This version is tuned for a Filipino audience, but is not original though. Have already read this and other variants in a Magazine few years ago. And i might add, it's one of my repertoire of ready jokes/insights in doing "small talks" to other people.
regards, Andre On Apr 4, 2005 8:31 PM, Mhac Janapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Wit and Class of a Filipino > > A Filipino walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. > > He tells the loan officer that he is going to the Philippines on business > for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. > > The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security > for the loan, so the Filipino hands over the keys of a new Ferrari. > > The car is parked on the street in front of the bank. The Filipino produces > the title and everything checks out. The loan officer agrees to accept the > car as collateral for the loan. > > The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Pinoy > for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An > employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground > garage and parks it there. > > Two weeks later, the Pinoy returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, > which comes to $15.41. > > The loan officer says, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, > and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little > puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a > multimillionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow > $5,000?" > > The Pinoy replies: "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two > weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return?" > > --kaya ba nila un?! -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
