An office manager at Wal-Mart was given the task of hiring an individual to fill a job opening. After sorting through a stack of resumes he found four people who were equally qualified. An American, a Russian, an Australian and a Filipino. He decided to call the four in and ask them only one question. Their answer would determine which of them would get the job.

The day came and as the four sat around the conference room table the interviewer asked, “What is the fastest thing you know of?”

Acknowledging Dave, the American on his right, the man replied, “A THOUGHT”.

It just pops into your head. There’s no warning that it’s on the way; it’s just there. A thought is the fastest thing I know of.”

“That’s very good!” replied the interviewer.

“And now you sir?” he asked Vladimir, the Russian.

“Hmm…. let me see. A blink! It comes and goes and you don’t know that it ever happened. “A BLINK” is the fastest thing I know of.”

“Excellent!” said the interviewer. “The blink of an eye,that’s a very popular cliche for speed.”

He then turned to George, the Australian who was contemplating his reply. “Well, out at my dad’s ranch, you step out of the house and on the wall there’s a light switch. When you flip that switch, way out across the pasture the light in the barn comes on. Yep, “TURNING ON A LIGHT” is the fastest thing I can think of.”

The interviewer was very impressed with the third answer and thought he had found his man. “It’s hard to beat the speed of light” he said.

Turning to Eleuterio, the Filipino, the fourth and final man, the interviewer posed the same question. Eleuterio replied, “Apter herring da 3 frevyos ansers sirrr, et’s obyus to me dat the fastest thang known is “DIARRHEA”.”

“WHAT!?” said the interviewer, stunned by the response.

“O I can expleyn serrr .” said Eleuterio. ” YOU SEE SERR, DA other day I wasn’t peeeling so good and I run soo fast to the CR or bathroom, But, before I could THINK, BLINK, or TURN ON THE LIGHT, ay ‘tang ina, I already had a big tae, ka-ka or poo-poo in my pants.

Eleuterio is now the new “Greeter” at Wal-Mart.

The meme requires me to write down 3 things that makes me feel proud to be a Filipino.

1. Filipino ingenuity – Filipinos are known for their ability to improvise and re-invent things. Take for example the famous jeepney. The Americans brought their jeep and the Filipinos made it into a colorful, one-of-a-kind passenger jeep.

2. Fillipino adaptability – I think any country you go to, you’ll find Filipinos. We are known to easily adapt to other cultures and can easily learn and speak new languages.

3. Filipino hospitality – If not for the negative publicity that the Philippines get from terrorism, kidnapping and other stuff, I’m pretty sure that the Philippines would be a more popular tourist destination than it is right now. Tourists like it here in the Philippines because aside from our beautiful beaches and other tourist destinations, we Filipinos are very hospitable. We know how to treat our guests.

I’m not tagging anyone but if you feel like doing it, go ahead and be my guest. You can say that I indirectly tagged you. Hehe