The monstrous traffic can bring out the worst in some drivers but two motorcyclists managed to enjoy it despite being stuck on the road.
Netizen Alvin Frejas was on a bus on Monday when he spotted two motorcycle-riding persons along EDSA playing the game rock-paper-scissors.
Whoever wins the round of rock-paper-scissors gets to hit the other person on the head!
If you want to see the two of them in action, watch Frejas’ video below, which was reposted by motoring journalist James Deakin on his Facebook account. It’s pretty hilarious and goes to show that hey, the traffic can bring out people’s fun side too.
Thanks to their antics, the riders have gone viral. Deakin’s post has been shared more than 21,000 times since he posted Frejas’ video yesterday. Other Facebook accounts have also shared the video.
In a Facebook Messenger chat with Coconuts Manila, Frejas said he spotted the two fun-loving riders near Shaw Blvd. in Mandaluyong City. Frejas said a friend of his posted the video, which eventually found its way to Deakin’s Facebook page.
“I was laughing so hard [when I saw them]. That was the first time I took a video of someone doing that on the road. Even the other passengers inside the bus were laughing so hard at the two of them,” Frejas said.
Based on the comments the post received, it appears that netizens also think the two riders were amusing. Wrote someone who goes by the name Capiznong Palawenio: “Filipinos really know a lot of [tricks]. They’ll do anything to make themselves happy.”
“That’s better than people fighting it out over the smallest things,” wrote Vann Villalon.
The Philippines’ roads are no stranger to road rage, of course. In November, a musician was arrested after he hit another driver in a road rage incident in Angeles City, Pampanga. The man became the object of netizens’ scorn after a video of the incident went viral.
Dave Villavicencio agrees with Villalon. He wrote: “That’s right, you should just be chill. Don’t curse or hit each other [because of the traffic].”
The video gave Avery Tan an idea. She tagged a friend and asked: “[O]ur next car game?”
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