Soooo.

Chanukah's almost over! There's not much to report. I was in Ariel last night for some kind of Chanukah party/performance, which was OK. Today we went to an underground bullet factory and a science museum in Rechovot with the cousins. That was pretty cool. Tomorrow is the big shopping day, I don't know exactly where (but I trust those who do) and then on Thursday it's back to work. :-)

Now for a story, because I have nothing else to say:

So this bullet factory was illegal, because it was built at the time when the British ruled here, and they didn't want anyone to manufacture ammunition because they wanted to feel like they were in charge. So the smart Jews went and built a factory under a Kibbutz. One day, the Brits came to the Kibbutz on a surprise inspection visit. The Kibbutzniks needed time to cover everything up and to hide all traces of the factory, so they invited the Brits into their dining room for food and beer as a way of stalling. The Brits complained, however, that the beer wasn't cold. So the (again, smart) Jews said, "Well, if you wanted your beer to be cold, you should have told us you were coming." And so it was from that day on. The Brits got their cold beer, the Jews got the advance warning about their inspections, and everyone was happy. And the factory survived 3 years (I think) until our State was founded without ever being discovered by the British.