Thursday, February 08, 2007

Israeli Humor

The Israelis have a real gift for acerbic political humor. This sample fits in well with the sort of stuff I've heard before...


A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on the Tel Aviv/Jerusalem highway. Nothing is moving in either direction. Suddenly a man knocks on his window.
The driver rolls down his window and asks, "What happened, what's the hold up?"

- "Terrorists have kidnapped Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz, and their chief of staff. They are asking for a $100 million ransom. Otherwise, they are going to douse them with gasoline and set them on fire. We are going from car to car, taking up a collection."


The driver asks, "On average how much is everyone giving?"

- "About a gallon."



hattip to Yaakov at the Dry Bones Blog, of course!

2 comments:

Rosey said...

ROFL!

Anonymous said...

what's rosey doing in this comment thread.
nobody said anything about the UN sucking or anything of the sort?????
the UN does suck, but nothing in ff comment referenced this issue.
how you doing rosey?


Abraham took his son to see the Rabbi to have him circumcised. Just as he was arriving, he met the Rabbi, who informed him that he couldn't oblige as he was just going on holiday and would be late for the plane. "However", said the Rabbi, "I have a friend in Hatton Garden, London, who can help you out". He gave him the address and off Abraham and son went. When they arrived at the address, they found it to be a shop, apparently selling clocks and watches. They went in and enquired of the owner if he was the person recommended by the Rabbi. "Yes, my son, that's what I do for a living", was the reply. Said Abraham, "if you perform circumcisions for a living, why do you have clocks and watches in your window"? Came the reply, "What you want I should put in the window?