silent debate

i have been meaning to write this joke everytime i remember it. it was told by our english teacher during my high school year while we were whiling away the time. he was a jesuit priest (was, because he already left the congregation a few years back...)!

the silent debate: up vs ateneo

a silent debate once occurred between ateneo and up. each team consists of three members. there is no definite topic on which to debate on. as it was, whatever goes goes. but as of this writing, i don't specifically remember how they choose the winners. the silent debate goes like this, starting with ateneo:


ateneo: holds up a finger
up: points two fingers
ateneo: holds up three fingers
up: holds up and shakes his fist
ateneo: holds up an apple
up: holds up a pandesal

time's up!

in the ateneo dugout, everyone was discussing their debate and they think that they're going to lose. here was what said:

guys, the up students were so prepared. i don't know if we can win this debate. imagine, when we held up one finger and intimated that there is only one God, they answered back that there are two, God the Father and God the Son. But even if we said that there are three persons in one God, the Holy Trinity, they answered back that they are united in one! I have nothing to say but show an apple to represent the food of the Gods, but they held up their bread to signify the bread of life!

in the up dugout, however....

pare, ang yayabang talaga nang taga-ateneo! biro mo, simula pa lang ng debate, dinuruan na tayo. e di dutdutan na lang natin ang dalawang mata nila. pero hello, binalik ba naman tayo ng tusok sa mata at ilong pa! kaya tinaas ko na ang kamao ko. bugbugan na lang. tapos nagmayabang pa. apple ang baon, tayo pandesal lang!