The Secret of Mr. Punhong
I'm not quite sure if anyone of the other guys have already uncovered or answered this, but I think I have found the key to unlock Pandora's box that to which is our very own Mr. Punhong. For those of you that don't know, let me explain. I recently recieved my copy of the Okay Samurai Possibility War CD. One of the tracks is entitled, "Tribute to Mister Punhong." Basically the track consists of Dave and Andrew recording our old shop teacher (Mr. Punhong) saying a bunch of random things he used to yell at us during class. These include, "Be careful with Ban Saw," "Bwing in yo twenty dollaws," and the now famous, "What you do, you make mick mess, don't spwash wata on Billy!" But there was one part that remained a mystery to us all maybe til now. There's a brief conversation between Dave, Andrew, and Mr. Punhong and before the hilarious track begins, Mr. Punhong replies, "Oh, I used to do this one in High School, Oh, you like CARODING?" What da heck is that. I don't even think caroding is found in the english, french, or thai dicitionary (considering Mr. Punhong was from Thailand and had a very heavy accent I might add). But still, we had no idea what he was saying. Some speculated he was saying "karate," but that doesn't make any sense. Others thought he was saying "corroding" as in when metal corrodes or rusts away. Well, he was a shop teacher and dealt with wood and metal tools, but still it remained a dark mystery. But as I listened to the track several times, I realized he may have been trying to say..."recording." As in "oh you like recording?" Makes sense right. Dave and Andrew surprising Mr. Punhong with a tape recorder to record his every word, one would only expect a person like Mr. Punhong to ask, "oh you like recording." So to all those that wondered what in the world Mr. Punhong was trying to communicate to Dave and Andrew I believe the word was "recording." And if dave, andrew, don, and jeff had already figured this out, i'm sorry to steal your thunder. So talk to you all soon, and don't forget, don't make mick messes, okay?
Friday, October 17 at 11:53 AM
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