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Most local business people are especially purposef...

2008-04-21T20:24:00.000+03:00

Most local business people are especially purposeful about seeking a connection between expenses and sales. How many restaurants have you boycotted or picketed for bad menu-spelling? The entertainment value is a plus, no? Especially while you're waiting to get a waiter's attention.

There's a reason that Israir is a distant second i...

2008-04-17T11:48:00.000+03:00

There's a reason that Israir is a distant second in the Israeli airline business.

While I am the first one on the bandwagon of "Look...

2008-04-17T10:43:00.000+03:00

While I am the first one on the bandwagon of "Look at this hilarious spelling/grammar mistake!!!!" I'm feeling a bit contrary today and will ask "why am I asking for an English menu when I live in ISRAEL????" Sure, you have tourist dollars reasons and English being the "lingua franca," so to speak. But I came to Israel to be Israeli.
On the other hand, I live in the "anglo ghetto", so who am I to make such a fuss?

BTW, in Jerusalem, Israelis I know are very happy to be corrected--in speech, menus, etc. But again, international city with high population of anglos in my neighborhood--they know we are just trying to help.

If you go to Cafe Arlozorov on...well...Arlozorov ...

2008-04-17T01:06:00.000+03:00

If you go to Cafe Arlozorov on...well...Arlozorov Street in Tel Aviv, you can order a "prostitute toast" which features hardened mozorella cheese and prosciutto ham on a toast with creamy dressing drizzled on a salad.

Now maybe I'm just perverted, but I was thinking they were trying to put a play on words with "hard" "creamy dressing" etc...but no.

They sincerely just meant "prosciutto toast" and once again, ignored what their spell check said.

But hell, it's one of the cheapest prostitutes I've ever had in my life :P

just stumbled upon your blog.. YOU ARE Hysterical....

2008-04-17T00:22:00.000+03:00

just stumbled upon your blog.. YOU ARE Hysterical.. I just got back from my first trip to Israel with my husband and his family .. I LOVED IT and we can not wait to come back.. you are so blessed to live there.. Everyone was so wrong.. they told us.. that Israelis are rude etc.. I tell you Benji .. it was unbelievable how sweet everyone was.. if someone did not speak english they would actually go find someone who did speak english. I even had one young lady who did not speak english but she spoke french and she tried so hard to talk to me in French.. ( pity I dont know french either) .. My hebrew .. well it leaves a lot to be desired.. EVERYONE was so welcoming.. if we got lost in the old city .. People would walk us places.. now there was an older guy who wanted a tip.. but that was cool.. it was a mitzvah to tip him.. As I said we can not wait to come back.. I am going to link u to my Israel blog so I can visit often..

Wow, some great comments here...Esther, that is fr...

2008-04-17T00:21:00.000+03:00

Wow, some great comments here...

Esther, that is freaking hilarious. Osem puts the fresh in bissli...I love it!

Amanda, thanks for reading as always.

Mort, hilarious.

Loren....that is just annoying. I think I interacted with one of those people today. But also funny.

Way back in the day, I knew someone (who knew some...

2008-04-16T21:46:00.000+03:00

Way back in the day, I knew someone (who knew someone) that owned a printer store. The owner happened to be an American. He said that he would tell his customers about their spelling errors on menus. But MOST of the people refused to change the mistakes, under the belief that they KNEW the menu was correct!

You can open as many businesses as you want, but its hard to change the mentality. (Maybe if the printer store owner was wearing a dragon-print shirt, things would have been different!)

I ate at a grill restaurant the other day (really ...

2008-04-16T20:04:00.000+03:00

I ate at a grill restaurant the other day (really good one here in herzliya, btw) where you could order a "Bitcher of Lemonade".

Since my current life is spent either at work or ...

2008-04-16T19:54:00.000+03:00

Since my current life is spent either at work or in the library studying and writing papers for five classes (stupid idea), I always know I can hop into The War Zone for a laugh.

That bit on Pesach was hilarious... I was actually laughing out loud, and the guy sitting on the computer next to me was looking increasingly agitated.

For the record, some of my favorite memories are of sitting in street-side cafes with my friends making fun of the HORRIBLE grammar on the menus. I think it was worse the farther south we went.

Thanks for the shout-out. A few proposals--one to ...

2008-04-16T19:44:00.000+03:00

Thanks for the shout-out. A few proposals--one to make life in Israel funnier, the other to make life in Israel better grammatically...
1) Create consulting firm that specializes in putting the "word" in "phrase in which word is not." That's our new marketing plan. [ex: "Osem puts the fresh in Bisli."]
2) Create amuta in which we assemble American writers and editors living in Israel and get them to volunteer their proofreading services for local businesses.

Thoughts?

(And btw, and most weirdly, the word verification I had to retype below-- GRMERI -- could also be the name of our Israeli company...GRMERI-CAN! I am so in love with my own brilliance right now...)

Celine Dion...but elevator music style...just the ...

2008-04-16T18:03:00.000+03:00

Celine Dion...but elevator music style...just the instrumentals.

HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!What, like the theme song or...

2008-04-16T17:06:00.000+03:00

HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

What, like the theme song or Celine Dion?

"Neeeeeeeeear.....faaaaaaaaaaar......wherever you ehhhhhhhhhh......."

All I know is that the one and only time I flew Is...

2008-04-16T17:03:00.000+03:00

All I know is that the one and only time I flew Israir...the theme song from "Titanic" was playing as we boarded. Comforting? WHO thought of that!?