10. The White House is not big enough for in-laws and extended relatives.
9. There is not enough parking spaces at the White House for 2 Honda Civics, 2 Toyota Land Cruisers, 3 Toyota Corollas, Mercedes Benz, BMW (Big Mean Wife), and MPV (My Pinoy Van).
8. Dignitaries generally are intimidated by eating with fingers at State dinners.
7. There are too many dining rooms in the White House - where will they put the Last Supper picture?
6. The White House walls are not big enough to hold a set of giant wooden spoon and fork.
5. Secret Service staff won't respond to “pssst...pssst.”
4. Secret Service staff are uncomfortable driving the Presidential car with a Holy Rosary hanging on the rear view mirror or having the statue of the Santo Nino on the dashboard.
3. No budget allocation to purchase karaoke machines in every White House room.
2. State dinners do not allow "Take Home".

AND THE NUMBER 1 REASON WHY THERE COULDN'T BE A> FILIPINO-AMERICAN U.S. PRESIDENT IS....

1. Air Force One does not allow overweight Balikbayan boxes!

I can relate to this list!

You're Filipino if you .:.

¨Have a middle name that is your mother's maiden name.
¨Have parents that call each other "Mommy" and "Daddy."
¨Have uncles and aunts named "Boy," "Girlie," or "Baby."
¨Have relatives whose nicknames consist of repeated syllables like
"Jun-Jun," "Ling-Ling," and "Mon-Mon."
¨Call the parents of your friends and your own parents' friends "Tito"
and "Tita."
¨Have four or five names.
¨Greet your elders by touching their hands to your forehead.
¨Always lways kiss your relatives on the cheek whenever you enter or
leave the room.
¨Follow your parents' house rules even if you are over 18.
¨Live with your parents until and at times even after you're married.
¨Decorate your dining room wall with a picture of the "Last Supper."
¨Keep your furniture wrapped in plastic or covered with blankets.
¨Have a Sto. Nino shrine in your living room.
¨Have a piano that no one plays.
¨Keep a tabo in your bathroom.
¨Use Vicks Vapor rub as an insect repellant.
¨Eat with your hands.
¨Eat more than three times a day.
¨Think a meal is not a meal without rice.
¨Think sandwiches are snacks, not meals.
¨Have a dining table that has a merry-go-round (lazy Susan) in the
middle.
¨Bring baon to work everyday.
¨Have a pantry thats never without Spam, Vienna sausage, corned beef,
and sardines.
¨Love to eat daing or tuyo.
¨prop up one knee while eating.
¨Eat your meal with patis, toyo, suka, banana catsup, or bagoong.
¨Have tablecloths that are stained with toyo circles.
¨Love sticky desserts and salty snacks.
¨Eat fried Spam and hot dogs with rice.
¨Eat mangoes with rice--with great GUSTO!
¨Love "dirty" ice cream.
¨Love to eat, yet often manage to stay slim.
¨Put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
¨Eat everything with sauted in garlic, onion, and tomatoes.
¨Order a "soft drink" instead of soda.
¨Hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror.
¨Get together with family at a cemetery on All Saint's Day to eat,
drink, and tell stories by your loved ones' graves.
¨Play cards or mahjong and drink beer at funeral wakes.
¨Think Christmas season begins in October and ends in January.
¨Have a second piece of luggage thaats a balikbayan box.
¨Have mastered the art of packing a suitcase to double capacity.
¨Collect items from airlines, hotels, and restaurants as "souvenirs."
¨Feel obligated to give pasalubong to all your friends and relatives
each time you return from a trip.
¨Use paper foot outlines when buying shoes for friends and relatives.
¨Are a fashion victim.
¨Can convey 30 messages with your facial expression.
¨Hold your palms together in front of you and say "excuse, excuse"
when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.
¨Ask for the bill at a restaurant by making a rectangle in the air.
¨Cover your mouth when you laugh.
¨Respond to a "Hoy!" or a "Pssst!" in a crowd.
¨Will answer "Malapit lang!"--no matter the distance--when asked how
far away a place is located.
¨Think goldilocks is more than a fairy tale character ;].
¨Refer to power interruptions as "brownouts."
¨Love to use the following acronyms: CR for comfort room, DI for dance
instructor, DOM for dirty old man, TNT for tago nang tago, KJ for kill
joy, KSP for kulang sa pansin, OA for over-acting, TL for true love, BF
for boyfriend and GF for girlfriend.
¨Say "rubber shoes" instead of sneakers, "ball pen" instead of pen,
"stockings" instead of pantyhose, "pampers" instead of diapers, "ref" or
"prijider" instead of refrigerator, "Colgate" instead of toothpaste,
"canteen" instead of cafeteria, and "open" or "close" instead of turn on
or turn off (as in the lights).
¨Use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.
¨Like everything imported or "state-side."
¨Love ballroom dancing, bowling, pusoy, mah jong, billiards, and
karaoke.
¨Have a relative who is a nurse.
¨Wipe your plate and utensils before using them, in the resturant.
¨Can squeeze 15 passengers into your five seater car without a second
thought.
¨Wave a pom-pom on a stick around the food to keep the flies away.
¨Always ring a doorbell twice, assuming that the first ring was not
heard.
¨Let the phone ring twice before answering, lest you appear overly
eager.
¨Use a rock to scrub yourself in the bath or shower.
¨Have a mother that ALWAYS tells you to get the remote even if its..
like, 3 feet away.
¨Have floors cover'd with plastic(needles on the bottom)
¨Loves SPORTS (tennis, or basketball..)
¨LOVE to SHOP!!!
¨Eat balut
¨Are proud to be Filipino ...
¨SALAMAT!!!!!!!! lol..