dagblog - Comments for "HOW ISRAEL SAVED MANKIND BY INVENTING PITTA BREAD" http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/how-israel-saved-mankind-inventing-pitta-bread-8598 Comments for "HOW ISRAEL SAVED MANKIND BY INVENTING PITTA BREAD" en And I believe that by http://dagblog.com/comment/102824#comment-102824 <a id="comment-102824"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/how-israel-saved-mankind-inventing-pitta-bread-8598">HOW ISRAEL SAVED MANKIND BY INVENTING PITTA BREAD</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>And I believe that by inventing post-mortem house demolition, they may be credited with perfecting collective punishment, although admittedly, for the practice of collective punishment iself,  they must, in fairness, cede pride of authorship to their mentors, the names of whom I am forbidden by Godwin's Law to adduce.</p></div></div></div> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:01:07 +0000 jollyroger comment 102824 at http://dagblog.com Pita, the bread that saved http://dagblog.com/comment/102823#comment-102823 <a id="comment-102823"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/how-israel-saved-mankind-inventing-pitta-bread-8598">HOW ISRAEL SAVED MANKIND BY INVENTING PITTA BREAD</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Pita, the bread that saved the world, was only part of the story.</p><p>Israel invented the chick-pea, and, more importantly, the practice of deep frying formed balls of cooked chick peas so that vegetarians could have the artery clogging benefits of <strong><span style="font-size: small;">FALAFEL!</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: small;"></span></strong>Take that, George Washington Carver...</p></div></div></div> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:56:50 +0000 jollyroger comment 102823 at http://dagblog.com It will be interesting to see http://dagblog.com/comment/102822#comment-102822 <a id="comment-102822"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/how-israel-saved-mankind-inventing-pitta-bread-8598">HOW ISRAEL SAVED MANKIND BY INVENTING PITTA BREAD</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It will be interesting to see if anyone responds. In case they do, here's a little counter-hasbara to mull over:</p><p><em><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scots-Invented-Modern-World-ebook/dp/B000XUAEMG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1295124496&amp;sr=8-2" target="_blank">How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The true story of how western Europe's poorest nation created our world &amp; everything in it.</a></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zj0JJYmkL._SL500_AA266_PIkin3,BottomRight,-19,34_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /><br /></strong></em></p></div></div></div> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:51:50 +0000 EmmaZahn comment 102822 at http://dagblog.com