I was narrating Jewish comedy folktales in concert with a full orchestra last Sunday evening.
As you do.
During intermission, I was making my way through the lobby when a man stopped me and said:
“Matthew Dicks! You’re the most Jewish Gentile in our community!”
I thanked the man for the compliment and pleaded with him to find Elysha, who was somewhere in the venue and repeat the compliment to her.
I was sure that it would make her swoon.
One of my primary goals in life is to make my Elysha swoon.
Sadly, he did not find Elysha to repeat the compliment. Perhaps he thought I was kidding, or maybe he couldn’t find Elysha. It’s also possible that my request was just too weird to carry out.
Either way, I eventually had to repeat the compliment to Elysha myself.
She didn’t exactly swoon, but she swayed a bit.
Let this be a lesson to all of us:
It’s often better to say the compliment to the person’s spouse than to the actual person.
Or just say it to both the person and their spouse. Both are great, too.
