Now THAT’S Chutzpah!

October 12, 2007 - 10:24 AM by Benji

Stephanie posted yesterday about the man offering $60,000 to combat chutzpah.

“We should all be helping each other,” Maman, 55, told Yediot Achronot, deploring what he described as the spread of chutzpah in Israel in recent years.

Maman invited contestants to send their proposals to his Web site, www.derech-eretz.org. The winner will be selected next year, and Maman said he may also publish a book with the best 100 ideas.

The “spread of chutzpah?” What is this, a communicable disease? Someone call the CDC! I actually see chutzpah more as like a family value.

Another casualty from a recent outbreak.
Handle with caution, men.

As for the prize…$60,000, huh? Nothing to sneeze at. Except that when I checked out his website linked above, the ad on the homepage screams out “250,000 ?”?”. A quick currency conversion shows that as of today, with an exchange rate of 4.035, he should be paying in dollars $61,962. So basically if an American wins this, he’s going to pocket almost $2000???

Now THAT’S chutzpah!

For more fun examples of chutzpah…step into the War Zone:
Chutzpah in Lines!
Chutzpah in the Bathroom!
Chutzpah from the Talentless Biotch Formerly Known as Bar!

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