Mementos: Arij's pictures with his comments, part 2

Here's a picture of the border with Libanon. Also on the picture is your¹ wife Françoise. (1968)

(Ah, that's what you think.
On the other hand, the shorter girl in the foreground with her back to the camera even I recognise: Helen, Françoise's friend. The bespectacled chap on the left is Dadan. - Ed)

And now, children, cover your eyes, for the next two items are not for you, actually they should never have been for anybody. They were a blatant attempt to make money by hawking unsafe products to an unsuspecting public. The Abir beer disappeared with the replacement of asses and horses by motor vehicles, and the wise man will draw his own conclusions.

As to the Nadiv cigarettes, well known for their pungent aroma and unforgettable taste, it was rumoured that the tea supplied to its employees by the Jewish Agency was bought with the proceeds from the sale of well-worn and much used straw mattresses to the cigarette manufacturers.

There's probably no truth to this hearsay, and you haven't heard it from me.

Ed