Moṭah Gur Street

Jewish date:  17 Siwan 5772 (Parashath BeHa‘alothekha).

Today’s events:  Daniel Boone Day, Birthday of Prince Joachim (Denmark).

Greetings.

Continuing the series on Giv‘ath Shemu’el, today’s street of interest in Moṭah Gur Street.  (“Moṭah” is a  nickname for “Mordokhay”.)  As always, descriptions may wildly inaccurate for entertainment purposes, which may or may not be part of a devious plot to get tourists to come to Giv‘ath Shemu’el or people searching on the Internet to come to Weird thing of the day when searching for other things.

Tangent:  Thanks to whoever clicked on advertising links last months, for which this blog earned US$1.26.  Now my mother can get that operation¡

Tangent:  Feel free to leave comments.

Back to Moṭah Gur Street, which stretches from HazZethim Street to Menaḥem Beghin Street.

A passage reportedly leading to Atlantis, but which some claim actually leads to Albuquerque.  Many people around here tell me that space-warping technology is overhyped.  Many others tell me that Atlantis is overhyped to the point that anyone visiting it will invariably be disappointed.

A passage, guarded by two Intefe robots, reportedly leading to Mu, but which really leads to a field with cows.

Another passage, again guarded by Intefe robots, reportedly leading to Lemuria, but which really leads to a monkey house.

“Hey!  I’m going to be on Weird thing of the day!  Hi, Mom!”

 “Shut up, Ncniyjxhcz!  Gdsa65g465sa is coming down the street, and if he/she knows we’re here, our plan to pelt him/her with water balloons goes down the drain!”

Your humble blogger took these pictures on Israeli Independence Day.  Notice the patriotic decorations.

Groups of Intefe robots parading on the sidewalk in honor of Israeli Independence Day.

You may remember, dear reader, that there were Smurf houses on ’Allonim Street.  There are two Smurf houses here, too, whose owners have made them sufficiently mobile that they are normally found in the shadows on warm days.  I wanted the Smurfs to move their houses to a better-lit position for photography, but they were not home.  (The supermarket at the mall was having a special on Smurfberries.)

Tangent:  Due to their coloring and clothing preferences, Smurfs are considered patriotic in Israel.

Tangent:  Someone remind me to go back and photograph these Smurf houses again when their owners leave them in the Sun.

That weird lumpy thing is a sleeping giant slug.  Humans do not always realize what such slugs are and sometimes sit on them.

One of the Intefe robots told me this is the way to the Batcave.  That Intefe robot was yelled at by another robot who insisted the Batcave is in Tel ’Aviv.

See the ninja from Ḥayyim Bar Lev in this picture?  Of course not.  She hit me with a water balloon right after I took this picture.

Enjoy, share the weirdness, and beware of beings armed with water balloons.

’Aharon/Aaron

Bernshten the Kohen Street

Jewish date:  16 Siwan 5772 (Parashath BeHa‘alothekha).

Today’s events:  National Yo-Yo Day, Teacher’s Day.

Greetings.

Continuing the series on Giv‘ath Shemu’el, today’s street of interest is Bernshten the Kohen Street.  As usual, the captions may be grossly inaccurate for the sake of your amusement.

I know:  either avoid photographing anything in shadow or learn to use Photoshop.

The ninjas from Ḥayyim Bar Lev were very annoyed that I mentioned their existence.  Can you see them hiding in this picture?  Of course not.  They’re ninjas.

A haunted house where the ninjas were hiding out.  I heard the ninjas fighting with the ghosts.  I think the ninjas may have won.

A weird, spiky alien plant.  The ninjas love using these as impromptu weapons.

The ninjas also love these stylish flowerpots, especially when their opponents are standing directly below them.

Just some pretty flowers—right before I had to jump back to avoid being hit by them.  Thankfully, I managed to slip away from the ninjas and get back to my apartment safely.

Enjoy and share the weirdness.

’Aharon/Aaron

Shim‘on bar Kokhba’ Street

Jewish date:  14 Siwan 5772 (Parashath BeHa‘alothekha).

Today’s events:  Clean Air Day, Mary Church Terrell Day, Emancipation Day (Tonga), International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (UN observance).

Greetings.

Continuing the series on Giv‘ath Shemu’el, today’s street of interest is Shim‘on bar Kokhba’ Street.  As previously noted, descriptions may be embellished for the reader’s entertainment.

Two of our famous painted electrical boxes. 

An invisible cyborgized monster visiting some of our famous recycling bins.

More fancy Intefe ironwork.  The artist was trying to express his/her feelings on hearing a dial tone.

You will not believe the size of the ants living inside this anthill.  They refused to let me photograph them.

Enjoy and share the weirdness.

’Aharon/Aaron

Rav Me’ir Bar-’Ilan Street

Jewish date:  9 Siwan 5772 (Parashath Naso’).

Today’s events:  Nothing secular.  (Your humble blogger cannot explain it, but that is what his calendar claims.)

Greetings.

Continuing the series on Giv‘ath Shemu’el, today’s street of interest is Rav Me’ir Bar-’Ilan Street.  As usual, descriptions may be inaccurate for your amusement.

Note:  Bar ’Ilan University is not on this street.  Go figure. 

Note the utter lack of a university.

There is a school on Bar-’Ilan Street, and these pictures seem to be examples of kid art.  I think the use of the opening of a drainage pipe as a ball demonstrates at least as much capability for creative reinterpretation as I display during this series.

More decorative gates with Intefe symbols, these meaning “people” and “If you can read this, thank an interactive teaching program”.

Enjoy and share the weirdness.

’Aharon/Aaron

Shelomoh Ben-Yosef Street

Jewish date:  8 Siwan 5772 (Parashath Naso’).

Today’s event:  End of the Middle Ages Day.

Greetings.

In honor of the end of the Middle Ages (which happened quite some time ago), Barry has asked me to let you know about this:  “Star Turtle needed to tow planet”.  (Apparently the Great A’Tuin is too busy to do the job.  The tortoises here in Giv‘ath Shemu’el are definitely too small.)

Continuing my series on the streets of Giv‘ath Shemu’el, today’s street of interest is Shelomoh Ben-Yosef Street.  As usual, the descriptions may be embellished for the sake of your amusement.

The sign was bent when I found it.  Really.  And I did not photograph the sledgehammer, so you cannot prove anything.

One of our local gnomes.  Gnomes are known to be mischievous enough to deliberately stand such that their shadows fall in places inconvenient for photographers.

“We guard the gates of Hell!”

“Not only do we not guard the gates of Hell, you’re trying to rip off LOLcats!  Idiot.”

“Can’t I have any fun?”

“Shut up and smile for the nice blogger.”

The gnome’s cyborgized monster cages, guarded by the lions and other creatures.  The monsters are invisible, of course.  And before anyone asks, no one was crazy enough to cyborgize monsters.  The monsters are descended from rat-like creatures modified to survive on a Mars-like planet, cyborgized in such a way so that their descendants would be hatched with built-in electronics.  Evolution took over when some escaped, and ten million years or so later they were invisible cyborgized monsters.  The monsters are considered the ultimate pet by certain social circles of Bazes.

More cacti.  Invisible cyborgized monsters use them for appetizers.

One of the local deer, come to browse on the flowers.  Fortunately for it, invisible cyborgized monsters prefer larger prey, such as cows and automobiles.

Disguised Intefe robots.  They explained that they are afraid of the invisible cyborgized monsters and feel confident that they will not try to eat them dressed like this.

That wall is actually a hologram hiding a passageway to deep subterranean cavern filled with invisible cyborgized monsters.

A vicious guard duck, on duty to make sure the invisible cyborgized monsters do not escape.

Pac-Man bait.  It is also useful for baiting invisible monsters.

Enjoy, share the weirdness, and beware of invisible monsters.

’Aharon/Aaron