Background: Mom lives in Toronto. I live in Tel Aviv - 10 minutes' walk from the Carmel Market (Shuk haCarmel). Mom knows I shop at the shuk regularly.

How to freak Mom out:

1. Forget to send her a reassuring email as soon as the news of a terrorist attack in the shuk hits the wires;

2. Be stuck in a meeting and unable to answer your mobile phone when she calls to find out why you didn't send that email;

3. When she finally catches you on your mobile phone, don't bother to hide the unfortunate fact that you were just a couple of minutes away when the suicide bomber detonated himself.

Who says I'm not a sensitive person?