David In Israel . דוד בישראל . داوود في اسرائيل 

OK, I've been adjusted to life in Israel, but I have never lived with a Sabra until yesterday... My roommate Sachii arrived yesterday, and it has been interesting learning to live in such close proximity with a Sabra (a native Israeli)... Omer is the other roommate and he is Israeli/Latin-American, but Sachii is the poster-child for a native Israeli.  He is a very nice guy.  He even asked me to join him and his girlfriend for dinner.  We were getting along fine, until he informed me, out of the blue, that I am not to flush toilet paper... that there is a waste basket beside the toilet.  "MAH (WHAT)!?!!" I proclaimed in Hebrew!  I explained to him that toilet paper is designed for flushing and that, as an American, there were some things I wouldn't be able to adjust to doing.  THAT IS ONE OF THEM!!!! I don't want to go into detail, but I have used the toilet and flushed paper with NO problems, thus far.  I still don't get why he thinks this would be a problem.  I understand the physics of overloading a toilet... anyway!  Needless to say, I won!  I won't be using the waste basket for toilet paper. 

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