Comments on: Pulis Oyster ?!?

By: jerrinetherese

jerrinetherese — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:56 +0000

I’ve been wondering what on earth OYSTER meant. :) Thank you for this post.

By: ramirojb

ramirojb — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:45:56 +0000

Oy! You’ve answered one of my life’s greatest questions. :)

By: hannah

hannah — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:20:11 +0000

Try to observe the street going to Malacanang (coming from sta mesa). Where 2-3 heads/oysters are assigned to clean the the areas between 3 lamposts.

By: buckythetarayslayer

buckythetarayslayer — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:22:11 +0000

Ye gods! *Slaps forehead* So that’s what it means! That has been bugging me and my hubby for weeks now! Argh….

By: April

April — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:25:02 +0000

Hilarious!!

By: Miles

Miles — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:04:12 +0000

really funny acronyms!!! they made my day. my sentiments exactly about the martial law era. i remember feeling safer then. growing up at that time had less hassles and now that i am a parent, i look back a those days and wonder what went wrong that i don’t even want my kids playing outside with their friends and classmates for fear of them getting harmed or abducted.

By: Blaise Fortuna

Blaise Fortuna — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:30:28 +0000

I’ve heard of these Police OYSTERS two years ago, over a TV program, supposedly this congresswoman was using names of these POLICE OYSTERS on her payroll list even of they really don’t exist.. Ever since I’ve wondered why they are actually called OYSTERS.. I didn’t know they were Metro Aide..

By: Bea

Bea — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:13:11 +0000

Gee. I have been wondering about this all this time. I’ve even got my friends wondering about it. I’ll link them to this post.

By: consol

consol — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:34:14 +0000

soooo funny, MM! rolling on the aisles like mad … but thank you for solving the enigma that has been plaguing me for weeks. hadn’t thought of googling that acronym. well, like RobKSA, i thought those ‘oysters’ were police trainees, helpers or even traffic aides. kainit ng suot nila, dark colored pa! they could’ve made the pink fluorescent, to make the wearer more visible at night.

and yes, ’tis weird how most oysters are approaching ‘seniorship’ when they are supposed to be composed of young ‘uns (oh well, out of school youth circa 1940s?!). and while we’re at it, how come nauna yung S sa Y, if we have such a definition as Out of School Youth Serving Toward Economic Recovery? diba dapat OSYTER baga? the person who coined the acronym must be dyslexic or something :-) i rather like OWOFONE and BASURA bwahaha

on the serious side, yeah littering is a national sport and pastime. many is the time i saw a window of a BMW (or some such luxury car) open and trash (a McDo wrapper and disposable cup) is unceremoniously thrown to the wind. of course, i see ordinary Pedros and Petras dropping wrappers and such any which way, in blissful abandon. haaay naku … well, all this littering translates into real work for those OYSTERS.

’nuff said.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:39:57 +0000

Yes, I totally agree with you littering is our national sport. We should have a national awareness program keeping litters off the street starting in our own yard through the neighborhood. Everyone should do their own fair share in keeping our streets and national high ways clean. Everyone should not be a litter bug. Educate the people. Government should do their part too in picking the thrash of its citizens. It is an eyesore to see litters, i.e., papers, cans out on the street especially piling so high. Pulis Oyster age fast than their stated age due to exposure to extreme environment without any protective coverings! But it defeats the purpose of spending the money on a sun block if they work on empty stomach.