Did I tell you before that when I run out of some pleasant things to write about I run to the kids via Art Linkletter's "Kids Say The Darndest Things!" Well, this morning I'm running to kids again for succor.
Mr. Linkletter asked some kids about housework and their Dads. Here are four sample answers:
My dad doesn't even talk about housework. He just stays in bed."
"My dad plays golf with the Boss so he'll get a raise."
"My dad doesn't dust but he cleans his own teeth."
"My dad won't come home weekends if there's any work waiting there."
Mr. Linkletter asked a boy what he wanted to be when he grew up.
"What do you think you'll be when you grow up?"
"According to my mother, I'll be a lawyer probably."
"What makes you think so?"
"Well, my mother says I talk so much all the time I might as well be a lawyer and get paid for it."
So much about kids for a while, at least. It says here that a livelihood program is being planned for bad girls so they could earn a living the decent way. You see, like I said before, man doesn't live by bed alone.
Once the bad girls are able to learn a trade they will no longer be praying to God: "Give us this day our daily bed."
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Arroyo is still the talk of the town. The Arroyo fans say it's the best SONA ever. The non-fans say it's just a recycle, a rehash, of Ate Glo's past SONAs. So what else is new?
The development program cited by Ate Glo in her SONA sounds remarkable. But the opposition guys are saying, quoting a Russian proverb: "Don't put it in my ear but in my hand."
An opposition leader was quoted as saying: "The sun has stopped smiling at the Filipino nation. We've always been having cloudy days under the GMA administration." But my favorite author Bob Phillips says - in this connection - if you count the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.
It says here that a big banking institution abroad has denied a loan sought by the Philippines. The bank must be saying, paraphrasing a Chinese sari-sari store owner: "You ask for loan, I no give you get mad. You ask for loan, I give you no pay I get mad. Better you get mad."