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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, December 20, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, December 20, 2015
‘Goodbye, Shalom’ is not original, as it turns out
Proof that an original thought is hard to come by is on display on Twitter right now, where everybody finds it hilarious that Shalom, the last name of disgraced minister Silvan Shalom, also means “goodbye.”
Cue the same joke again and again
שלום, סילבן.
— Josh Breiner (@JoshBreiner) December 20, 2015
סילבן, שלום
— Yishai Harel (@YishaiHarel) December 20, 2015
and again and again
שלום, סילבן.
— chaim greidinger (@chaimgridinger) December 20, 2015
סילבן, שלום pic.twitter.com/W461yj3msC
— li-at steinitz (@LiSteinitz) December 20, 2015
and, well, you get the point.
(Special hat tip to blogger Nehemia Gershuni for pointing out this sad, sad phenomenon)
