The amazing Jeff Goldstein, proprietor of Protein Wisdom, a gorilla stompin’ blog on many levels, recently found himself in a bit of a dustup, arising out of the Jewish & Israeli Blog Awards and Protein Wisdom’s being one of the blogs nominated in the “Best Humor Blog” category. It seems that one of the other nominees, who was well behind Jeff in the voting, gratuitously said that Jeff was “not Jewish,” and that he was “not funny.” Ouch! Ouch!

Not surprisingly, Jeff acquitted himself admirably, but I am convinced that he was negatively affected by the experience. I came to this conclusion after having seen Jeff the other day in the supermarket, standing in front of a shelf that held jars of Gefilte Fish, and he seemed to be speaking. Knowing that Jeff is wont to speak with inanimate objects, such as apples and his Levi’s, I decided to listen in.

Jeff: “So, do you believe it? Some guy, one of our own, said that I’m not funny.”

Gefilte Fish:

Jeff: “O.K., so that was the putz’s opinion, and I suppose he’s entitled to it, but he also said that I’m not Jewish! Can you imagine that?”

Gefilte Fish:

Jeff: “Where’s the outrage here? How would you like it if someone said that you’re not Jewish?”

Gefilte Fish:

Jeff: “Well?”

Gefilte Fish:

Jeff: “Oy Gevalt!! I can’t believe you have nothing to say about that. I’m outta here.” (stomps off)

Adjacent Jar of Gefilte Fish: “So, why didn’t you talk to him, already?”

Gefilte Fish: “I smelled ham on his breath.”