Something for nothing.

In December one of the gas stations near Netanya offered a frequent-buyer deal: you collect gas receipts and get all kinds of prizes (no extra fee). Everyone laughed at me for taking it too seriously, but I stuck to that place, collected 900 liters worth of receipts, and today finally got a $10-worth toaster. There!

אינשאללה, ייצא דאבל

Yesterday I met a friend of mine, who told me the geekiest story ever. Two Israelis were stuck in some God-frogotten place in Tennessee, and wanted to play a game of backgammon. They had the board and the pieces, but no dice. ( How do two sophisticated geeks solve the problem? )