Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Easily Amused category.
Hebrish is one funny language
Over the course of the past few months, I’ve jotted down a list of some of the best Hebrish words I’ve witnessed. I’m sure the list will grow over time as my amusement continues. Many are from my graphic design course, which provides an endless amount of Englew/Hebrish.
- אנדואים Undoim: Undos, as in, I’m using Adobe Illustrator and need to go back a few steps in my design. “Bo na’aseh cama undoim”.
- אונלייניותOnlineiot: Describing your online profile. “Tivdeku at haprofilim onliniot v’offliniot”
- ספוט קולורים – Spot Colorim: Spot colors. As in, let’s look at this color wheel and spot colors.
- לפברק Lefabrek: Can you guess? Not to make a fabric (that’s what I thought). To fabricate. Did you get it right?
- שרקיות-Shrekiut: As in, this picture has two Shrek-like things coming out of its head, so you can feel the shrekiut.
Here are some more that you can figure out on your own:
- פיגורה (figura)
- סילואטה(silhouetta)
- קומפוזיציה(compozitsie)
And I did all this without hebrew letters on my keyboard! Thank goodness for the delete key. Do you have any to add?
The Ultimate Felafel Photo Contest
It’s time for a contest. Let’s spice things up and add a felafel ball or two into our empty pita lives.
Announcing the big felafel’s 1st ever Felafel / Falafel Photo Contest to find the most creative felafel picture ever.
It’s time to get out there to your fave felafel stand, stuff yer face or someone else’s and take some funny pictures.
To participate, submit pictures of yourself, friends, family or strangers (with their consent- nothing shady) to win the ultimate felafel picture contest. All pictures will be uploaded to our website and carefully judged by felafel experts from around the world.
Start date: Now, what are you doing reading this? (October 28,2007)
End date: November 30, 2007 at midnight(Israel time)
Rules: Submit unlimited amount of felafel pictures to thebigfelafel@yahoo.com. You must include your first name, age, email address, where you are from, where the picture was taken, and a one line caption for each picture.
By submitting your pictures you give The Big Felafel consent to upload the pictures to our website along with your first name, age and location. Your email address will be kept private.
Winners: The Big Felafel team along with our felafel experts will pick three winners.
Prize: The only prize fit for a Felafel winner- A free felafel at Felafel King in Jerusalem, Israel.
Lighters with a little light humor
One of the best ways to start your day is with a free newspaper delivered to your door. It all started about a month ago when the newspaper, Israel Today, appeared at my door step with no strings attached. At first I thought there was a mistake. Then I noticed all my neighbors had them too. Since then the paper continues to be my favorite part of the morning, a Hebrew challenge and taste into the news of real Israelis- no offense to Jerusalem Post readers. Continue reading this entry »
Much love for the Choco in a bag
Many people forget what an innovative country Israel can be. I am here to help you remember.
There is no doubt that Israel is the capital for high tech, after all you can’t scan Janglo without seeing a JOBOPP in the tech industry. In fact Israel invents big important military stuff that other countries buy from us all the time! Even the holy city, Jerusalem, is trendy with wireless internet throughout downtown. You know what that means; Facebook, YouTube and email can all be accessed on a park bench! Continue reading this entry »
Our first real fan!
Going through my RSS feeds just now, I saw that the title of Baka Diary post today is “To” and “To” in Hebrew; and The Big Felafel and was obviously intrigued. Is getting giddy about these things acceptable for my online persona? I am having trouble understanding what Facebook Rebecca or blogging Rebecca can get away with vs. real-world Rebecca. Thank you for the kind words…
…..On another note, I took up Rebecca’s invitation and went to her and Molly’s blog, The Big Felafel (http://www.thebigfelafel.com). Listen up, everybody– READ THIS BLOG! . This is the blog I wanted to/wished I could have written about life in Israel. This is the best new blog (in English) in Israel, and may turn out to be the BEST blog in the Anglo community.
Why can’t I write like this? We won’t even talk about amazing graphics, links, etc…..
Check it out!
I first wrote about Baka Diary in this post. For more good reading, check out the Baka Diary blog. Did I make it to the blogroll?
So you think you know Hebrew, watch this
After ulpan, the real Hebrew proficiency exam should entail watching funny TV shows like Hayisraelim and Ktzarim and seeing if you laugh at all the right places. No scantrons. No multiple choice. Just laughs. You can practice for this non-existent exam by checking out the Reshet Video Machine. This all-powerful video machine has many many Hebrew TV shows to choose from and loads incredibly fast. The best part – if you don’t get the jokes the first time around, you can watch an episode over and over and over again, and no one will know.
A little explanation about HaYisraelim. The show is composed of 5 or 6 skits that appear in every episode, but with a new twist. My favorite ones are the skits with the prime minister, the arsim in the mall, the worker who talks trash about her coworkers, the felafel stand, the couple with the baby, and the psychologist. The show has 3 main guys who play a variety of roles. I like to figure out which one is which character, but they are so good it’s hard to keep track.
If you come across more funny shows on the video machine, please share.
(Thanks Miriam for telling me about the site)
All purpose Shabbat Elevator
Thanks to Life in Israel for making me crack up… I think this video clip is from the Israeli TV show, Ktzarim (shorts.. as in short skits, not the short pants). Unfortunately, the quality is not so great.
Warning: Prepare for false gumball hopes this Sukkot
It would seem cruel to put gumballs in arms reach of a little child and then forbid him from eating them. But, in a stroke of genius, the Jerusalem municipality that we have all come to love (and hate), has done exactly that. The municipality decided to set up a sukkah in Kikar Safra and fill it with candy and gumball machines that are purposely out of order. You can look, but you can’t touch.
How could that ever have been perceived as a good idea? Maybe it went something like this: I know, let’s have kids walk in with great hopes of delicious candy and play a cruel, sick joke on them by not allowing them to have any. Oh, and we’ll have a clever play on words so everyone will chuckle – sukkariyah (candy) in the sukkah! weeee.
But don’t worry, when the kids saw what the city had in store for them, they fought back, in the best way that kids know how. They shook those machines and stuffed money in, until damnit, they worked and candy came out. So ha-ha to you, Mr. Every-2-Seconds-Announcement-that-the-machines-don’t-work and the city of Jerusalem. Take that.
Maybe they had been reading some old Mitch Hedberg jokes….
“I like cinnamon rolls, but I don’t always have time to make a pan. That’s why I wish they would sell cinnamon roll incense. After all, I’d rather light a stick and have my roommate wake up with false hopes.” -Mitch Hedberg
The light rail delayed, new form of transportation takes off
Here’s a shocker – the light rail has been delayed yet again and will be completed by the year two thousand and never. So, while we sit around and wait for an update, there’s a new mode of transportation gaining popularity – the sneaker. Here’s a preview of this new technologically advanced system that I filmed last night, first-hand, from Ben Yehuda St.
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Janglo goes comments, where’s the heads up?
As we know, Janglo, the can’t-function-without-it Jerusalem Anglo community website has undergone many changes – starting out as a Yahoo group and transitioning to a more user-friendly site at janglo.net with RSS feeds, an event calendar, and now the most revolutionary feature- comments. Previously, when someone would post something common, like today’s FREESWAP: ROOSTER, people would respond only to that person who posted and no one else could benefit from the responses.
But today, everything changed in Janglo-land. For better or for worse. Continue reading this entry »