Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Nov. 22, 2014)

From a Native American

The white man who is our agent is so stingy that he carries a linen rag in his pocket into which to blow his nose, for fear he might blow away something of value.

–Piapot, Cree Chief

 

A Modern Aphorism

After all is said and done, all that is left is laughter.

 

The Merry Widow

I have become a little older since I saw you last, and a few changes have come into my life since then. Frankly, I have become quite a frivolous old gal. I am seeing five gentlemen every day. As soon as I wake up, Will Power helps me get out of bed. Then I go see John. Then Charlie Horse comes along, and when he is here, he takes a lot of my time and attention. When he leaves, Arthur Ritis shows up and stays the rest of the day. He does not like to stay in one place very long, so he takes me from joint to joint. After such a busy day, I’m really tired and glad to go to bed with Ben Gay. What a life!

 

Yorkshire Miner’s Toast

May all your labors be in vein.

 

Spanish Proverb

He is always right who suspects that he is always making mistakes.

 

From My Persian Dictionary

Maral: hind (animal)

Zarb: hit

Ganj: hoard, treasure

Guráz: hog, pig

 

What’s in a Name?

Fodulyan: Turkish in derivation, identified as a descriptive name, fodul is defined as vain, presumptuous, egotistical.

CK Garabed

CK Garabed

Weekly Columnist
C.K. Garabed (a.k.a. Charles Kasbarian) has been active in the Armenian Church and Armenian community organizations all his life. As a writer and editor, he has been a keen observer of, and outspoken commentator on, political and social matters affecting Armenian Americans. He has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Reporter and the AGBU Literary Quarterly, “ARARAT.” For the last 30 years, Garabed has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Weekly. He produces a weekly column called “Uncle Garabed's Notebook,” in which he presents an assortment of tales, anecdotes, poems, riddles, and trivia; for the past 10 years, each column has contained a deconstruction of an Armenian surname. He believes his greatest accomplishment in life, and his contribution to the Armenian nation, has been the espousing of Aghavni, and the begetting of Antranig and Lucine.
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