Subby should RTFA

In all fairness to 30 rock, who doesn't hate the Philippines?

I really hope this thread is filled with hot Filapina chicks.

The Simpsons hates New Orleans

eddyatwork: I really hope this thread is filled with hot Filapina chicks.

Yes. Everyone please post hot Filipina chicks. Lots of them.

Then, after an hour or so, we can come back and tell eddy which of them were actually chicks.

im dating a filipina so im getting a kick out of these replies

Mr. Chainsaw: Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it was intentional. They can be pretty clever when it comes to that kind of stuff. See also: the "Lemon party" joke.

If it was intentional, and as the article suggests, egot is the Filipino equivalent of "n", that's pretty messed up.

I don't know if 30 Rock hates the Philippines, but I know someone at sea does.
During two deployments to the Med, Red Sea & Arabian Gulf we often heard the "Filipino Monkey" taunt on the international radio channel.

The Cosby Show lied to me!

Surprised this wasn't a Breitbart link.

/Tracy Morgan trifecta in play?

I'm Filipino and I've never heard EGOT used as an insult before.

Pfft.

eddyatwork: I really hope this thread is filled with hot Filapina chicks.


Lady Boys.

I don't know about all that, but I know I'd toss her salad, croutons and all.

I love the Philippines and Filipinos, although the men tend to have gold teeth and come too quick. My friend recently married a Filipina doctor. He is set for life. She's smart, gorgeous and makes doctor money. A Filipina in my neighborhood owns a beagle who loves to play with my dogs. Sometimes her sister visits and walks the beagle. Jebus, this women is beautiful, a Spanish/Asian mix. I run over faster than my dogs do. Other than the Bataan Death March, there's not much bad to say about the Philippines.

That episode made me laugh my ass off.

/don't hate Filipinos

radioman_: Other than the Bataan Death March, there's not much bad to say about the Philippines.

The Bataan Death March was a warcrime by the Japanese, not the Filipinos. The Filipinos actually helped hide American soldiers after MacArthur got caught with his pants down and ran to Australia. Wendell Fertig was an American who led a group he called the American Forces of the Philippines, which was a joint Filipino/Free American army that fought the Japanese. Filipinos also helped the Army Rangers transport the survivors of the Bataan Death March from their prison camp back to Allied territory after the Rangers' Great Raid.

//1 in 20 Filipinos were killed by Japanese during World War 2.
/// Fertig was denied a promotion to general and a medal of honor because it was felt he embarrassed MacArthur by staying and succeeding.

radioman_: Other than the Bataan Death March, there's not much bad to say about the Philippines.

That wasn't really the fault of the Philippines.

Mr. Chainsaw: Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it was intentional. They can be pretty clever when it comes to that kind of stuff. See also: the "Lemon party" joke.

Except that EGOT was truly a term invented by Philip Michael Thomas, years before 30 Rock was a glimmer in anyone's eyes. It's not impossible that someone on staff might know this other, highly obscure meaning, but EGOT was clearly used in a way directly derivative of the P.M.T. meaning -- unlike "Lemon Party," which took an obscene internet meme and shrouded it as something else.

BTW, here's a link to an 2/2008 Vanity Fair piece (new window) referring to PMT's EGOT mantra, in case anyone thinks 30 Rock made it up

That wasn't really the fault of the Philippines.

The Bataan Death March was a warcrime by the Japanese, not the Filipinos.

Yes, we know all this. That's why we didn't say there's not much bad to say about the Filipinos.

Actual Filipino here, born and lived in the RP all my life. Also an avid 30 Rock watcher.

The closest Filipino equivalent to the n word: negro. Though I wouldn't say that its an exact equivalent. Local beauty standards favor light skin. Being called negro is just akin to being called ugly, no real racial connotation here.

Egot is an equivalent but that is one antiquated slur. It's like being called whippersnapper or something, in the 1920s I might've been offended but tonight the word doesn't really have any bite. I've never heard it used in daily conversation in my 20+ years in this Earth. Being called igot is similar to being called a redneck. It more or less insinuates that the person is uncivilized, rather than being of a lower race. Article writer IMO is making mountains out of molehills.

Also, 30 Rock does have a lot of references to the Philippines. I wouldn't be surprised if this was intentional. Maybe there's a flip writer in the writing team somewhere.

Funny story, I once slept with a girl who I think was part Filipino.

That is all

Gyrfalcon: Since anyone can be offended by practically everything, I suggest we all stop communicating in any way at all, have no decorations on our bare, slightly tinted walls, and simply stare at one another until we all starve to death, which shouldn't take too long.

I find this extremely offensive.

Sparkimus Prime: Gyrfalcon: Since anyone can be offended by practically everything, I suggest we all stop communicating in any way at all, have no decorations on our bare, slightly tinted walls, and simply stare at one another until we all starve to death, which shouldn't take too long.

I find this extremely offensive.

Just don't flip out.