Popular Humor

> >Current joke here in Israel:
> > A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on the Tel
> Aviv/Jerusalem highway. Nothing is moving in either
direction. Suddenly a man knocks on his window.
> >The driver rolls down his window and asks, "What
> happened, what's the hold up?"
> >- "Terrorists have kidnapped Prime Minister Olmert,
> Defense Minister Barak, and their chief of staff.
They are asking for a $100 million ransom.
> Otherwise, they are going to douse them with
> gasoline and set them on fire.
> We are going from car to car, taking up a
> collection."
> >
> >The driver asks, "On average how much is everyone
> giving?"
> >- "About a gallon."