New Currency

This is a caricature (no, please don't burn down any embassies!).

It's the new Ariel Sharon banknote in the sum of 17 NIS.

Now, in Hebrew, 18 can be framed by use of the letters of the alphabet representing as numbers. So Chet (8) and Yod (10) = 18, prounced Chai.

Chai also means living.

So, to explain the (black) humor, 17 NIS is "almost Chai", i.e., "almost living.