PINOY WIT & HUMOR IN SIGNS

Pinoy wit and humor in signs

It’s easy to see how witty and humorous Pinoys can be. Simply look
around and you can see them in the signs, such as the following listed
for Funfare by a reader (who calls him/herself “bambiC”):

• A parlor in San Juan: Cut & Face
• A wholesaler of balut in Sto. Tomas, Batangas: Starduck
• A small Internet café: Cafe Pindot
• A laundry in Manila: Summa Cum Laundry
• A noodle restaurant in Pampanga: Mekeni Rogers
• A restaurant in Pasig: Johnny’s Fried Chicken, The “Fried” of Marikina
• A boxing gym in Taguig: Blow Jab
• A tombstone maker in Antipolo: Lito Lapida
• A copy center in Sikatuna Village, Quezon City: Pakopya ni Edgar
• A kambingan: Sa Goat Kita
• A salon somewhere: Curl Up And Dye
• A store selling feeds for chicken along Sucat Road: Robocock
• A shoe repair in Marikina: Dr. Shoe-Bago
• A shoe repair shop along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City: SHOEPERMAN (We will HEEL you, save your SOLE, and even DYE for you)
• A petshop: Petness First
• A flower shop: Susan’s Roses
• A taxicab: Income Taxi
• A second-hand watch store: 2nd Time Around
• A squid stall in a wet market: Pusit to the Limit
• A lawyer’s extension office: Nota Republic
• A ceiling installer: Kisame Street
• A car-repair shop: Bangga ka ‘day!
• An aquatic pet store in Malolos: Fish Be With You
• A fishball cart along P. Campa St., near UST: Eat My Balls
• A barber shop in Cagayan de Oro: Pinoy Big Barber
• A resto in Baclaran: The Last Supper
• A party-needs business: Balloon-Balloonan
• A Chinese restaurant in Pasig: Lah-Fang
• A store selling fresh chicken, apparently owned by a woman named Dina: Dina Fresh Chicken
• A Hair Salon in Makati: Hair We Go Again
(Note from your columnist: And if ever Regal Matriarch Mother
Lily Monteverde went into the water-purifying business, how would she
call it? Ano pa, eh, di Water Lily! Hahahahaha!)