Lacson obeyed the 11th commandment

Sen. Ping Lacson is back. Because he’s an obedient man. He obeyed the 11th commandment which mandates: “Thou shall not be caught.”

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The DOJ wants Ping Lacson to name the people who kept him company while he was in hiding. Ping should do a Mrs. Ligot. Always invoke his right against self-incrimination.

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One evening recently, I heard someone delivering an eulogy on tv. Was I relieved when I realized that I was one of the listeners!

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Some guys say they go to the beerhouse to forget. Ann Landers once said in her advice column that those who go to the beerhouse to forget should pay in advance.

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Every Sunday morning you see thousands of Manilans taking part in early morning physical fitness exercise at the Rizal Park. These people, you must agree with me, are afraid to die.

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The favorite early morning exercise music of the Rizal Park health buffs was composed and sung by Yoyoy Villame who didn’t live long enough to see the thousands of physical fitness fanatics reap the benefits from his “Gumising sa Umaga” song.

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Trivia: When the Azkals played in Myanmar there were only about 30 Pinoys on the grandstand but they shouted so loud the Azkals felt they were enjoying the home court advantage.

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The Myanmar football team is called Blue Angels. Sounds off-tangent if you consider the sticky political situation in Myanmar where (even) Angels fear to tread.

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Apparently believing that my friend Ted, 78, needs a burial plot, someone called up to offer him a second hand burial space at the Queen City Memorial Gardens. The caller’s sales pitch was: “The owner wants to transfer to another cemetery.”

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E-mail from a reader who requested anonymity: “Why do they want Ping Lacson to reveal the people who coddled him while in hiding? They think Lacson is so ungrateful as to put in trouble the people who helped him?”

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It says here that the price of rice is up. Bus fare is up too. Once upon a time, people cheered when life was on the up and up. Not anymore?

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To WTH of Dallas, Tx: Thanks for your e-mail. It’s quite apparent that you don’t know much about the country (PHL) where your Filipina mother comes from. No, Negros Island is not inhabited by “blacks.”