I saw this story on another site and thought I'd repost it here.
This story is true and it goes way back to the late 80's when a freind of mine was stationed at Subic Bay. He met and married a filipina from the province of Bataan who was one of the most innocent and sweet girls I've ever met from the islands. He petitioned her and brought her to the United States.
When she arrived in the US, my freind was stationed at Moffet Field in the heart of Silicon Valley, CA. She was quite overwhelmed with the "big city" but seemed to adjust rather quickly. After about three weeks of "adjustment", my freind took his wife to the supermarket to shop on her own for the first time while he ran other arrons. He proceeded to pick her up with the groceries she had purchased and went home.
Later that day, she prepared his dinner. My freind said she prepared something that looked like fried hamburger patties. He said they tasted ok. But, he thought they were a little on the "creamy" side, more like fried mashed potatoes than meat. When he asked his innocent bride what these fried patties were, she promptly replied, "They're dog food"!!!
Turns out, when she was shopping, she was in the pet food section. She'd never seen pet food before and assumed that dog food was canned dog! She said she was surprised to know that kano's ate dog when she saw the Skippy cans. But, she was even more surprised when she thought we ate cat! She just assumed that we ate dog like she did in the province and thought it was for human consumption!
After we all laughed at my freinds story, she told the story in her
words, and it got even funnier! She chose the dog food by the picture on the can. She saw poodles and beagles but settled on the can that had a German Shepard on the lable because she said the dog looked like it would taste better!
I rolled on the floor laughing like I've never done before in my life! Like I said the girl was so innocent and sweet, it just made it all the more funnier! I hope others who read this see the same humor I did!
Those are the moments that make the filipina so beautiful!
