Linguist, lexicographer, writer, editor, broadcaster

Gathering jokes to judge public opinion is like gauging weather from a calendar

“A bearded man, obviously a Hamas member, and his son enter the office of the PA. They see a photo of Arafat on the wall, and the son asks: ‘Isn’t this the guy you are always cursing, Dad?’ The father then says very loudly: ‘Whose kid is this?’”