Money talks to Oscar De la Hoya

The news here says President-elect Barack Obama was invited to an all-white businessmen's luncheon. Mr. Obama accepted the invitation -- to give color to the affair?

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The mother of a young violinist wanted me to correct a typo on a line of the story about the recital of her son. The line to be corrected said: "The public is invited to see the boy's rectal show."

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Maybe the mother feared that her son might be likened to that homosexual in the black suede rectal scandal. A correction was immediately made.

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I had to make it quick because I might again get sued. I mean, threatened with a lawsuit. I have already experienced a lawsuit threat from a woman for a proofreading error. The culprit was the word "fingering" when it should've been "fingerling" (referring to baby bangus).

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The Year of the Ox is now upon us. Let's wait and see if this year could fare better than the Year of the Two-Legged Rats."

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A good friend of mine, a member of the Widowers Club, says he no longer thinks of a bedmate, only soulmate. He explains: "Akong ubo nalang ang moga--." I don't know what he means. What has a cough got to do with bedmates? Hehehe.

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Some P1.5 million worth of wrist watches were stolen from a Manila department store. Watch stores should always have time to be watchful.

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Sports news: Top Rank topman Bob Arum is lining up three fighters for Manny Pacquiao to break becks with this year. He is discouraging Manny from retiring this year. Because if our man retires the money Arum intends to squeeze from him would go down the drain.

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Money talks, yes? Aside from saying "Goodbye" to gamblers and Sugar Daddies, it's telling Oscar De la Hoya: "C'mon, Oscar, keep punching." And so Oscar says he's gonna fight some more and make money some more for himself and his bigtime promotion outfit.

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 Oscar De la Hoya is not yet hanging up this gloves. Or so he told Quinoto Henson. No retirement yet for Oscar despite the battering he got from post to post from Pacman. Blackeyes and cuts are nothing. The green bucks can fix 'em better than the cutman can.

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Say, what's a cutman? He's the man who bites a cotton bud and fixes the cut on a boxer's face. He can also be the man who makes a cut from a boxer's earnings.

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Sorry, I talked too much today. I have used up more space than I normally do. Tsk-tsk!

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