Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Eggnog: Not just for goyim

Glad to hear I'm not the only Jew who likes the delicious taste of eggnog, although I haven't tasted the stuff for years.

It seems like there are some foods that Jews just don't eat. Not necessarily because of kosher issues, but because these foods are simply designated as belonging to the domain of the gentile.


Kool Aid Man brings joy
to all the goyim children.
 Posted by Hello

Just off the top of my head, I'd put on the list:
Pop tarts
Slim Jim
Wonder Bread
Kool Aid
Marshmellows

Here's a product description of Slim Jim that just screams GOYIM!:

Slim Jim is the unconventional snack with an exciting, distinctive beefy taste teens love. Slim Jim's irreverent "in your face" attitude is captured in its advertising, sponsorships and promotions. Slim Jim is available in various flavors of meat sticks, beef jerky, beef steak and beef 'n cheese

I didn't see any Slim Jims in the lunch boxes of the Jewish kids at summer camp. But during my childhood growing up in a small city in northern Indiana, all these delicacies could be found in the home across the street. There lived my best friend and neighbor at the time Greg Gable. He had all kinds of great stuff that I associated with the good goyim life:

-Intellivision (which challenged Atari for supremacy over young people's minds),
-HBO and MTV (Remember this was in the 1980s when cable TV was still a novelty - at least it was in Indiana.)
-Star Wars figures (This may have been because as teachers my parents wanted my sister and I to have more creative toys. Looking back, I think they just didn't want to pay for all that crap that toy collectors are now paying top dollar for on Ebay.)

Greg's dad, who was a large beer-drinking man, was into camping and had a shortwave radio. He had a tall antenna installed next to the house so Mr. Gable - what the hell was his first name? Oh yeah, Gary! - could do whatever people do on shortwave radios.

Is there anything more goyish than a shortwave radio? I think not.

Anyway, if any of you have any observations about differences in the goy/Jew lifestyle, please put them in the comments section.