KM Viray
The buzz surrounding the infamous Fake Taxi roaming around Metro Manila has now been cleared up.
In an exclusive interview, The Dailypedia learned details about the vehicle which intrigued many netizens when a photo of the Fake Taxi vehicle went viral on social media.
As it turns out, the “Fake Taxi” is just an ordinary car with a logo decal of the infamous pornography site on it. The black Honda Jazz belongs to John Joseph Barlaan, a financial analyst from Taguig City.
Barlaan named his car “Pepe” after Philippine national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal when he bought it on December 30, 2012 (Rizal’s death anniversary). He then put the decal of Fake Taxi, exactly how it looked in the original ones to make it stand out. And stand out it did.
Barlaan would often post photos of “Pepe” around parts of Metro Manila, much to the curiosity of netizens. Not surprisingly, when Barlaan would post photos of the car with the Fake Taxi logo and captions with the car’s name, the sexual undertones further intrigued netizens. After all, the word “pepe” is associated with female genitals in the Filipino language.
In one photo, Barlaan posted, “UBER or Grab a car? San kaya mas okey ipasok si Pepe? I heard from a friend maganda daw kita nya [UBER or Grab a car? I wonder where Pepe should go. I heard from a friend he earns well.]” This revolved around the idea that Fake Taxi pays for women prostitutes to perform lewd acts inside the real Fake Taxis with porn actor drivers, acting as if they will pay with sex instead of money.
It’s really quite funny, though, to see how excited people were when the first photos of Pepe first started appearing in social media. It’s also interesting to see how many were easily able to identify the logo and know what it meant. This meme, though, just about sums it all up.
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