JOKING-DOWN & JOKING-UP on ONE'S IDENTITY: (1)

Hey guys,

Thursday night is our Choir Rehearsal. In every choir member's pigeon hole are 20 or more song sheets. Of the 20, we usually practice about a dozen. So, 15 minutes before the rehearsal starts, all members have to arrange the song sheets based on what the choir conductor is planning to have us sing that night.

One Thursday, as we were sorting our individual song sheets, a Caucasian guy sitting near me was having problem looking for one of the songs. He was about to give up, when I stood up to help. The song sheet was right on his nose, on top of the others song sheets, which he placed aside. I said, "Be thankful that I have a broad nose!" and we all laughed our hearts out.

Now, listen to this very brief You Tube clip on Carlos Mencia's humor on the Filipinos. (Oh, sorry guys, when I checked it on You Tube again, the clip was deleted.)

However, if you would still like to listen to it, check it out by entering on search, video detective:Carlos Mencia in The Best of Funny is Funky Scene.

Anyway, Carlos Mencia's joke was like this:

Filipinos!
What's your name? (Talking to a Filipino in the audience)
John. (The guy's response)
What are the original Filipino names? You don't know? Is your father from the Philippines? Does your father still not pronounce the /f/?
(The audience laughs)
No, people from the Philippines have no /f/ in their vocabulary. So, that's why when you ask them, they'll say, "I'm prom the Pilippines!"
(The audience laughs)


Carlos humor is based on truth. However, would you find it funny if you are a Filipino?

Would you still consider it funny if you'd know that Carlos Mencia is Latino? (Yes, his father is Honduran; his mother is Mexican.)

Kindly write me your thoughts, either right under this blog or through my email, edMindustan@gmail.com. I would like to have a hearty discussion on joking-down and joking-up on one's identity and what it's got to do with "being comfortable in your own skin".

Have a good weekend, guys.