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October 12, 2009 Categories: Israelis Make Me Laugh by 21 Comments

This is across the street from the Old City. I don’t even know what to say.


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  1. Estee Lavitt October 12, 2009 at 3:09 pm #

    lol. good one.

  2. Rica October 12, 2009 at 3:10 pm #

    Oh, now, come on – that's BRILLIANT! Kudos!

    (Rica is currently wearing her Marketing Director hat… )

  3. Anonymous October 12, 2009 at 3:27 pm #

    My second favorite position,I mean FOOD.

  4. Anonymous October 12, 2009 at 3:45 pm #

    Help me. I can hear the American tourists laughing from here!!!!!!!!!!

  5. The Reform Baal Teshuvah October 12, 2009 at 5:02 pm #

    It's CLOSE to the Old City, but not quite "across the street." It's more like "across the street and a hop, skip, and a jump" away. I so wanted to try them when I was in J'Lem but the wife would have none of it and I was quite happy at the River Noodle Bar, especially as it was תור שלה לשלם.

  6. Benji Lovitt October 12, 2009 at 5:04 pm #

    Good point….it's across from Mamila, isn't it? Which of course hosts HaGap. Thanks for the correction.

  7. Frugal Dougal October 12, 2009 at 5:18 pm #

    That's a brilliant sign!!!!

  8. Esther Kustanowitz October 13, 2009 at 12:17 am #

    I saw it when I was in a cab my last day in Jerusalem and almost jumped out to take a picture.

    This is a "Bad Idea Jeans" campaign if ever I saw one.

    Captcha: "dises" – booya!

  9. Sam October 13, 2009 at 12:41 am #

    also a fancy dog store in chicago!

  10. The Mizrahi Prince October 13, 2009 at 2:04 am #

    wow. . .

  11. ilana October 13, 2009 at 4:48 am #

    Could you find out if that place is kosher? I would hate to recommend it without knowing for sure. ;-)

  12. Marsha October 13, 2009 at 8:45 am #

    My husband is US Military and "away" right now. I am totally printing this picture and mailing it to him. I am sure it will make him laugh!

  13. sparrow October 13, 2009 at 1:02 pm #

    re your tweet "what is the worst name you could give your child in Israel" how about DesDimona?

  14. Duckrabbit October 13, 2009 at 4:54 pm #

    This relatively new dining establishment, joins ranks with its much-older next door neighbor, Tachat. (You, know, the one whose lettering is hardly readable, because it's fashioned from three illustrations of butts?) The point of Tachat is to force people to say that they're going to eat there, viz, "leechol batachat" or, "to eat in the butt." Which is Hebrew slang for something I wouldn't describe on a family blog.

  15. Melanie October 13, 2009 at 5:49 pm #

    haha
    yeah I saw it this summer and it did take a while until I realised what it was for. I just love Israelis.

  16. Anonymous October 14, 2009 at 1:43 am #

    i've seen this before and am more disturbed by the unclear sentence (and misplaced apostrophe) "hot dog's heaven." oh, to be a grammar czar in this country…

  17. Stacy October 14, 2009 at 1:10 pm #

    I hope you can see it from the Kotel

  18. Lewdmilla October 18, 2009 at 9:01 pm #

    Has anyone considered posting this on failblog.org? ;)

  19. Benji Lovitt October 19, 2009 at 3:58 am #

    Maybe I should….till now, I've avoided this whole "fail" world. If I do, can I link it back to my blog to get some publicity?

  20. Anonymous October 21, 2009 at 8:28 am #

    It acutally is Kosher, they have a teuda hanging up proudly (whether it is real or not is another thing)

  21. Anonymous October 21, 2009 at 8:28 am #

    It acutally is Kosher, they have a teuda hanging up proudly (whether it is real or not is another thing)

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