Harare

Harare.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is the answer to the burning question in the Philippines right now. Nope, not CHA-CHA, impeachment or Hello Garci. The one question, which is asked daily, and yet somehow remains unanswered is:

"What is the capital of Zimbabwe?"

P.S.

For those not in the Philippines, or those who choose to stay away from local TV channels, this is the question asked by a Miss Tapia-ish teacher of her elementary school students in a dandruff commercial (repeat after me: "Hu-wat is the capital of [dramatic pause] Zimbabwe?") The poor boy who has dandruff chooses that precise moment to scratch his hair and of course, gets called on by the teacher. Inexplicably, however, the makers of the TV commercial leave the viewers hanging by not giving the boy a second chance to answer the question (after removing all traces of dandruff from his hair). Instead, the teacher asks yet another question, which the boy answers with a question of his own.

What is up with that?