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Archive for June, 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, [...]
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..
Jun 27, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
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 [...]
Jun 27, 2005 | 3 comments | View Post
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)
Jun 27, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
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 [...]
Jun 27, 2005 | 0 comments | View Post
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 [...]
Jun 27, 2005 | 2 comments | View Post
Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’
After jumping for joy on Oprah, and then getting decidedly nastier during an interview with Australia’s 60 Minutes, Tom Cruise has suffered another meltdown, this time in an interview with Matt Lauer of NBC’s Today Show. Things start well enough, but once Cruise leaves the twilight comfort zone, he gets nasty and condescending. See it [...]
Jun 26, 2005 | 3 comments | View Post
Gratitude
Nothing shows your gratitude for living in freedom like trying to kill the very troops safeguarding this freedom. About 70 young Muslim men have left Britain to join the insurgents who are fighting coalition troops in Iraq, senior security sources have revealed. At least three have been killed in combat, including one whose role [...]
Jun 26, 2005 | 2 comments | View Post
A Doctor Speaks
In the wake of the attempted suicide bombing at the “Erez” security crossing, but meant for Soroka hospital (see this footage of the woman disrobing and then searching for the “detonate” button) the international voices of condemnation are deafening me with their silence. In contrast, a voice which has not been silent is that [...]
