines or of Filipino businesses in other countries, please send them to us so we can post them with your byline. UPDATE: Funny shirts are accepted too! Just make sure your photo submissions are in JPEG format, no less than 600px wide and properly framed so that the sign is legible. Send with your name and Twitter handle with the Subject: Funny Signs to submissions[at]positivelyfilipino.com.

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Published at 2018-03-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Humor

Tags: Forgive, Signs