Beavis and Butt-Head, American Expats in the Philippines

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Posted by Dave on Jul 25, 2011 | 14 comments

"Beavis and Butt-Head" are coming back to MTV.With American expat Brother Tom leaving this Monday to return to the States for eight months, I immediately thought of Tom and myself. We could, with not much of a stretch, call ourselves the Beavis and the Butt-Head of the Philippines. Since Tom will be leaving from the Manila airport the day this article will post, he won't be able to immediately comment on the comparison.  By the way, no offense to any other expats from other countries, I think only United States citizens could qualify as true B&B clones. OK, which one of is  is Beavis,  and who is Butt-Head? Well, here's a picture of Lyn Lyn, myself, and Brother Tom, taken from The Shirven Hotel in Guimaras last night as we were saying farewell to Tom.

Well, since I'm a huge heavy metal fan and love Metallica, I believe it would be more appropriate for me to be "Beavis" since he sports a T-shirt bearing the group's name. Brother Tom, although he is a Grateful Dead fan, is a natural for the "Butt-Head" role even though his alter-ego wears an AC/DC shirt. Though, Tom was an oblate (lay person) at the Trappist Monastery in Guimaras, after we had a few bottles of San Miguel Pale Pilsen (I only had two last night at P30 a bottle, now 70 cents a bottle), we both could rival the juvenile behavior of the MTV characters especially when we got into a discussion about our "Happy Nuts," Tom's favorite brand of peanuts in the Philippines.

I'm going to miss hanging out with the "Butt-Head," and I'll be extremely happy when he returns to Guimaras next March. My new American expat friend, Paul from Iloilo and the "Crazy Cano" Jeff are coming to our mango island next month for a visit, but I don't see any one of them replacing Brother Tom in the "Butt-Head" role. That said, who knows what will happen after our last together at The Moon Cafe?  And to be perfectly frank, the self-described "Crazy Cano"  Jeff has the potential to assume the "Butt-Head" role. He's quite the character.

Oh, and one more thing. Tom has now shaved his beard. Hmmmm, I won't say who might have influenced him to do that, but who do you think it might have been?

14 Responses to “Beavis and Butt-Head, American Expats in the Philippines”

  1. Gary Wigle says:
    25 July, 2011 at 2:57 am

    Ok I give up. What is MTV and who are Beavis and Butt head?? Is that on your local newspaper? On GMA? Heavy Metal is what? Sorry but I don’t understand any of this.

  2. Tom Ramberg says:
    25 July, 2011 at 5:53 am

    Gary ,
    Do you ever feel the urge to shake your fist and shout “You damned kids get off my lawn!”?

  3. Gary Wigle says:
    25 July, 2011 at 6:43 am

    no.

  4. Dave says:
    25 July, 2011 at 7:47 am

    Gary, Gary, Gary. You’ve led a sheltered life. Here’s a link to MTV and full episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head.

  5. Dan says:
    25 July, 2011 at 9:42 am

    Dave I am sure the prtty Fillipina Lin Lin was the one that told your friend Tom to get rid of the whiskers. If he is not carefull she will wind him around her little finger and he will be lost in paradise like you are Dave! I see your pretty Wife has a full smile so she must have forgave you again for your bad ways a few weeks ago………

  6. Dave says:
    25 July, 2011 at 9:46 am

    Yeah, you guessed right, Dan. Well, Brother Tom has eight months to grow that beard back before he gets back to Guimaras. And as you noticed, the Sainted Patient Wife has forgiven me….again. Good thing most Filipinas are loving and patient, extremely patient.

  7. Art says:
    25 July, 2011 at 4:49 pm

    Thanks for the laugh and all you needed was a quick game of frog baseball to send off Brother Tom.

  8. Papa Duck says:
    25 July, 2011 at 5:05 pm

    Dave,
    By that smile on your face it looks like your really enjoying yourself or just feeling good. Your Asawa and Lyn Lyn are two very pretty filipinas. You and Tom are very lucky. Be safe.

  9. callphilippines says:
    26 July, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    nice pix!

  10. Dave says:
    27 July, 2011 at 7:20 am

    Thanks!

  11. Dave says:
    27 July, 2011 at 7:41 am

    We ARE two pretty lucky kanos, Papa Duck. :-)

  12. Dave says:
    27 July, 2011 at 7:46 am

    Thanks, Art! We have plenty of frogs around here, especially after a big rain. I’ll keep that in mind for Brother Tom’s return. :-)

  13. John Miele says:
    1 August, 2011 at 10:31 am

    “Today, we’re going to be talking about the PENIS! We’ll be talking about the VAGINA! We’ll be talking about VENEREAL DISEASE!”

    “Do you find that amusing Butthead?!? We’ll be talking about the TESTICLES! And… We’ll be spending a lot of time talking about… MASTURBATION!!!!”

    “Huh huh huh…. He said penis… huh huh huh”

    “Heh heh heh… yeah, then he said masturbation.”

  14. Dave says:
    1 August, 2011 at 10:48 am

    John, I see you have watched the show “huh huh.” :-)