Miss Herd

A friend recounted this anecdote today, and I just have to share it:

Okay, so Friend (Her name is Rea) went grocery shopping for the family one day, because the helper who usually does it was sick. Rea was dutifully picking up and ticking off items from the list the helper had given her when she came upon the mysterious notation: LIGO FLUM.

Cleverly, she deduced that it must be some new product by local canned food manufacturer Ligo. So she hied off to the canned goods section and scoured the shelves, but found only the usual selection of every sardine variety known to man. She therefore dug up her handy-dandy cell phone and called the helper at home.

REA: 'Day, ano 'tong LIGO FLUM?

HELPER: 'Yung LIGO FLUM, Ma'am.

REA: Oo nga. Ano nga 'yun?

HELPER: 'Yung gustong-gusto po ng Daddy niyo.

REA: Ng Daddy ko? (Rea pauses to pummel her memory for a list of her father's favorite comestibles.) Alin?

HELPER: 'Yung ano po, yung nilalagyan ng rosemary at saka mint jelly.

The light dawns.

REA: 'Yung LEG OF LAMB?!

HELPER: 'Yun nga po. 'Yung LIGO FLUM.