Look at a sampling of signs seen all over the place.
American tourists would surely chuckle at these - ".....spotted a bakery named "Bread Pitt," a Makati fast-food place selling maruya (banana fritters) called "Maruya Carey," a water-engineering firm called "Christopher Plumbing," a boutique called "The Way We Wear," a video rental shop called "Leon King Video Rental," a restaurant in the Cainta district of Rizal called "Caintacky Fried Chicken," a local burger restaurant called "Mang Donald's," a doughnut shop called "MacDonuts," a shop selling lumpia (meat parcels) in Makati called "Wrap and Roll," and two butchers called "Meating Place" and "Meatropolis."
Tourists from Europe may be intrigued to discover shops called "Holland Hopia" and "Poland Hopia." Both sell a type of Chinese pastry called hopia. What's the story? The names are explained thus: Holland Hopia is the domain of a man named Ho and Poland Hopia is run by a man named Po."
Comments???
2007-07-29 14:56:20 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
Oh yes! WE, Filipinos are very witty...and we appreciate our foreigner-friends for enjoying a good laugh with us!
2007-07-29 15:11:54 · update #1
in the visayas and mindanao, they also have their versions:
found it in an ukay-ukay store - bed **** - P50.00 each only
near a water connection, a sign says " wag umihi malapit sa pusit" (it actually means faucet)
2007-07-30 20:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by junior 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course! <*-*>
Names of Philippine business establishments
If you still speak some Filipinos, you might enjoy the humor;
otherwise, pass it on to your Filipino-speaking friends.
The humor gets lost in the translation…
Bread Pitt is a a bakery.
Maruya Carey is a a fast-food place selling turon and maruya in Greenbelt, Makati
Caintacky Fried Chicken is a an eatery in Cainta, Rizal.
Mang Donald's is a a burger joint at the Naga City plaza.
Candies Be Love? Can anything be sweeter than this?
Doris Day and Night is a a 24-hour eatery.
Babalik Karinderia is obvious.
Holland Hopia is owned by Mr. Ho.
and next-door neighbor Poland Hopia is owned by Mr. Po. in Chinatown
Miki Mao is a a noodle house.
Tapsi Turbi is a a tapa house.
Cleopata's is a a manukan and bakahan.
Goto Heaven is obvious.
The Fried of Marikina is a a fried chicken house.
Wrap and Roll is a a lumpia outlet at the Quad, Makati.
Pansit ng taga-Malaboni is a a panciteria on Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong.
Side-saki is a a side street eatery beside Mandarin Oriental in Makati.
Let's Goat-Together is a kambingan-***-beer garden.
Meating Place is a a meat shop.
Meatropolis is a another meat shop.
Isda best,
Pusit to the limit,
and Hipon coming back
are entrees on the menu of a seafood restaurant.
Cinna Von is a laundromat.
Pier Carding is a a tailoring shop in Pier, Manila.
The Way We Wear is a boutique.
Curl Up and Dye is a a beauty salon.
Goldilooks is a barber shop.
Bote Nga Sa 'Yo is a used bottle shop.
Goldirocks is a gravel and sand shop.
Fernando Pe's Box Office Hits
is a video rental shop in Palawan.
Leon King is a Video Rental in Las Piñas.
Memory Drug is a clone of Mercury Drug.
Petal Attraction is a flower shop near UP Diliman.
Susan's Roses is a flower shop, but of course!
Maid to Order is a maid-placement agency.
Singalong Sing-along is a karaoke bar in Singalong (where else?).
Signs seen on jeepneys:
A commuter is a jeepsetter
Pull string to stop driver.
God knows Hudas not pay.
Don't get close to me, get close to God.
Source(s):
BTW, Believe it or not.. In Cebu City, when my beau and I were looking for an ATM to withdraw some money. We laughed out loud when we found out that the ATM machine we found is not an Automated Teller Machine but an "Automated Tubig Machine" (A water vendo machine). <*-*>
2007-07-30 00:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes we are.
Notice the exchange in conversations of people you do not even know. I do this exercise of just listening (whiloe pretending not to mind) and eventually would be smiling, amused at the wit in conversations. I am particularly amused when badings talk non-sense - - - it seems they talk with the sole intention of entertaining those who happen to hear the conversation.
Notice too when a gang of teenagers talk, especially when tey are trying to piss each other off. Sometimes it seems like I am watching a gag show on TV. That is why I used to enjoy Ariel & Maverick because the wit is so mababaw and not at all trying to be witty.
2007-07-29 23:11:37 · answer #3 · answered by boyplakwatsa.com 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure are. The Hopia is a classic as is the Caintacky Fried Chicken.
2007-07-29 22:15:13 · answer #4 · answered by PC 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's clever advertising designed to increase target value to attract customers and make the name stick. Here are some more signs:
Sylvestre's Salon
Mastervision (video rental)
Happy Birthday Toyo (a soy sauce brand in the 70's)
Cooking ng Ina Mo (restaurant)
Cooking ng Ina Mo Rin (just across from Cooking ng Ina Mo)
And on the menu:
Tapsi turbi (tapa, sinangag, turon, bibingka)
Himas (hipon malasado)
Boka boka (bopis, kanin, bokayo, kape)
Boka boka mo pa (bopis, kanin, bokayo, kape, molong pancit)
Pakaplog (pandesal, kape, itlog)
And then there's this sign being sold in ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Funny-Sign-Filipino-Parking-Only-Others-will-be-adoboed_W0QQitemZ110152721379QQihZ001QQcategoryZ19257QQcmdZViewItem
2007-07-30 01:20:14 · answer #5 · answered by sweetwater 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Haha! Yeah, those signs sure are witty. I also saw a shop merchandising distilled water, called Harry Water, and a siopao shop called "Pao King". The Philippines is full of these shop signs that just seem to incite humor. Thanks for the laugh! ^_^
2007-07-29 22:23:16 · answer #6 · answered by ScarletRaven 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about?
Kik Mai Balls( Kick My Balls)..... Kikiam Siomai at Fish Balls
Putahe ng Ina mo ( Sounds familiar with P....Ina mo).......Eatery
Harry Cutter ( a Barbershop) ,Similar to Harry Potter
Nakamura (merchandise store).... sounds Japanese name,
Sayonato (surplus store)
CHICKENEENEE......Chiken food
Goldirocks......Gravel and Sand
Obeertime (overtime)..... beer house (Pasong Tamo cor. dela Rosa St. Makati)
Undertime (undertime)..... beer house behind Obeertime
Aristoback..... at the back of Aristocrat (Roxas Blvd)
Chicago Balls.....fish ball stand Food
Putahe ng Ina Mo!......eatery in Pasay City
GOTO heaven.....Loyola Memorial Chapel at Guadalupe Eatery Makati
wink-wink, penguin behave.
2007-07-30 00:33:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Good people and funny too. You just reminded me of one of my best friends in the Navy and an old Company Commander. It was so hard not to laugh when he'd yell, 'YOU DO IT NOW!!! Boogy! Boogy!' LMAO
2007-07-29 22:03:11 · answer #8 · answered by Staveros 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's called clever marketing. May I add: Hairy Affair Salon. U know what business it is.
2007-08-03 13:27:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
She made me smile again :)
I love mornings rays of goddess Aurora. Wishing I could feel more of the suns warmth.... joke ... I'm not dying yet.
2007-07-29 22:38:29 · answer #10 · answered by Jex 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋