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יום רביעי, נובמבר 30, 2005

the parot

Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother. The first said, "I built a big house for our mother." The second said, "I sent her a Lexus with a driver." The third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You remember how Mom enjoyed reading the Bible? And you know she can't see very well. So I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites the entire Bible. It took Shammos in the shul 12 years to teach him. He's one of a kind. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse, and the parrot recites it." Soon thereafter, mom sent out her letters of thanks: "Milton," she wrote one son, "The house you built is so huge. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house." "Gerald," she wrote to another, "I am too old to travel. I stay most of the time at home, so I rarely use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!" "Dearest Donald," she wrote to her third son, "You have the good sense to know what your mother likes. The chicken was delicious."

the parot

jewish samuai

Back in the time when the Samurai were important, there was a powerful emperor who needed a new chief Samurai, so he sent out a declaration throughout the land that he was searching for the best one. A year passed, and only 3 people showed up for the trials: ....a Japanese Samurai ....a Chinese Samurai ....and a Jewish Samurai. The emperor asked the Japanese Samurai to come in and demonstrate why he should be the chief Samurai. The Japanese Samurai opened a match box, and out flew a bumblebee. Whoosh! went his razor sharp sword, and the bumblebee dropped dead on the ground in 2 pieces. The emperor exclaimed: "This is impressive!" The emperor then issued the same challenge to the Chinese Samurai; for him to come in and demonstrate why he should be chosen. The Chinese Samurai also opened a match box, and out buzzed a fly. Whoosh, Whoosh! Went his great flashing sword, and the fly dropped dead on the ground .....in four small pieces. The emperor exclaimed in awe: "That is really VERY impressive!" Now the emperor turned to the Jewish Samurai, and asked him also to step forward and demonstrate why he should be the head Samurai. The Jewish Samurai also opened a match box, and out flew a small gnat. His lightning quick sword went Whooooosh! Whooooosh! Whoooosh! ....But the tiny gnat was still alive and flying around. The emperor, obviously very disappointed in this display, said: "I see you are not up to the task. The gnat is not dead?" The Jewish Samurai just smiled and said: "Circumcision is not meant to kill."

the great debate

About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Jews had to leave the Vatican. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Jewish community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a religious debate with a member of the Jewish community. If the Jew won, the Jews could stay. If the Pope won, the Jews would leave. The Jews realized that they had no choice. So they picked a middle aged man named Moishe to represent them. Moishe asked for one addition to the debate. To make it more interesting, neither side would be allowed to talk. The pope agreed. The day of the great debate came. Moishe and the Pope sat opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers. Moishe looked back at him and raised one finger.
The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head. Moishe pointed to the ground where he sat. The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine. Moishe pulled out an apple. The Pope stood up and said, "I give up. This man is too good. The Jews can stay." An hour later, the cardinals were all around the Pope asking him what happened. The Pope said: "First I held up three fingers to represent the Trinity. He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to both our religions. Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground and showing that God was also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and the wafer to show that God absolves us from our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin. He had an answer for everything. What could I do?" Meanwhile, the Jewish community had crowded around Moishe. "What happened?" they asked. "Well," said Moishe, "First he said to me that the Jews had three days to get out of here. I told him that not one of us was leaving. Then he told me that this whole city would be cleared of Jews. I let him know that we were staying right here." "And then?" asked a woman. "I don't know," said Moishe. "He took out his lunch and I took out mine."

neighbours

Mrs. Feldman was getting acquinted with her new neighbor, Mrs. Johnson when Mrs. Johnson asked, "How old are your boys?" The doctor is five and the lawyer is three" replied Mrs. Feldman.

יום ראשון, נובמבר 27, 2005

paycheck

A man left work Friday afternoon, but, instead of going home, he stayed out the entire weekend, hunting with the boys and spending his paycheck without telling his wife. When he appeared at home, Sunday night, he was confronted by his very angry spouse, who barraged him for two hours with a tirade of yelling. Finally, she stopped the nagging and simply said to him, "How would you like it if you didn't see me for two or three days?" To which he replied, "That would be fine with me." So, Monday went by and he didn't see his wife. Tuesday and Wednesday came and went with the same results. On Thursday, the swelling went down just enough where he could see her a little out of the corner of his left eye.

email

As you are receiving e-mail, it's wise to remember how easily this wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally and with serious consequences. Consider the case of the Michigan man who left the snow-filled streets of Detroit for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife, whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint. Hearing the scream, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen: "Dearest Wife, Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow. P.S. Sure is hot down here

יום ראשון, נובמבר 20, 2005

marriage advice from kids

You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if youlike sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.* Alan, age 10

No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.* Kirsten, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.* Camille, age 10

No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.* Freddie, age 6

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.* Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?Both don't want any more kids.* Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get toknow each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.* Lynnette, age 8

On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.* Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.* Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?When they're rich.* Pam, age 7

The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.* Curt, age 7

The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.* Howard, age 8

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing.! I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out.* Theodore, age 8

It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.* Anita, age 9

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?* Kelvin, age 8

"And the #1 Favorite is........"HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like atruck.* Ricky, age 10

Abbott and costello learn hebrew

Abbott: I see you're here for your Hebrew lesson.
Costello: I'm ready to learn.
Abbott: Now, the first thing you must understand is that Hebrew and English have many words which sound alike, but they do not mean the same thing.
Costello: Sure, I understand.
Abbott: Now, don't be too quick to say that.
Costello: How stupid do you think I am - don't answer that. It's simple - some words in Hebrew sound like words in English, but they don't mean the same thing.
Abbott: Precisely.
Costello: We have that word in English, too. What does it mean in Hebrew?
Abbott: No, no. Precisely is an English word.
Costello: I didn't come here to learn English, I came to learn Hebrew. So make with the Hebrew.
Abbott: Fine. Let's start with mee.
Costello: You.
Abbott: No, mee.
Costello: Fine, we'll start with you.
Abbott: No, we'll start with mee.
Costello: Okay, have it your way.
Abbott: Now, mee is who.
Costello: You is Abbott.
Abbott: No, no, no. Mee is who.
Costello: You is Abbott.
Abbott: You don't understand.
Costello: I don't understand? Did you just say me is who?
Abbott: Yes I did. Mee is who.
Costello: You is Abbott.
Abbott: No, you misunderstand what I am saying. Tell me about mee.
Costello: Well, you're a nice enough guy.
Abbott: No, no. Tell me about mee!
Costello: Who?
Abbott: Precisely.
Costello: Precisely what?
Abbott: Precisely who.
Costello: It's precisely whom!
Abbott: No, mee is who.
Costello: Don't start that again - go on to something else.
Abbott: All right. Who is he.
Costello: Who is he?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: I don't know. Who is he?
Abbott: Sure you do. You just said it.
Costello: I just said what?
Abbott: Who is he.
Costello: Who is he?
Abbott: Precisely.
Costello:Again with the precisely! Precisely who?
Abbott: No, precisely he.
Costello: Precisely he? Who is he?
Abbott: Precisely!
Costello: And what about me?
Abbott: Who.
Costello: me, me, me!
Abbott: Who, who, who!
Costello: What are you, an owl? Me! Who is me?
Abbott: No, who is he!
Costello: I don't know, maybe he is me!
Abbott: No, hee is she!
Costello: Do his parents know about this?
Abbott: About what?
Costello: About her!
Abbott: What about her?
Costello: That she is he!
Abbott: No, you've got it wrong - hee is she!
Costello: Then who is he?
Abbott: Precisely!
Costello: Who?
Abbott: He!
Costello: Me?
Abbott: Who!
Costello: He?
Abbott: She!
Costello: Who is she?
Abbott: No, who is he.
Costello: I don't care who is he, I want to know who is she?
Abbott: No, that's not right.
Costello: How can it not be right? I said it. I was standing here when I said it, and I know me.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: Who
Abbott: Precisely!
Costello: Me! Me is that he you are talking about! He is me!
Abbott: No, hee is she!
Costello: Wait a minute, wait a minute! I'm trying to learn a little Hebrew, and now I can't even speak English. Let me review.
Abbott: Go ahead.
Costello: Now first you want to know me is who.
Abbott: Correct.
Costello: And then you say who is he.
Abbot: Absolutely.
Costello: And then you tell me he is she.
Abbott & Costello: Precisely!
Costello: Now look at this logically. If me is who, and who is he, and he is she, don't it stand to reason that me is she?
Abbott: Who?
Costello: She!
Abbott: That is he!
Costello: Who is he?
Abbott & Costello: Precisely!
Costello: I have just about had it. You have me so confused that I just want to go home. You know what I want? Ma!
Abbott: What.
Costello: I said Ma.
Abbott: What.
Costello: What are you, deaf? I want Ma!
Abbott: What!
Costello: Not what, who!
Abbott: He!
Costello: Not he! Ma is not he!
Abbott: Of course not! Who is he!
Costello: I don't know. I don't know. I don't care. I don't care who is he, he is she, me is who, ma is what. I just want to go home now and play with my dog.
Abbott: Fish.
Costello: Fish?
Abbott: Dag is fish. Costello: That's all, I'm outa here.

A Quiz For People Who Think They Know Everything

(1) There's one "sport" in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?
(2) What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
(3) Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
(4) Name the only sport in which the ball is always in possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?
(5) What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
(6) In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
(7) Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common. Name two of them.
(8) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?
(9) Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers?"
(10) There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls-a walk-is one way. Name the other six.
(11) It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?
(12) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S."--> Scroll down for the answers.
Don't cheat!


"Answers To Quiz"1. Boxing.2. Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.3. Asparagus and rhubarb.4. Baseball.5. Strawberry.6. The pear grew inside the bottle. The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the whole growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.7. Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.8. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.9. In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers and kept the name when they moved west.10. Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher interference; catcher drops third strike; fielder's choice; and being designated as a pinch runner.11. Lettuce.12. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, stockings....Well, now you know! Feel any smarter?

how to waste time time at work

1. “Morning Routine”
This requires accurate timing on the part of the individual to get to work right on time, and not too early, so as to maximize the amount of actual “on the clock” time being wasted. So come into work, say all your obligatory hello’s, hang up your coat, log-in to your computer, go grab a cup of coffee, come sit back down and get situated because you have an entire day ahead of you with plenty of opportunities to strategically waste time. Total time wasted: 10 minutes

2. Breakfast
A lot of people prefer to eat breakfast at home before coming to work – this is wrong. The great thing about eating breakfast at work is that you can do it at your desk, so if the boss walks by he or she will see that you’re in the office on time and ready to work, but at this very moment you’re indisposed because you’re eating and any business-related matters he or she wants to speak to you about can wait till you’re finished. I usually stick with something cheap and simple like oatmeal. Go to the supermarket and buy a large container of it that you can keep in one of those random desk drawers that you just stuff papers in, you know the ones, where struggling attorneys hide their bottles of bourbon, because you don’t really have enough important stuff to make use of all those drawers anyway. You can also do the variety pack of cereal or the muffin/bagel/egg sandwich that you purchase on the way to work.
Now, if you’re really lucky, your office will have its own cafeteria, preferably on a different floor. In this case you can come into work, do your “morning routine”, then go to the cafeteria and buy breakfast to bring back to your desk to consume. The benefit of having a cafeteria in your office is the travel time wasted going to and coming from the cafeteria. Depending on where it is relative to your work space this can be as much as 10 minutes of time wasted in one round-trip alone. Nice!!! Total time wasted: 15 minutes (at least)

3. Water
Drinking close to a gallon of water a day is a great way to stay healthy and waste plenty of time at work. The best way to do this and not be too obvious about it is to buy one of those colorful, screw-top, unbreakable plastic water jugs. I own a red one that stores up to 34 oz of water. This equals four daily trips of: walking to the water cooler, the actual filling of the bottle, the generic office banter/exchanging of pleasantries with co-workers while standing at the cooler, the cursory taking a sip and casually looking around your office while nodding after your jug’s been filled, and, finally, the walk back to your desk/cubicle/office. Doing this 3 or 4 times a day isn’t going to arouse as much suspicion from your manager or supervisor as is getting up every fifteen minutes to go to the cooler and drink several tiny paper cups of water. The point is you want to be seen at your desk, looking diligent, as much as is humanly possible – even if you’re actually just sitting there drinking water. Total time wasted: 10 minutes

4. Urinating
Drinking that much water throughout the course of a day really does a number on your bladder. I find that for every 30 oz or so of water I drink I need at least one, sometimes two, trips to the men’s room. This, again, is a great way to waste time, because no one can question where you’ve been or what you’ve been doing – replying, “I’m sorry, I had to use the rest room” ends a boss’s line of questioning IMMEDIATELY. So let’s approximate 5 trips to the rest room per day for the purposes of urinating alone. Now, while in the rest room there are several things you can do to tack on a few precious seconds to your strategic time-wasting – these things include adjusting your necktie, fixing your hair, re-tucking-in your shirt, etc. These are all great little tricks that, when combined, waste up to an extra 5 minutes of your workday and don’t look at all conspicuous to anyone else who may see you doing them in the rest room. What other tricks can you think of?! Total time wasted: 15 minutes

5. Lunch
Lunch should be at least an hour and a half – no exceptions. The trick to getting more than an hour out of your lunch “hour” is to leave for lunch a different time everyday, but always be sure to leave sometime during “lunchtime” and preferably right after you see your boss or one of your superiors leave to go get their lunch. It’s a really simple strategy – say you want to get lunch at 12:30 pm today because you know your manager has a meeting at noon that will probably last about 2 hours. In this case you leave for lunch at 12:15 pm and return a little after 2 pm. If anyone asks any questions you tell them that you left for lunch at 1 pm and no one’s the wiser, as long as you don’t have any snitches in your office that are looking to try and get you in trouble because they know you don’t do anything at work all day. If this is your situation then that’s unfortunate and you’re going to have to be extra careful in your comings and goings. But, a great way to avoid this problem is to leave to get lunch a little later than everyone else, but still during the designated “lunch hour”. I find in my office most people leave to get themselves lunch around noon, so I usually leave around 12:30 pm when most people are still out and I have less chance of being spotted. Total time wasted: 1 hour and 30 minutes (at least)

6. The Half Hour Before and After Lunch
When I said lunch should be over an hour I specifically meant that one should be missing from the office building/surrounding premises for that time interval. There is, of course, the downtime before and after lunch that an expert time-wasting employee can take advantage of, if they’re smart.
The half hour before you leave to go to lunch is probably the most useless stretch of time in the entire workday. No one, not even the people that actually like their jobs, get anything done during this period of time. I use this time to do my online banking and other internet-related things of that nature. The great thing about online banking is all the numbers and “stuff” on the screen look like something you might be working on to the untrained eye when, in reality, we know it’s not, but it just works to your advantage that most managers and supervisors are past their prime and don’t really grasp things like “personal computers” as well as you and your yuppie friends do.
Now, the half hour after lunch can be used for running errands like going to the post office and mailing birthday cards, that you got free postage for by flirting with the gay guy in the mailroom, or picking up your dry cleaning or whatever else you might need to get done that day. Here’s how you accomplish these tasks without getting in trouble – after you’ve finished your lunch come back to your desk and get yourself re-situated. You can do things like waking your computer up or stacking some papers on your desk or writing a few random post-it notes and sticking them to your monitor, etc. Basically you’re trying to do anything and everything to make it look like you’ve just gotten up from your work area a moment earlier and whoever’s looking for you must have just missed you. Darn!
Now, there’s an ingenious deal clincher you can use here to ensure that you’ve got everyone fooled: when you finish your lunch, don’t throw out your trash. Most people do this, “normal” people throw out their trash after they’ve finished eating. This, again, is wrong. Bring your trash back to your cubicle and spread it out at your desk – it makes it look like you ate lunch there and the boss won’t be upset with you if he/she happens to see you coming back into the building with your dry cleaning because you were such a dedicated employee who worked through lunch and only “stepped out” afterward to take care of some semi-urgent personal matters. If, by some miracle, you had already thought to do this before I just told you about it, you may pass Go! and collect two-hundred dollars. Congratulations!
If you don’t have errands to run you can just come back to your desk (with your trash!) and surf the web for 30 minutes or so because, as was just explained, the Arby’s wrappers next to your keyboard make it look like you’ve just finished eating and are still on your lunch “hour”. Total time wasted: 1 hour

7. Defecating
This one should be obvious – 20 minutes at least, even if the actual “act” only takes you 30 seconds (must’ve been the Chinese) – just sit there and relax. Bonus points for multiple bowel movements a day. And, once again, no one can ask any prying questions about what you were doing. You were in “the bathroom”. Total time wasted: between 20 and 30 minutes

8. Snacks
A lot of people don’t bring snacks to or buy snacks while at work. These people are known as “idiots”. No one likes to be bothered while they’re eating, so, if someone sees you eating they’re not going to bother you because they know they wouldn’t want you bothering them when they were trying to enjoy that Snickers bar that they had been saving in the freezer all morning. Got it? Mid-morning snacks and mid-afternoon snacks are a must when you’re trying not to be productive. Total time wasted: 15 minutes

9. The “Internet”
It amazes me how anyone gets anything done, or how bosses expect anyone to get anything done, when nearly all of us now have a world of knowledge at our fingertips. There are a plethora of websites that get updated multiple times a day and which can be looked at in a relatively non-discreet manner. Examples include: cnn.com, SI.com, craigslist.org (the Mecca of a procrastinator’s online universe), and others. Now, these aren’t pages that you can leave up on your computer screen all the time, but it’s very easy to take 5, maybe 10, minutes and peruse their content when you get tired of loading your empty stapler. My girlfriend has a more interactive way of wasting her time through her reading of craigslist’s “Missed Connections”. This is definitely more her thing than mine, but I give her the utmost credit here in knowing how to get the least out of her workday. Good work, honey! Or should it be “Good non-work!”? Total time wasted: 30 minutes

10. BS-ing
This is only acceptable to do with colleagues that do the same thing you do all day – nothing. This is fairly self-explanatory and there isn’t much strategy involved. Just go to one of your buddy’s offices or cubicles and talk about sports or boobs or how little you’ve accomplished so far that day. If you’re a woman talk about your period or chocolate or your cats or whatever else it is that women talk about. The only thing here is to bring some papers or a folder or something “office” looking with you (and a pen!) so if anyone walks by and asks what you “gentleman” (or “ladies”) are “up to” you can say something business-sounding and not, “uh…, nothing…”. Keep the conversation length to a minimum, I’d say no more than 10 minutes, but feel free to do this with a few different people at least 3 times a day. Total time wasted: 30 minutes

11. Emails
This one should also be obvious. Typing emails furiously makes it look like you’re really working hard. I try and keep at least 6 email dialogues per day, Monday through Friday. And, if possible, try and keep a majority of these conversations with females because girls love to chat about “stuff”. Guys are bad at emailing because we don’t have much to say to each other. Most questions guys ask each other require one-, sometimes few-, word answers. Guys are better to call on the phone (local calls only!) because the conversations are quick and can easily go unnoticed. Also, emailing a girl you’re romantically interested in is a great way to court as you’ve got 8 hours to craft and perfect everything you say to her. It’s best to use your work email account to do this because most personal email templates are too colorful and you’re more likely to get caught, but if you have to use a personal account because your work emails are monitored then just be cautious about it. Total time wasted: 1 hour

12. The Half Hour Before You Leave Work
Like the half hour before and after lunch, this time interval is pointless. No one wants to do anything, most people can’t really even concentrate as they’re thinking about their commute or what they’re going to have for dinner or, in my case, where they’re going to get drunk after work and what time they should set their alarm for the next day so as to ensure they can wake up and get into work on time, albeit hung over. I usually use this time to play online games because many people will be leaving, or will already have left, the office and don’t really care what anyone else is doing that late in the day anyway. Total time wasted: 30 minutes

13. Instant Messenger
If you’re lucky enough to have this option at work than you shouldn’t of even had to have read this in the first place because you don’t do shit at work to begin with. Just please make sure to keep the sound muted and have a few work-related windows on your computer monitor available to maximize if the boss man (or boss lady) decides to drop by. Total time wasted: All fucking day. Asshole.

14. Something Like This
I started this thing at 10 am. It is now almost 2 pm. I haven’t done a thing all day and it feels great.

In conclusion:
Total time wasted doing all previously mentioned and discussed activities (minus #13 and #14) is…
Approximately 395 minutes or a little over 6.5 hours!
That means, in a given day, you can get by really only doing an hour and a half of actual work. To some even this seems like a lot, maybe even too much, but you must consider that this equates to 7.5 hours of work a week and you’re getting paid for 40. You’re basically being paid to do nothing 32.5 hours a week. You’re awesome.

57 Things to Know about Israel


On the occasion of Israel's 57th birthday, it is time for us to celebrate how far our nation has come in just over half a century. 57 years ago, we were struggling to keep our young nation alive. Today, we are thriving as a global leader in science, technology, medicine, culture, and much more.

In honor of 57 years, I wanted to share with you 57 of the many contributions that Israel and Israelis have made to the world.

The 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world's population, can lay claim to the following
1. The cell phone was first developed at the Motorola plant in Israel.

2. Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by Microsoft-Israel.

3. The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.

4. Both the Pentium-4 microprocessor for desktop computers and the Centrino processor for laptops were entirely designed, developed and produced in Israel.

5. Voice mail technology was developed in Israel. The Israeli company Amdocs is the largest company in the world in this field.

6. Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only foreign-based research and development facilities in Israel.

7. The program ICQ, which is the technological basis for AOL Instant Messenger, was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.

8. Disk on Key - a portable, virtual hard disk - was developed by the Israeli company M-Systems.

9. Israel has the highest number of personal computers per capita in the world.

10. Israel has the highest number of university degrees per capita in the world.

11. Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin - 109 per 10,000 people - as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.

12. In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the US.

13. With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and startups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world - apart from Silicon Valley.

14. Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds right behind the United States.

15. Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of companies listed on NASDAQ.

16. Israel has the highest average living standards in the Middle East.

The per capita income in 2000 was over $17,500, exceeding that of the United Kingdom.

17. On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of biotech startups.

18. Twenty four percent of Israel's workforce holds university degrees - ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland - and 12 percent hold advanced degrees.

19. Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship - and the highest rate among women and among people over 55 in the world.

20. Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on earth.

21. Israel has the world's second highest supply of new books per capita.

22. Israel has more museums per capita than any other country.

23. Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized, no-radiation diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.

24. An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical treatment. Every year in U. S. hospitals 7,000 patients die from treatment mistakes.

25. Israel's Given Imaging developed the PillCam - the first ingestible video camera, which is so small it fits inside a pill. Used to view the small intestine from the inside, the camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and digestive disorders.

26. Researchers in Israel developed a new device that directly helps the heart pump blood. The new device is synchronized with the heart's mechanical operations through a sophisticated system of sensors.

27. Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., over 70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany.

28. A new acne treatment developed in Israel causes acne bacteria to self-destruct - all without damaging surroundings skin or tissue.

29. An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a large-scale solar-powered and fully functional electricity generating plant in Southern California's Mojave Desert.

30. The first computer anti-virus software package was developed in Israel back in the 1970's.

31. Major law enforcement agencies use Israeli technologies to monitor voices and messages on conventional phones, mobile phones and e-mails.

32. An Israeli company, Teva, is the world's largest generic pharmaceutical company.

33. A new brain implant has been developed in Israel that can lower the risk of stroke by diverting blood clots away from sensitive areas of the brain.

34. IBM scientists in Israel are playing a vital role in a massive project of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to discover the origins of life on earth.

35. Israeli software company Check Point is the global leader in Virtual Private Network (VPN) and firewall technologies.

36. Israeli company Elta is responsible for the world's first civilian aircraft equipped with technology designed to protect airliners from a missile attack.

37. Mashav, the Israeli Foreign Ministry's Center for International Cooperation has trained over 200,000 international aid workers that have traveled to dozens of countries to help with medicine, agriculture, disaster relief, and many other issues.

38. Israel has, for many years, held the world record in milk production.

39. Rummikub, the third highest selling board game in the world, is manufactured in a family-run plant in the small southern Israeli town of Arad.

40. Drip irrigation - the system that is based on using plastic pipes that release small amounts of water next to crops or plants - was developed by the Israeli engineer Simcha Blas in the 1970's. The invention caused a revolution in agriculture.

41. A design submitted by Israeli-born Michael Arad has been chosen for the World Trade Center Memorial, from amongst 5,000 entries from around the world.

42. Israeli company Retalix created the grocery scanners used at such stores as Costco, Albertson's, and 7-11, as well as 25,000 additional stores and quick-service restaurants throughout the United States.

43. Primate research at Hebrew University is leading to the development of a robotic arm that can respond to the brain commands of a paralyzed person.

44. Two Israeli researchers are generating cancer-killing molecules that will recognize cancerous cells and target them aggressively, while not affecting normal cells.

45. Israeli researchers developed a novel stem cell therapy to treat Parkinson's Disease - using a patient's own bone marrow stem cells to produce the missing chemical that enables restoration of motor movement.

46. Israeli company Silent Communications has developed a type of silent conversation system for cell phones, so users can carry on conversations without saying a word.

47. The Israeli company Wondernet is currently dominating the world market in document signature authentication, with its unique scientific method of verifying handwritten signatures.

48. Israeli Professor Yehuda Finkelstein has discovered the cause of and cure for halitosis (bad breath).

49. Cherry tomatoes were originally supposed to be a snack when they were designed by a group of scientists led by professor Nahum Keidar from the agriculture faculty at the Weizmann Institute of Science, with the cooperation of the Israeli company Zera.

50. The Quicktionary, a pen size scanner that scans a word or a sentence and translates it to a different language, was developed by the Wizcom Company, based in Jerusalem.

51. Professor Ehud Keinan from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology developed a pen that identifies an improvised explosive.

52. The Israeli company Insightec developed an ultrasound system for removing tumors without surgery.

53. Researchers at the Technion have developed an antibiotic that destroys anthrax bacteria as well as the toxins it secretes into the bloodstream of the infected body.

54. Epilady, an electric hair removal system, was developed by Yair Dar and Shimon Yahav from the Goshrim Kibbutz.

55. The sun-heated water tank, a device that converts solar energy into thermal energy and that saves about 4% of the national energy supply, was developed by an engineer from Jerusalem.

56. Dr. Gal Yadid, Dr. Rachel Mayan, and Professor Abraham Weizman from Bar Ilan University developed a form of drug rehabilitation using a natural steroid that is inserted into the brain and develops a resistance for the drugs.

57. Alon Moses from Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and Imanuel Hensky and Carlos Hidelgo-Grass from Hebrew University decoded the mechanism for Streptococcus

A. Happy Independence Day, Yariv Ovadia Consul for Communications and Public Affairs

100 Fun Things to do in a Grocery Store

* = If you work there
*1.) When stocking things, stock them facing backwards and see how long you can go before someone complains.
*2.) Play conga music over the loudspeaker and try to form a conga line with customers and coworkers.
3.) Jump out from behind shelves, displays, etc. and yell, "Peek-a-boo!" at people.
*4.) Get on the loudspeaker at random intervals and say whatever comes to mind first ("Booga-wooga!").
*5.) If someone asks where something is, say, "Oh, is THAT what you call it now?" ::wink wink::.
6.) Put an empty box on your head and yell, "I am BOXPERSON!" and run around making your own hero-music.
7.) Throw things from one aisle over the shelves and then run when you hit someone, cackling.
8.) Ride the conveyer belts on checkout lines and insist that you are this week's special.
*9.) Send new sackers on quests for things that don't exist ("We need Snippi-Snappis, quick! Run, run!").
*10.) After scanning everything, ask the customer if they want fries with that.
*11.) Get on one of the big pallet movers and race it through the produce section while singing the Batman theme.
12.) Balance yourself in a big rolling mop bucket and push yourself along with the mop, singing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat.'
*13.) If there's more than one, hold races with coworkers.
*14.) Tell the sackers to sack everything separately, first in paper, then plastic, then paper.
*15.) If you're sacking, choose one thing; double sack, triple sack, quadruple sack and so on. Keep going until someone notices.
16.) Attempt to juggle lightbulbs.
17.) Throw sugar at everyone and say officiously, "You may now proceed to Decontam. Move along."
18.) When someone isn't paying attention to their cart, grab a few items and set them on the floor in front of the cart.
*19.) If your job requires you to wear one of two ties, wear both at the same time.
20.) Do face painting with things like tomato paste, mustard, chocolate syrup, etc
.21.) When you watch someone scan something, get all wide-eyed and mutter things about "The Force".
*22.) When someone asks where something is, snap and start screaming at them. When asked what your problem is, respond with "PMS". Bonus points if you're a guy.
23.) Watch for someone coming for soda, then shake up as many as possible and run.
24.) Stand by the dairy section and go, "Mooooo" when someone picks up some milk.
25.) Write messages of doom on the sides of random soup cans.
26.) Scream in anguish whenever anyone picks up any meat.
27.) Sit down in the cereal aisle and start opening and dumping out cereal. When someone asks what you're doing, say, "I'm looking for the prizes!".
*28.) While stocking shelves, if someone walks by, say to yourself just audibly, "About time we got rid of these. Been here since the store opened.".
29.) Walk up to a perfect stranger, smile brightly, hand them a jar of something and flee.
30.) In the deli section, grab a bunch of wrapped straws, tear off the tops and shoot the wrappers at people.
31.) Bowling with produce!
32.) Organize a game of 'Truth or Dare' in the toothpaste aisle.
33.) Food fight!
34.) Throw tomatoes at people and yell, "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!".
35.) Bring items from other stores and put them on the shelves.
36.) Locate an old lady, stare in horror, scream, "You're one of THEM!" and fall over things as you run away.
37.) Skip around merrily and hug people.
38.) Hand out pads and tampons to little kids. Say they're a "special treat."
39.) Find some cucumbers, take them to the bakery and start playing a drum solo on any available surface. See how far into the song you can get before someone asks what the hell you’re doing.
40.) Ask everyone you see whether they’ve heard the one about the waffle iron and the Chihuahua.
41.) Record the theme from ‘Jaws’, set it to play and hide it behind the Campbell's soup display.
42.) Stand just behind one of the sackers and do a Hitler impression, screaming random things in German at passing customers.
*43.) Hide a video camera in the employee restroom and put the unmarked tape, with a 25 cent price tag, by the checkout.
44.) Locate a free sample tray and sprinkle a small amount of chili powder over its contents. Hide to watch the results.
45.) Cross your eyes, drool and wander around, bumping into people, until you reach the produce aisle. Immediately walk back out and ask whoever you last encountered where to find the beer.
46.) Run full-tilt into the candy aisle, grab a 5-pack of Tic-Tacs, and wave them aloft as you proclaim, "At last! The final ingredient! Now I will rule the world!".
47.) Sit down in the center of a random aisle, clutching a box of microwave popcorn and sobbing, "I'll never let go, Jack . . . I'll never let go . . .".
48.) Find a friend and set up a war between Wrigley's and BubbleYum.
49.) Station yourself in front of the plastic cutlery and prevent people from taking any by sobbing and singing 'Kum Ba Ya.'
*50.) When bagging, slip tampons in among the groceries.
*51.) Tell all newbies at some point to go refill the water fountains.
52.) Walk up to someone, shaking uncontrollably, and stutter as you ask where to find the caffeine pills.
53.) Hunch over and scuttle through the dairy section, muttering something about brains, then grab a cup of pineapple yogurt and fling it at someone. Keep flinging yogurt cups until someone stops you. Bonus if you get thrown out.
54.) If someone passes you, glare reproachfully and declare that you are NOT dead.
55.) Stack soup cans in intricate patterns and when told to fix it, protest that it's contemporary art.
56.) Whenever you see a guy in a T-shirt, start singing and dancing the 'YMCA.' Try to compel him to join you.
57.) Snatch and open a box of pancake mix, scream, "LIES! THERE ARE NO PANCAKES HERE!" and throw handfuls of powder at people.
58.) Pick a common item (i.e. toilet paper) and keep watch on it. When someone picks one up, scream, "UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!" and start throwing random items at them.
59.) Dance through the bakery, clicking invisible castanets and singing in make-believe Spanish.
60.) Dare other customers to streak through the store with you.
61.) As people enter, hand them a copy of a scavenger hunt list. Tell them that they have one hour to find everything.
62.) Steal things out of people's carts and leave ransom notes asking for their cheese in return for the stolen item. Tell them to meet you by the sphegetti sauces.
*63.) Get on the PA and say things like "Attention K-Mart shoppers" or "Welcome to Piggly-Wiggly". This only works if the store is NOT K-Mart or Piggly-Wiggly.
64.) Put 'Caution: Wet floor' signs in very strange places, i.e. on top of shelves, in the parking lot, etc.
65.) Hide a singing fish in the seafood area so that anyone who goes near or in it will hear it singing and talking.
66.) Act all shifty and nervous while approaching someone, then say to them while they're grabbing something, "You don't want to take that....the government puts weeeeiiird stuff in there, just using us like guiniea pigs..." Go on as long as you can. Bonus points if the person actually puts the item back.
*67.) Get on the PA and pretend to be the police. Use the names of coworkers in a list of people being arrested. See how many of them actually come forward. Bonus points if someone starts confessing things.
68.) Dress professionally and stand at the entrance with a clipboard and pen. Pretend to be jotting down notes about people as they come in. Pick a trait and shake your head everytime someone passes by with that trait (short hair, sunglasses, pink socks, etc)
69.) Bump into an old lady and act like you’ve just broken a priceless antique. Offer to “put it back together again”.
70.) Go up to random people, regardless of age, sex, or marital status, and ask them if they'll marry you. If they say yes, act all nervous, stutter something about not being ready for a commitment, and run.
71.) When in the checkout lane, lean over to look at the keyboard and go "Ooo, what's this do? And this? And this?...", Pushing buttons and such while doing so.
72.) Use lines from TV and movies randomly on people you encounter.
73.) Hide a pile of fake dog doo on a shelf and loiter nearby to watch the fun.
*74.) Dial a phone sex line, put it over the PA, and hide it. Things will get really interesting if you've hidden it well.
*75.) Piss your customers off by getting 3 and 5 mixed up all the time.
76.) Write the number 666 on different things and watch how people react.
77.) Grab a bottle of Mrs. Butterworth's and start touching it inappropiately. See how many people have a heart attack before you're thrown out.
78.) Start humming songs from The Nutcracker and pretend to be a ballerina. Try and get as many people involved as you can.
79.) Go into loud and dramatic convulsions on the floor. When someone tries to help you, stop, yell “Can’t you see I’m busy?!” and go back to writhing.
*80.) Sit down in the bread aisle with a storybook and get kids to sit down for "Stories from the Grocery Store". Start off happily, then get more bitter-sounding as you talk about your lack of a raise and stupid coworkers.
81.) Stuff your clothes with plastic sacks to make it look like you have anatomy that wasn't there before (or to enhance anatomy you already have).
*82.) If working in the dairy cooler, watch for someone reaching for an item, then grab their hand from behind the shelves and make noises like a rabid animal.
*83.) If someone comes up to you and asks where to find something, say, “How should I know? It’s not like I work here!”
84.) Buy a sandwich from the deli department, take a bite, gag, and then scream "Soylent Green is people!!" and run away, spitting.
85.) Make puppets out of anything you can think of-boxes, carved cheese blocks, etc. Put on a puppet show for the customers.
*86.) If caught doing any of these and your boss starts chewing you out, start arguing with them. ("You're out of line." "No, YOU'RE out of line!")
*87.) Steal the microphones from the checking lanes and make it look like they're plugged into weird places, such as in the meat case, on a clock, etc.
*88.) Make calls over the microphones as if they're functioning. Bitch and moan if someone doesn't come to you immediately and complain about the useless help.
89.) Loudly imitate an ‘Herbal Essences’ commercial with one of the shampoos.
90.) Pick up a box of soap, pretend it’s a video camera, and do ‘The Blair Witch’.
91.) Put a box on your head and lie down in the middle of an aisle.
92.) Follow a customer around the store and quack like a duck every time they try to talk.
93.) Ask for the manager of the store and when he shows up, start screaming at him in the Pants language until you get thrown out.
94.) Make up a language and then go talk to one of the workers. Make gestures wildly when they don't understand you.
95.) Dress up as a piece of produce and picket in front of the produce display. Make up chants about the 'cruelty to vegetables'. Bonus points if someone joins you.
96.) Burst into the store, do your best ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ cry, and tackle a magazine stand.
97.) Stand outside the door with a sign that says “The devil is in our grocery stores! Repent!”
98.) Go up to a member of the same sex and start hitting on them, insisting that they’re the man/woman of your dreams. Make puppy eyes and follow them around the store.
99.) Steal something from someone's cart and run off laughing. Be as conspicuous as possible. When they confront you, say "Blast! Foiled again!" and give the item back.
100.) Walk up to an old lady and say, “You’ve just said the secret word! Please go to the management for your prize!”

CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEST

PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. IF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE EVEN A LITTLE, YOU'LL FIND THIS HILARIOUS!
IT COMES FROM A CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEST. KIDS WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE BIBLE WERE WRITTEN BY CHILDREN. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RETOUCHED NOR CORRECTED. INCORRECT SPELLING HAS BEEN LEFT IN.
1. IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF.
2. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH'S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS.
3. LOTS WIFE WAS A PILLAR OF SALT DURING THE DAY, BUT A BALL OF FIRE DURING THE NIGHT.
4. THE JEWS WERE A PROUD PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH UNSYMPATHETIC GENITALS.
5. SAMPSON WAS A STRONGMAN WHO LET HIMSELF BE LED ASTRAY BY A JEZEBEL LIKE DELILAH.
6. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES.
7. MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH IS BREAD WITHOUT ANY INGREDIENTS.
8, THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT. AFTERWARDS, MOSES WENT UP TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
9. THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE.
10. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT ADULTERY.
11. MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA . THEN JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS IN THE BATTLE OF GERITOL.
12. THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA TOLD HIS SON TO STAND STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM.
13. DAVID WAS A HEBREW KING WHO WAS SKILLED AT PLAYING THE LIAR. HE FOUGHT THE FINKELSTEINS, A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES.
14. SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVID'S SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES.
15. CHRISTIANS HAVE ONLY ONE SPOUSE. THIS IS CALLED MONOTONY.

shtark jokes from bangitout.com

Mohel Store
A man was once walking and noticed a little store with a bunch of watches and clocks hanging in the window. The man walked in and said "Can you please fix my watch ?" The Guy behind the couter quickly responded "Sorry but I don't repair watches." The confused customer said back, "YOU DON'T REPAIR WATCHES?? WHAT DO YOU DO??" "I'm a Mohel"Now even more confused the man asked, "If you are a Mohel, then why do you have watches hanging in the store front???" "What do you want me to put in the window?"

Married to god
Three of the holiest nuns in Vatican City decided that they wanted to get married to their lord, Jesus. So the pope decided it would be appropo to have an elaborate ceremony to celebrate such a magical an uplifting event. As the ceremony is got under way, 3 Chassidim suddenly walked into the cathedral and took a seat all the way in the front. The pope went over to them and said, "No offense to you gentlemen, I do not have anything against people of your faith, however; I am just curious as to what are you doing here?? If I came into synagogue on Yom Kippur, you would certainly ask me the same thing!! They all look up and the one in the middle with a long red beard answered, “We are on the groom's side.”

Circumcisions
Two little kids are in a hospital, lying on stretchers next to each other, outside the operating room. The first kid leans over and asks, "What are you in here for? "The second kid says, "I'm in here to get my tonsils out and I'm a little nervous." The first kid says, "You've got nothing to worry about. "I had that done when I was four. They put you to sleep, and when you wake up they give you lots of Jell-o and ice cream. It's a breeze. The second kid then asks, "What are you here for?" The first kid says, "A circumcision." The second kid replies, "Whoa, Good luck buddy! I had that done when I was born........Couldn't walk for a year."

Beggars
Two beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Mexico City. One has a cross in front of him. The other one the Star of David. Many people go by and look at both beggars, but only put money into the hat of the beggar sitting behind the cross. A priest comes by, stops and watches throngs of people giving money to the beggar behind the cross, but none gives to the beggar behind the Star of David.
Finally the priest goes over to the beggar behind the Star of David and says: "My poor fellow, don't you understand? This is a Catholic country. People aren't going to give you money if you sit there with a Star of David in front of you, especially when you're sitting beside a beggar who has a cross. In fact, they would probably give to him just out of spite."
The beggar behind the 'Star of David' listened to the priest, turned to the other beggar with the cross and said: "Moishe, look who's trying to teach the Goldstein brothers about marketing."

Jewish Parking and Prayer
Moishe is driving in Jerusalem. He's late for a meeting and he's looking for a parking place, and can't find one. In desperation, he turns towards heaven and says: "G-d, if you find me a parking place, I promise that I'll eat only Kosher, respect Shabbas, and all the holidays..."
Miraculously, a place opens up just in front of him. He turns his face up to heaven and says "Don't bother G-d, I've just found one...."

Mr. Maykil (Lenient)
There was a man who spent his entire life looking for kulahs (leniencies) in all aspects of halacha (Jewish law) - whatever it was, he would search around until he found a rabbi who had a more lenient opinion he could rely on.
After 120 years, he came up to the gates of Shamayim. Hashem looked at the man's life record and said, "Well, you certainly did everything I asked of you. Angels, please take this man straight to Gan Eden!" (Garden of Eden)
The angels escorted the ecstatic man straight into the gates of heaven and brought him into a small room. But when they arrived, all there was in the room was a dark, damp cell, a table, and one small candle! The man was shocked and quickly looked angels and asked in horror, "This is Heaven???"
The angels looked at him and said "According to some opinions."

יום שבת, נובמבר 19, 2005

9 things I hate about everyone

1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.... I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?
2. People who are willing to get off their ass to search the entire room for the T.V. remote because they refuse to walk to the T.V. and change the channel manually.
3. When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too". Damn right! What good is cake if you can't eat it?
4. When people say "it's always the last place you look". Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they? Gonna Kick their asses!
5. When people say while watching a film "did you see that?". No Loser, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the damn floor.
6. People who ask "Can I ask you a question?".... Didn't really give me a choice there, did ya sunshine?
7. When something is 'new and improved!'. Which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it, couldn't be new.
8. When people say "life is short". What the hell?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?
9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks "Has the bus come yet?". If the bus came would I be standing here, dumbass?

Top 10 Jewish Oxymorons

10) Jewish Organization
9) Breakaway Minyan
8) El Al Food
7) Singles Group
6) Israeli Culture
5) Fast Food
4) Plastic Silverware (uws meals)
3) Career Choice
2) Pareve Cholen
t1) Orthodox Union

Top Ten Ways You Know You are Frum, but still Cool

10. Your d'var Torahs end with "And it would be awesome, if this was zocheh to bring about the days of Moshiach because he rocks!"
9. When the opposite sex offers to shake hands, instead of saying "Sorry, I'm shomer", you comb your hand through the side of your hair and say "Psyche!"
8. At the seder, when we pour out some wine for the ten plagues, you mention the custom's reason is to "Pour out a little liquor" for Tupac and all "the homies" that died in Egypt
7. You can easily mix up the yeshivish and secular slang: For example, "Dude, that girl is sooo not shayach." "Damn, that Tisch was off the hizzy".
6. You use your IM name to give people chizuk: for example, "613theIkar", "AllMinHashamayim", "StayOnTheDerech"
5. Although you can't curse anymore, you use kosher substitutes, like "this is some flippin' bullspit"
4. You lament how, were it not for dina d'malchuta dina, you would be toking up all the time
3. Though you only listen to Jewish Music, you're still "keeping it real" by listening to Black Hattitude and Radical Rapping Rabbis
2. Your cellphone rings to the tune of Hava Nagila
1. You start a shuckling pit at the Yisroel Williger concert

Top Ten Ways To Remember to Count Sefirat Omer

10. 49 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.
9. Sing really elaborate "Who Knows One?" seder song
8. Set alarm clock to go off every time second hand hits the corresponding sefirah day
7. Make a mark on your hand under your "Remember Sammy Jankis" tatoo
6. Kindly ask your secretary to remind you to count the daily wheat sheeve offering
5. Pledge to give money to local Islamic Jihad for every day you miss
4. Initiate minhag to count only prime numbers
3. Rename day's number after sports player who wears that number (Did we count Michael Jordan or Willie Mays today?)
2. Three Words: Yellow Post-it Bonanza
1. Count sheep

top 20 Microsoft refrences to judaism

20. Align Left, Align Right: Seating arrangement based on mechitza in shul (align center/justify for egalitarians)
19. Save As: Shabbos Leftovers for Sunday night dinner
18. Empty Deleted Items Folder: Yom Kippur
17. My Network Places: Shul Kiddush, JCC locker-room, Wedding Shmorg
16. Page Setup: Shidduch Dating (by the book)
15. Auto Signature: Seeing God in everything you do
14. Wrap Text, Shrink to Fit: Wearing Tefiilin with wet hair
13. Sort by Descending: Being judgmental of friends based on religious level
12. Mail Merge: At the sighting of an attractive woman after shul is over
11. Sent Items: The random "bag" of things we need to deliver when someone hears we are going to Israel (they become deleted items when El Al looses them)
10. Spell Check: When you search for 'chometz', but find 'no suggestions'
9. Italicized: Another name for Roman persecution
8. Copy and Paste: Continuously going to ESPN Zone as a cool first date
7. Insert Table: When someone decides to invite their 4 friends last minute to a shabbat meal
6. Away Message: Hinting to your friends that you are off the derech; or in Florida for Pesach
5. Reply All: "I'Yimru, Amen"
4. Landscape or Portrait: Deciding whether to move to Englewood or Teaneck
3. Outlook Today: Fully customizable hashkafa
2. Undo, Redo: Teshuva in a nutshell
1. Header and Footer: Your 2 basic requirements: Will she cover her hair & only wear skirts

Top 10 Jewish Euphemisms for going to the Bathroom

10. Plant a tree in Israel.

9. bring a Korban

8. Kli Sheni time

7. Put something in shamus

6. Let My People Go

5. Boil the bagels.

4. Take Terumah and Maaser

3. Put baby Moses' basket in the river.

2. Rebuild the temple.

1. Going Shanah Bet.

Top ten reasons to be a kosher vegetarien

10. No one is offended when you only eat the fruit plate.
9. You can eat your tofu fried during the meal, instead of frozen afterwards.
8. Who cares if there's no kosher butcher in your neighborhood?
7. Time to wait until eating dairy: until you're hungry again.
6. Two sets of dishes = Shabbos and weekday.
5. Who cares about the outrageous price of kosher meat?
4. No concerns about shechitah!
3. Life as a kollel man in Israel won't be such a shock, as you're used to doing without meat!
2. Since you are passing on the bassar, you can focus on the yayin.
1. Two words--buttered challah

10. Your "kittah" always consisting of at least one Russian and one Israeli whose father was on sabbatical

10. Your "kittah" always consisting of at least one Russian and one Israeli whose father was on sabbatical

9. Summer camp romances ranked by # of crocheted yamakas and what they said on the inside

8. Hoping to G-d that the substitute teacher was not your mom

7. Coercing parents to get you another Garbage Pail Kids' Trapper Keeper for additional Hebrew subjects

6. No matter how hard you try to clean, obligatory pretzel crumbs (to be leftover on Passover) must be in bottom of backpack.

5. Recess either involved tearing your pants at crotch or trading snacks for homework

4. Wondering if you could get away with that 'above the knees' skirt you've been dying to break out.

3. The "Step" haircut, need we say more?

2. Praying that your mom packed snacks with a hashgacha this time

1. Exploiting new gentile teachers by saying they can't give too much homework because of the Jewish Holidays on the way.

Top Ten Things You Don't Want To Hear From A Guy At The Mikvah

10. "We ran out of rain water, so I added some liquid of my own.(wink)"

9. Two Words "Marco Polo."

8. "Hey, looks like you came up with a couple of my hairs on you."

7. "It's a little saltier than usual today"

6. "You know the women's mikvah usually not this busy"

5. "Ok, now this time you sing the Jaws Theme"

4. "Whoa, looks like some ones swimming with a rudder?"

3. "If I catch any of you guys taking a peak, I'll break your legs"

2. "Some whipped cream for you... and some whipped cream for me."

1. "Come here often?"

Top Ten Things Your Bubbie Would Consider Anti-Semetic

10. Not enough cream cheese spread on your bagel
9. Any speeding ticket given on erev shabbos
8. Supermarket not excepting expired 2 for 1 coupon
7. Restaurants not giving seconds on free bread
6. Restaurants not giving enough fortune cookies
5. Being made to wait on line at the post office/DMV/passport place
4. Having milchig shabbos meals
3. Being cut in line at the supermarket checkout
2. Jury duty
1. Anyone who does not want to date her granddaughter

Top Ten Ways to You Know your a Jewish Moma's Boy, and proud of it!

10. Before you read this list you gave a quick "What's Doing?" call to mom

9. You feel the title "Mom" is too goyish, But "Mommy", "Ma", or "Imma" is shtark!

8. You love some saying a cheesy dvar torah about how in Judaism Mothers day is every day.

7. Your screen name: LuvMyEma@aol.com

6. You are pretty sure Oedipus is a Hebrew name

5 When someone says that their mother's chicken soup is the best, you automatically think to yourself "Gee, he sure is full of crap."

4 When your mother calls, you have a special "Aishes Chayil" ringer tune

3 When called up to the torah, you accidentally give them your name followed by your mothers Hebrew name.

2 You think your wife has negative zero culinary skills when she doesn't cook a seventeen course meal.

1 You are pretty certain that when you leave your house without a coat on you won't die of pneumonia, but very very possibly of excessive guilt

Top Ten ways you know you're Watching a Color War Skit

10) The producer has gone in for the “ultra-minimalist” look (i.e. two benches from the dining room and a table is the entire set, representing an airplane, a courtroom, an operating table, etc.).
9) Cliché number one: Russian bus driver with heavy accent wearing old wrinkled jacket- must say “Chhhello, my frrrriend!” at least twice.
8) Cliché number two: African American janitor is the most “bummy” counselor in blackface, wearing jeans and a t-shirt and speaking in Ebonics. (Note: in the past five years, this practice has been outlawed in many camps, due to complaints from the cleaning staff).
7) Cliché number three: Protagonist must attend your camp.
6) There is much gratuitous camper participation, because you get extra points (Note: when I wrote a color war skit, had all the campers in my bunk walk on to the stage, hold up a big sign reading “Gratuitous Camper Participation”, and walk off. If only there was anyone in the camp who knew what the word “gratuitous” meant).
5) Much of the plot must be stolen from Airplane!
4) Many of the lines must be stolen from The Simpsons, SpongeBob SquarePants, and the most popular movie of the summer. None of the head staff will catch the references.
3) There must be many drug references. None of the campers will catch them. You hope like hell that none of the head staff catches them, either.
2) Someone must die from eating camp food.
1) The last line of the skit must be “WHOSE GONNA WIN THIS COLOR WAR?!?!?!??!?!?!?!? (Insert name of team here)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

top ten jewish olympic sports

10. Track - Within the 18-Minute window before shabbos
9. Asking for more bread at restaurants
8. Shabbos elevator racing
7. Repentathalon
6. Speed dialing (Gan Asia)
5. Fencing - Israelis are the hands down favored in this self-defense.
4. Jewish Geography Challenge
3. Speed Davening Triathlon - Shachris, Mincha and Maariv.
2. Accounting
1. Watching Grease

Top Ten Top Ten Ways you know youre watching a Jewish Scene in a Hollywood Movie

10. Chasidim suddenly love the state of Israel
9. In the background of every scene there is a Menorah and at least one painting of some sad fiddler
8. If there isn't Klezmer music in the background, the characters are probably in a strip bar
7. Any tallis must always be worn like a locker-room towel around shoulders
6. Beards are too perfectly trimmed to be real
5 Answering questions with questions is how the rabbis are made to look sagely
4 Lighting shabbos candles always begins the heartwarming reflective scene about keeping tradition
3. Anyone praying must use the word Baruch and God's name (in vein)
2. In spite of initial family resistance, someone must intermarry
1. Required Grande finale: Breaking the Glass and a mixed family Horah wedding dance

top ten ways you know you are at a jewish thanksgiving dinner

10. Your grandmother asks for the gravy by requesting "the turkey schmaltz"
9. "The turkey is served!" line is followed by someone cracking open an expired Empire deli pack
8. Leftover vegetable kugel is suddenly titled "stuffing"
7. Your neighbor comes over to borrow your hat and jacket for his Pilgrim outfit
6. Someone accidentally starts singing shalom aleichem
5. Dinner is delayed while family clears off the table of Macy’s coupons
4. Meal cancelled due to prohibition on using Indian customs and the fact that your mom is busy cooking for shabbos
3. Homemade pies are from Supersol
2. Someone shares a really bad gematria dvar torah connecting Pocahontas and Hashem
1. It's Friday night.

man of the house

The husband had just finished reading the book, 'MAN OF THE HOUSE'.He stormed into the kitchen and walked directly up to his wife.Pointing a finger in her face, he said, "From now on, I want you to know that I am the man of this house, and my word is law!
I want you to prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, I expect a sumptuous dessert afterward. Then, after dinner, you are going to draw me my bath so I can relax.
And when I'm finished with my bath, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?"

His wife replied, "The Chevra Kadisha would be my guess?!"

old age

Two little old ladies were attending a rather long church service.One leaned over and whispered, "My butt is going to sleep.""I know," replied her companion, "I heard it snore three times.
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I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over
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Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:"And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked.She simply replied, "No peer pressure."
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The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs.
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Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the veryelderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?""98," she replied. "Two years older than me.""So you're 96," the undertaker commented.She responded, "Hardly worth going home, is it?
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I've sure gotten old. I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,new knees. Fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can'thear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thankGod, I still have my driver's license.
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An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart "Wal-Mart?" the preacher exclaimed. "Why Wal-Mart?""Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week."

יום רביעי, נובמבר 16, 2005

darts

A very drunk man goes into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender serves him and asks him if he would like to try the bar game of darts. Three in the bullseye and win a prize.. Only a dollar for three darts. The drunk agrees and throws the first dart. A bullseye!! He downs another drink, takes aim on wobbly feet, lets go...Two bulls eyes!!!! Two more quick drinks go down. Barely able to stand, he lets go of the last dart. Three bulls eyes!!! All are astounded. No one has ever won before. The bartender searches for a prize... grabs a turtle from the bar's terrarium and presents it to the drunk as his prize.

Three weeks pass... The drunk returns and orders more drinks, then announces he would like to try the dart game again. To the total amazement and wonderment of all the local drunks, he scores three more bulls eyes and demands his prize. The bartender, being a sort of drunk himself, and a bit short of memory, doesn't know what to give, so he asks the drunk, "Say, what did you win the last time?" And the drunk responds, "A roast beef sandwich on a hard roll!"

rolls royce

Before going to Europe on business, a man drove his Rolls-Royce to a downtown New York City bank and went in to ask for an immediate loan of $5,000. The loan officer, taken aback, requested collateral and so the man said, "Well then, here are the keys to my Rolls-Royce." The loan officer promptly had the car driven into the bank's underground parking for safe keeping, and gave him $5,000.

Two weeks later, the man walked through the bank's doors, and asked to settle up his loan and get his car back. "That will be $5,000 in principal, and $15.40 in interest," the loan officer said. The man wrote out a check and started to walk away. "Wait, sir," the loan officer said, "while you were gone, I found out you are a millionaire. Why in the world would you need to borrow $5,000?" The man smiled. "Where else could I park my Rolls-Royce in Manhattan for two weeks and pay only $15.40?"

doing nothing

Mr. Turtle was walking down the road when he spotted a eagle at the tip top of a very tall tree. He shouted, "Good Morning, Mr. Crow." Mr. Crow shouted back down, "Good Morning Mr. Turtle." Mr. Turtle shouted up, "Whatcha doin' today?" and the answer shouted back down was, "Absolutely nothin' Mr. Turtle - Absolutely nothin' and loving it." Well, that sounded pretty good to Mr. Turtle, so he shouted back up, "Do you think I could do that too?" Mr. Crow shouted back down, "I don't see why not!" So, Mr. Turtle lay down on the side of the road and began Doing Absolutely Nothing. In 30 minutes a fox came along and ate him.

The moral of the story is: You can get away with Doing Absolutely Nothing, but only if you are really high up.

exersise

Physical exercise is good for you.
We know that we should do it daily, but our bodies don't want us to do too much, so here's a program of strenuous activities that do not require physical exercise.
01) Beating around the bush
02) Jumping to conclusions
03) Climbing the walls
04) Swallowing your pride
05) Passing the buck
06) Throwing your weight around
07) Dragging your heels
08) Pushing your luck
09) Making mountains out of molehills
10) Hitting the nail on the head
11) Wading through paperwork
12) Bending over backwards
13) Jumping on the bandwagon
14) Balancing the books
15) Running around in circles
16) Eating crow
17) Tooting your own horn
18) Climbing the ladder of success
19) Pulling out all the stops
20) Adding fuel to the fire
21) Opening a can of worms
22) Putting your foot in your mouth
23) Starting the ball rolling
24) Going over the edge
25) Picking up the pieces
Whew! That's a workout! Now sit down and
26) Exercise caution.

mentel test

During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director,

"What is the criterion that defines a patient to be institutionalized?"

"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty thebathtub."

1. Would you use the spoon?
2. Would you use the teacup?
3. Would you use the bucket?

"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would choose the bucket as it is larger than the spoon or the teacup.""Noooooo," answered the Director. "A normal person would pull the plug.

the Taxi and the old lady

There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on thecounters.In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.>"Would you carry my bag out to the car?" she said. I took the suitcaseto the cab, then returned to assist the woman.She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.She kept thanking me for my kindness."It's nothing", I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the wayI would want my mother treated"."Oh, you're such a good boy", she said.When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, then asked, "Could youdrive through downtown?""It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly."Oh, I don't mind," she said. "I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to ahospice".I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening."I don't have any family left," she continued. "The doctor says I
don't have very long."I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. "What route would youlike me to take?" I asked.For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me thebuilding where she had once worked as an elevator operator.We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had livedwhen they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniturewarehouse that had once been a ballroom where s! he had gone dancingas a girl.Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building orcorner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said,"I'm tired. Let's go now." We drove in silence to the address she hadgiven me.It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a drivewaythat passed under a portico.Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up.They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They musthave been expecting her.I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door.The woman was already seated in a wheelchair."How much do I owe you?" she asked, reaching into her purse."Nothing," I said."You have to make a living," she answered."There are other passengers," I responded.Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held! onto metightly."You gave an old woman a little moment of joy ," she said."Thank you."I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light.Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk.What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who wasimpatient to end his shift?What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then drivenaway?On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything moreimportant in my life.We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in whatothers may consider a small one.

PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID, BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.You won't get any big surprise in 10 days if you send it to ten people.But, you might help make the world a little kinder and morecompassionate by sending it on.Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we mightas well dance. Every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself thatit is special. Every day, every minute, every breath truly is a giftfrom God."If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me?"I will remember all of you always.

3 questions to save a life

How to access STROKE Victims

A true story:Susie stumbled and fell. Her friend, Sherry, saw this happen. Being veryconcerned, she had the insight to ask Susie the 3 questions below.Suzie failed all three test-questions, so 999 was called. Even though she had normal blood pressure readings and did not appear to besuffering a stroke (she could converse to some extent with theParamedics) they took her to hospital right away. Susie suffered braindamage after a massive stroke, but is recouping at an incredible pace .So simple - this literally saved Susie's life - some 'angel' hadpreviously sent this advice to Suzie's friend and she followed itexactly.

Read and remember the 3 tests!A stroke occurs when oxygen fails to reach some part of the brain.Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately,the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim will (WILL!)suffer brain damage if people nearby fail to recognise the symptoms of astroke, and take action. Now doctors say a bystander canrecognise a stroke by asking the victim three simple questions:
*Ask the individual to SMILE.
*Ask them to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
*Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE coherently (e.g. "It is sunnyout today.")If they have trouble with ANY of these tasks, call 999 immediately anddescribe the symptoms to the dispatcher.After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could identifyfacial weakness / arm weakness / and speech problems, researchers nowurge the general public to learn the three questions. They presentedtheir conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meetinglast February. Widespread use of this test could result in promptdiagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.A cardiologist says that if everyone who gets this email sends it toanother 10 people, you can bet that at least one life will be saved !BE A FRIEND, AND SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE.

It could save their lives. A stroke changes the lives of all family andfriends around the victim, for years afterwards....