tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post1730378507522217669..comments2023-05-11T14:42:01.345+03:00Comments on How to Be Israeli: Don't be a FryerMaya / מיהhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09871125878143128412noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-89251581392167343152011-04-11T08:25:13.081+03:002011-04-11T08:25:13.081+03:00Wow! I love that movie and that phrase, my DH and ...Wow! I love that movie and that phrase, my DH and I watch lots of Israeli (Hebrew Language) films. <br />We are on our way to making aliyah... will I arrive as a fryer, well, I hate to say it but probably yes. It's just the American conditioning! LOL! I know the first visit in 2005 we were definitly fryers of the first degree. Went to the Kotel and got hit up by all the beggars . . . (which is OK until the same ones keep coming up to you 10 minutes later and you give them more money!) My Israeli friend had to fend them all off for me. Oh and did I mention that rug that I bought in a nice man's shop whom the Taxi driver was friends with and brought us there from in front of the King David Hotel where we were staying. I'm still afraid to have the rug appraised, why? Because I know I was a fryer! <br />Anyhow I signed up to follow your blog and I will be reading it daily before our pilot trip. We are part of the Go North program, and G-d willing we will be settling in the North too.<br />So nice to meet you ad thanks for the sage advice.<br />KerenSavtaNeshamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612345876641246658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-302301396889023332010-04-11T20:42:20.401+03:002010-04-11T20:42:20.401+03:00WOW! I hate to admit it but, I'm a fryer. Lu...WOW! I hate to admit it but, I'm a fryer. Luckily I have some Israeli friends who were born and raised there. So, I think I'm gonna ask them for some advice how not to be a fryer when I go. Thanks for the post. I loved it!<br />ToniTWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987458674869948774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-84179581834244943922009-11-02T13:22:15.002+02:002009-11-02T13:22:15.002+02:00We saw this movie at my daughter's junior high...We saw this movie at my daughter's junior high school -- it was too funny and too sad. Did you catch the Salach Shabati reference? I missed it, but my husband pointed it out to me!RivkA with a capital Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411034058195730044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-34175506594582081532009-07-01T15:56:16.735+03:002009-07-01T15:56:16.735+03:00I'm pretty sure this is a Yiddish word origina...I'm pretty sure this is a Yiddish word originally, and Yiddish has a lot of German influence. The two words probably have the same origin! Thanks for sharing the original meaning!Maya / מיהhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871125878143128412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-92002453555567103992009-07-01T15:19:19.446+03:002009-07-01T15:19:19.446+03:00In the Romanian language we also have this word, s...In the Romanian language we also have this word, spelled "fraier" - it means a person that doesn't know how to take advantage of something,of a situation and it comes from the German language - :freier", where in means, surprinsingly,suitor. What's the common ground? No idea, but it is interesting how words circulate from language to language, receiving new meanings...Alone in Holy Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117747490042171507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-71947613928656455242009-05-28T00:11:12.512+03:002009-05-28T00:11:12.512+03:00cool! this has been on my netflix queue all week, ...cool! this has been on my netflix queue all week, will watch it tonight if you recommend it....Murphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115787657586179857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-21822286468286163502009-03-29T21:26:00.000+03:002009-03-29T21:26:00.000+03:00btw, in an e-mail to me after reading this post, m...btw, in an e-mail to me after reading this post, my grandmother just made a great observation: Pixel is a "slumdog cat" (as in "Slumdog Millionaire") :) Not that Israel's a slum, though... very far from, despite the fact that my bro-in-law says our apartments look like the projectsMaya / מיהhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871125878143128412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-49836100643142116762009-03-29T16:17:00.000+03:002009-03-29T16:17:00.000+03:00except Pixel doesn't even really care about being ...except Pixel doesn't even really care about being caught... it's kind of more "stop doing it if they make me stop, then go right back to it when they aren't looking"Maya / מיהhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871125878143128412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-89035794761448194142009-03-29T15:49:00.000+03:002009-03-29T15:49:00.000+03:00The difference between our two cats (and by extens...The difference between our two cats (and by extension, between the Fryer and the not-fryer) can be summed up like this:<BR/>Zue's motto in life is "don't do anything that would piss off the humans"<BR/>Pixel's motto in life is "don't get caught doing anything that would piss off the humans" ;)מבשלת שלושת החתוליםhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404971589216351730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-23757319684302647902009-03-27T17:34:00.000+03:002009-03-27T17:34:00.000+03:00Hello!I just stumbled upon your blog and am so gla...Hello!<BR/><BR/>I just stumbled upon your blog and am so glad that I did.<BR/><BR/>I hope someday to make aliyah, so it's nice to visit a place where I can read about it.<BR/><BR/>Shabbat Shalom!<BR/><BR/>MelissaMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149490578032892476noreply@blogger.com