Skittles Commercial

earlier this month, my friend/cousin tisha sent me this skittles commercial.

the first time i saw it, it was pretty funny, but easily forgotten. tonight, half a month later, i saw it on TV again while watching smallville. i guess it had time to sink in and for me to really "get it" and it's freakin' hilarious to me now. i guess it grew on me.

so i don't know what's funnier, that the two guys (the tailor and the skittles eating reflection) are yelling at each other in two different languages (thai and tagalog), or that the white guy's reflection are three different races (different races, different colors, reflect the rainbow - get it?), or that the skittles eating reflection really was a reflection because he broke the mirror while kicking it. i guess it's all of it. i love it!

here is the english transcript of what was said:

customer (english): wait... i'm not eating skittles.

tailor (thai): hey, no eating during work time!

reflection (tagalog): i'm hungry. (eh nagugutom ako eh)

tailor (thai): i told you not to eat, you crazy person.

reflection (tagalog): i said i'm hungry so i'm going to eat!(Nagugutom nga ako edi kakain ako)

tailor (thai): you lazy long back! ("long back" is slang in thai for a lazy person. it means if one is lazy, one is always reclining or laying about, making one's spine or back long.)

reflection (tagalog): don't do this [to me]. (huwag mo naman gawin ito)

tailor (thai): indistinguishable yelling

reflection (tagalog): indistinguishable yelling and then "son of a bitch, i'd like...." (putang ina, gusto...)

okay, all you filipino family members, start correcting my tagalog (it's the best i can make out - randy is asleep, so i can't ask him right now).