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Dear Leodini,
I know you are a genius. I even suspect you are smarter than Einstein. Can you tell me why Filipinos are always laughing?
Sincerely,
Mr. Ignoramus
Dear Mr. Ignoramus, unless I’m terribly mistaken, I think you are ignorant of what you are talking about.
I’m not a genius. I just happen to have the good looks of Mel Gibson.
How can I be a genius when I can’t even tell you why magicians produce rabbits, not elephants, from hats.
When you refer to “Filipinos”, are you referring to Filipinos in general, or just Filipino audiences?
Since I descended from the Aryan race and I have royal blood in my veins, I can tell you only in a general way why Filipinos are always laughing. Most of these observations I just repeat from the popular notions brought forth by socio-commentators more intelligent than I am.
We Filipinos are always laughing, because we are a happy race. The Philippines happens to be located in the Far East. We get to see the sun rising ahead of most of the world. Since the sunshine catches us while half of the planet is still sleeping—an outcome of a happenstance, if you asked me—our happy genes are already working while the genes of half of the world’s people are still resting in slumber.
We Filipinos are always laughing, because we are by nature a happy lot. It takes just a bit of nudging our funny bones to make us laugh. We laugh when we are happy. We even laugh when we are sad.
We Filipinos are a brave people. We always put up a brave face even in the midst of troubles. No food on the table? Debts weighing us down? Houses and belongings washed away by flood? The brave face is always shown—- laughing, or at least smiling, despite the tribulations.
Filipinos are always laughing, because we are a friendly people. As a race, we are all disciples of Dale Carnegie. We’d rather win friends and influence people than have enemies on Facebook. Just check a Filipino’s account. On average, how many friends he has on Facebook? Maybe in the hundreds. And how many enemies? None.
Filipinos are always laughing, because we have entertainers everywhere. We have singers, dancers, movie stars and comedians. Having earned accolades on international stages, many of them are world-class artists. Even our politicians, who sing and dance during campaign periods, qualify as great entertainers, judging from the applause and laughter they get from voters.
And, of course, Filipinos are always laughing, because we have excellent magicians going the rounds of the entertainment circuit, bringing joy and happiness to audiences.
Even the not-so-great magicians can make Filipino audiences laugh. Even inept magicians can miraculously raise laughs. He drops his thumb tip on the floor? He loses his grip of the billiard? He fails to escape from the box? Don’t worry. The Filipinos watching him mess up his tricks will still laugh.
Of course, it’s not the kind of laughter a performer wants to hear, but it is laughter nonetheless.
Filipino audiences laugh at bad magicians because, as a I said before, we Filipinos have funny bones that need very little tickling to make us laugh.
Stay magical and keep laughing,
Leodini
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Yup, I think Leo is correct here. We rather have more friends than have enemies because the world keeps getting smaller when you have enemies.
But in sociological terms Filipinos are a happy lot:
1. We have regular drinking session from Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In the group we have a guitar and we sing to wash away all varieties of bad luck that befall us. Then we laugh at our mistakes and with friends.
2. We make kilometric sentences and end it up with “Joke” only.
3. We have to laugh and laugh because life is too serious, can we deviate away from it?
4. At facebook, I post around humurous one liners and instantly you get a response. 5. I have an article at http://www.sociologymall168.blogspot.com that has an article, What makes a Filipino a Filipino? Just copy the URL.
Stay magical!
Hi Prof,
You make me laugh, because what you say is oh-so true.
Best,
Leodini