It seems he thinks Jews are difficult to deal with.
Mr. October then explained that the artist was driving a hard bargain and said he asked the man if he was Jewish “because he’s always working me.”
Jackson must have realized his faux pas, jokingly saying to artist Peter Zonis, “You’re going to get me in trouble.”
Jackson’s exchange with Zonis on Saturday afternoon was the latest in two months of talks between them over a painting of the Viand Coffee Shop – a favorite Upper East Side hangout of the slugger.
Reggie and Zonis finally completed their deal yesterday, with the slugger paying $1,500 for the painting.
Zonis, 49, insisted that Reggie is not anti-Semitic.
The artist, who is Jewish, admitted he was pushing Reggie to both buy his painting and pose for a photo.
“He [Jackson] was being nice and he knew I wasn’t going to let him leave the scene” without buying the picture and posing for a shot, Zonis told The Post.
“I think he was joking . . . that I had chutzpah.”
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Then Southern Illinois and the Tour de Donut is the place to be.
“It is a great thing, and the people really seem to have a good time,” Vers said. “It’s a healthy activity, even with the doughnuts, because the biking burns off those calories anyway.”
Steve Striker of Edwardsville planned to eat at least 24 doughnuts. He was working on 20 doughnuts when he reached the Worden pit stop.
“I don’t think I’ll make my goal. It’s tough to hold it back now,” Striker said as he was shoving five doughnuts into his mouth.
First-time participant Blake Stevens of Edwardsville said the ride was fun.
“I got to see some guy puke after eating 25 doughnuts, so that was interesting,” Stevens said.
Bill Schmaltz of St. Louis joked about the cyclists from Illinois lagging behind the rest. He said his goal is to eat seven doughnuts and finish the race under one hour and 35 minutes.
“This is fun, in a gluttonous kind of way,” Schmaltz said.
At noon, the cyclists were invited to join Staunton residents at their third annual Rib Cook-Off and Block Party in the park.
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Try to do better than this guy.
Mr Gailey, who holds a 1st in science from Glasgow University, admitted his embarrassment over the blunder: “I had been using the Weed Wand to get rid of weeds on my driveway.
“A couple of sparks had come off and before I knew it they had started a blaze in the garden next door.
“I may be over 70 but I ran to get the hose from my back garden but unfortunately the flames had taken hold.
“Thankfully, no damage was done to any of the houses and the bill for the repair work has been agreed on between myself and the neighbours.”
Last night, a Strathclyde Fire Brigade spokesman urged gardeners to take care when using potentially dangerous equipment.
He said: “People should be extremely careful when they use blowtorch devices such as these in their gardens.”
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