Archive for June 27th, 2005

The Curse of Pooh

Yesterday, there was this:

Paul Winchell, a ventriloquist, inventor and children’s TV show host best known for creating the lispy voice of Winnie the Pooh’s animated friend Tigger, has died. He was 82.
Today, I read this:

John Fiedler, a stage actor who won fame as the voice of Piglet in Walt Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh films, died Saturday, The [...]

Miscommunication

Click here for a hilarious sketch that highlights the language barrier between an Indian and an Aussie.
 
Background: Australian IT and Telecom company Telstra outsourced jobs to India a while ago, including call center operations. This is what can happen..

You Got Your Apology..Now Get Over It

Israel has apologized to New Zealand for the passport affair, after New Zealand suspended all high level contacts between the two countries. But instead of graciously accepting the apology and putting the affair behind them, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has decided to rub Israel’s face in it.

Israel’s apology for two of its citizens [...]

Separated at Birth

Famous Jewish philanthropist Moses Montefiore, and former British Prime Minister and architect of the Balfour Declaration Arthur Balfour.
 

 
No, I agree they look nothing alike. But Ha’aretz obviously does.
 
(hat tip: Bloghead)

Filthy Rich

Finally a post where I can combine celebrity gossip and the Middle East conflict. And it took Paris Hilton to get there.
 
As you may or may not know (or care), Paris Hilton, famous for both owning hotels and being videotaped in them, has found true love – after she realized that all this time, she [...]

Strange But True

The Jerusalem Post reports on a former-PLO-Arab-turned-Jew, who has enlisted in the IDF:

A Palestinian youth who converted to Judaism reportedly enlisted in the Israeli military.
 
Amnon Yitzhak-Shachar, who was born Ayman Abu-Zubuch in the Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, reported to Israel’s main draft office last week and was mobilized, Ma’ariv said Sunday. According to [...]