Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out with a commercial for his campaign (and the Likud party) and... well, it's pretty gosh-darn brilliant no matter who you are! A couple expects a babysitter and instead they get a "Bibi-sitter". Check it out:
I understand that there is some play-on-words here that will probably go unnoticed by most English-only speakers. F'rinstance, when they mention "carpets" that's also Israeli terminology for "territories".
I've a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Mr. Netanyahu. A tremendous amount. But I never thought that he'd be making a commercial like this. Seeing him let his hair down with such a clever ad seems perfect somehow.
I understand that there is some play-on-words here that will probably go unnoticed by most English-only speakers. F'rinstance, when they mention "carpets" that's also Israeli terminology for "territories".
I've a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Mr. Netanyahu. A tremendous amount. But I never thought that he'd be making a commercial like this. Seeing him let his hair down with such a clever ad seems perfect somehow.
