[joltinjoe]

Oddly enough, on Monday night (two days ago) two Israeli art students appeared at our door. We live in the boonies and asked how they chose this location. They said because of the new houses in the area. Since I speak Hebrew, I spoke some Hebrew to the guy. I could tell he was surprised. We did buy a nice piece of artwork though.

[Tennessee_Bob]

We did buy a nice piece of artwork though.

Better wrap it in tinfoil to stop the brainwashing signals...

[comitatus]

I had the same experience when we first moved into our new development, a young Israeli going door to door trying to sell art. I have no connection whatsoever with the DEA or any other government agency and, given the prices of Marin county homes, there aren't likely to be any other government workers in the neighborhood - so maybe the whole conspiracy is just an organized intent to actually sell art. Nah, that's no fun.

[kezekiel]

Oddly enough, on Monday night (two days ago) two Israeli art students appeared at our door. We live in the boonies and asked how they chose this location. They said because of the new houses in the area. Since I speak Hebrew, I spoke some Hebrew to the guy. I could tell he was surprised. We did buy a nice piece of artwork though.

OK, let's think this through... how much artwork would an Israeli student have to bring over to the States with them in order to get enough to pay for their round-trip plane ticket and their living expenses, let alone make a profit? I'm not suggesting anything nefarious; it just seems like a bad business model--especially since both office buildings and folks in your average American burb buy their art from places like Prints Plus in the mall.

[jennyp]

We did buy a nice piece of artwork though.

You too - please take a pix & post it here.