Sometime over lunch this week, this weird conversation happened.
Joc: Look, my team mate Tina gave me this fruit! What is it?
Jemma: Oh, it’s a duhat!
Mildred: We call that lomboy. No wait, that’s lambog.
Me: I know duhat and lomboy mean the same thing but in different dialects, but what’s lambog?
Mildred: Lambog is like lomboy, but bigger.
Joc: Okay, I’m gonna eat it now.
Jemma: Be careful, okay, that will stain your teeth.
Joc: Really? Maybe I had better not eat it.
Mildred: Yes! I remember someone in our hometown used to sell duhat and she would purposely wear dark red lipstick and say that it was the effect of eating duhat, in order to entice kids to buy them. False advertising! Tse!
Me: Haha, kids are so funny, right? They like to put on pretend lipstick using food. I remember how I used to buy these red round gums and use them as “lipstick!” What brand was that?
Mildred: Oh yeah I remember those! I can’t remember the brand though.
Jemma: Was it Bobot?
Mildred: No, Bobot is different. It’s not gum.
Me: Yes, I don’t think this gum has a brand, they just came in jars and sold for 2 for 25 cents. I remember Bobot, though, I also used the red ones as lipstick.
Mildred: Yes I did too!
Me: And I also used red Nips.
Mildred: Oh, I didn’t realize you could!
Just then, Josie showed up. Joc offered her the duhat and Josie asked what it was. We explained, essentially repeating the same conversation again. Josie declined, not wanting to stain her teeth, like everyone. At this point, I realized that I don’t actually remember what duhat looks like anymore, so I got curious and decided to slice the thing and take a look. Everyone started to panic and moved away from the plate where I was slicing it, afraid that the juice would squirt on their clothes or whatever.
Jemma: BE CAREFUL!
Me: I am! Wait, why is it white inside? Are you sure it’s a duhat?
Mildred: It’s really white inside but then it stains. It’s definitely a duhat.
Jemma (upon closer inspection): No it’s not! It’s a grape!
And sure enough, she was right. After all that trouble, it was only a grape! At that point we all dissolved in laughter. Yeesh!!!
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