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I have always believed that a person’s values and beliefs can best be expressed by what they do – not by what they say.

What would you think of an environmentalist who drives an SUV? How about the preacher who can’t stay faithful to his wife? Would you support the politician that campaigns against corruption, but takes money from lobbyists?

Of course, the same goes for the sad-mouthed curmudgeon who secretly gives to the single mother living three doors down. (I know one.)

It’s not what you say, but what you do that impresses us the most.

I have always believed that a person’s values and beliefs can best be expressed by what they do – not by what they say.

What would you think of an environmentalist who drives an SUV? How about the preacher who can’t stay faithful to his wife? Would you support the politician that campaigns against corruption, but takes money from lobbyists?

Of course, the same goes for the sad-mouthed curmudgeon who secretly gives to the single mother living three doors down. (I know one.)

It’s not what you say, but what you do that impresses us the most.

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Yossi sent me this, and I thought that this was just too funny to let the weekend pass without posting it.

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I wonder if the numbers of suicide attacks would decrease, if this was distributed to the Jihadi training camps.

Just a thought.

Yossi sent me this, and I thought that this was just too funny to let the weekend pass without posting it.

 (Click the picture to see it in full size)

I wonder if the numbers of suicide attacks would decrease, if this was distributed to the Jihadi training camps.

Just a thought.

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I have a problem.

I get annoyed. About Little things.

Well, not EVERY Little thing, but a lot of Little things – like, for instance, the proper pronunciation of words.

I was driving home today after dropping my aunt off at the airport and was listening to my second favorite radio station, when the announcer said the word calzone. However, instead of saying it right, he said it like this: cal-zohn.

Look, calzone is Italian, which means that you ALWAYS pronounce the last vowel. ALWAYS. When you say calzone, say it like this:

cal-ZO-neh

I have a problem.

I get annoyed. About Little things.

Well, not EVERY Little thing, but a lot of Little things – like, for instance, the proper pronunciation of words.

I was driving home today after dropping my aunt off at the airport and was listening to my second favorite radio station, when the announcer said the word calzone. However, instead of saying it right, he said it like this: cal-zohn.

Look, calzone is Italian, which means that you ALWAYS pronounce the last vowel. ALWAYS. When you say calzone, say it like this:

cal-ZO-neh

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In a surprise ‘incident’ last Thursday night, two companies of Swiss infantry crossed the border of Lichtenstein and advanced almost two miles under the cover of darkness before turning back to base.

Reports of  the population of 34,000 turning out to wave Swiss flags and do the Swiss Wave have not been confirmed (or even heard). Nor have any of the Lichtenstein armed forces been seen anywhere.

Some have speculated that invasion may be the result of feelings of Swiss inferiority. Lichtenstein recently caused widespread consternation when they achieved the appellation of “The Country with the Happiest Cows in Europe”.

In a surprise ‘incident’ last Thursday night, two companies of Swiss infantry crossed the border of Lichtenstein and advanced almost two miles under the cover of darkness before turning back to base.

Reports of  the population of 34,000 turning out to wave Swiss flags and do the Swiss Wave have not been confirmed (or even heard). Nor have any of the Lichtenstein armed forces been seen anywhere.

Some have speculated that invasion may be the result of feelings of Swiss inferiority. Lichtenstein recently caused widespread consternation when they achieved the appellation of “The Country with the Happiest Cows in Europe”.

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Yesterday, I was reading some posts by Sandmonkey, and I laughed so hard that I almost fell out of my chair. That guy never fails to pry a laugh out of me. Some of his stuff is funny because I know the Middle East. And some of it is funny because it just is – which means that everyone will probably get it. (However, be warned that he can be a bit crude.)

Anyway, he posted a link to a cute video that ran as an advertisement on Egyptian TV a couple years ago. It was one of those Wazzap adverts localised for a local Egyptian cellular phone service. But, on the YouTube sidebar, there was this darkly humorous ad titled “Arab blowing himself up”.

Yesterday, I was reading some posts by Sandmonkey, and I laughed so hard that I almost fell out of my chair. That guy never fails to pry a laugh out of me. Some of his stuff is funny because I know the Middle East. And some of it is funny because it just is – which means that everyone will probably get it. (However, be warned that he can be a bit crude.)

Anyway, he posted a link to a cute video that ran as an advertisement on Egyptian TV a couple years ago. It was one of those Wazzap adverts localised for a local Egyptian cellular phone service. But, on the YouTube sidebar, there was this darkly humorous ad titled “Arab blowing himself up”.

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