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Dec312008
Gaza: Top Black Comedy Moments --- "I Will Turn Into Biscuits"
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 13:10
Intended humour:
At the Hassouna Bakery near Shifa Hospital, about 100 men and 50 women waited in separate lines to buy bread. Amal Altayan was telling others in the line that she kept her cellphone in her pocket so that if an Israeli missile destroyed her house she would be able to phone for help. The other women mocked her, saying that if a missile hit her house, she would be gone. Showing familiarity with the kind of knowledge circulating in Gaza these days, Ms. Altayan replied, “It depends. If it is an F-16 I will turn into biscuits, but if it is an Apache I may have a chance.”
Unintended humour:
A pro-Israeli lobbyist, noting the Palestinian and Israeli death tolls:
The problem is that the numbers are not very flattering.
Unintended humour (2):
Former Israeli Government press advisor:
When you have a Palestinian kid facing an Israeli tank, how do you explain that the tank is actually David and the kid is Goliath?
At the Hassouna Bakery near Shifa Hospital, about 100 men and 50 women waited in separate lines to buy bread. Amal Altayan was telling others in the line that she kept her cellphone in her pocket so that if an Israeli missile destroyed her house she would be able to phone for help. The other women mocked her, saying that if a missile hit her house, she would be gone. Showing familiarity with the kind of knowledge circulating in Gaza these days, Ms. Altayan replied, “It depends. If it is an F-16 I will turn into biscuits, but if it is an Apache I may have a chance.”
Unintended humour:
A pro-Israeli lobbyist, noting the Palestinian and Israeli death tolls:
The problem is that the numbers are not very flattering.
Unintended humour (2):
Former Israeli Government press advisor:
When you have a Palestinian kid facing an Israeli tank, how do you explain that the tank is actually David and the kid is Goliath?
tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Palestine in Middle East & Iran
Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Palestine in Middle East & Iran 