drjohn -
I also rember a comment from one member of the Israli team when asked how Yonah and Merom would compare to P4 , basically it went along the lines that the P4 was a donkey(maybe jackass was what he would have liked to have said.)
In English we have several words for this animal - donkey, ass, jackass, burro. I believe there is just one word in Hebrew.
In any case it certainly wasn't a compliment! :)