Priests launches into political harangue

POLITICAL PRIEST. A company invited a priest to celebrate Mass during their anniversary but during the homily, while everyone was expecting a sermon about the gospels of Jesus Christ the priest launched into a half-hour harangue into how President Gloria Arroyo should step down from office.

Maybe the priest did not notice or maybe he did and deliberately ignored non-verbal cues from his "faithful" that they wanted to hear something else. More audacious ones in the far back of the audience were actually making "time's up" signs and waving their hands in an effort to make his stop his winded speech.

Finally he was done and the audience noticeably heaved a sigh of relief. Very few came to shake his hand or ask for his blessing after the Mass.

"Buanga pari-a gahisgot man og politika sa misa," a man said.

TRIANGULAR TAG. A man who was accused of robbing another man using a gun was brought into the police station where he vehemently denied committing the crime. But the victim insisted he is positive he identified the right man. "Ngano'ng nakasigurado man ka nga ako?" the suspect challenged the victim. "Boang, klaro kaayo nang tato sa triangle sa imong agtang," the victim said. After that the suspect no longer challenged the charges.