A Para Cows and a Cannon

Not a circus act, but two new silly designs with the Israeli Hebrew slang expressions.

“Para para”(Lit, “cow, cow”) means “one by one” or “one at a time.” I was suddenly inspired to make this mooving design after chatting with Cheri, my gal pal from my many years in Israel.  I never understood the connection between cows and “one a a time.” Cows are not particularly good at waiting in queue, and to human Israelis the concept is practically foreign. So once I asked Cheri if she knew why. “Oh sure,” she said, with the confidence of one who sees the obvious even if I couldn’t. “It’s cow, cow.”  That’s as illuminated as it got.

But anyway, that expression has always amused me and so here we go. Udderly silly and a bit weird.

Never one to leave odd enough alone, I also decided to shoot for one more (ha!) The Hebrew word for cannon is “totach” (with a gutteral “ch”), but in current Israeli slang it also means a hot, attractive alpha male kinda guy. A retro-y cannon makes it fun and if you know a totach, or even a fan of old artillery (and doesn’t everyone?) it’s the perfect gift.