Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Aug. 22, 2015)

A Hearty Toast

Here’s to you,

And here’s to me;

But as you’re not here;

Here’s two to me.

Unlikely Sayings

As Cyclops said: “Sometimes you have to close an eye to what goes on around you.”

Modern Aphorism

The prosperity of a nation lies in the enforcement of its just laws.

From the Trivia File

They asked Dorothy Rothschild Parker to use the word “horticulture” in a sentence. So she said, “You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.”

Songs of Yesterday

I just heard from Bill Bailey. He’s not coming home.

Shades of Meaning

A woman was taking a shower when suddenly the doorbell rang.

“Who is it?” she yelled.

“Blind man,” came the answer.

Without fear of embarrassment, she stepped out of the shower and opened the door.

The man said, “Where shall I put these blinds, lady?”

Untimely Departure

Edo: A terrible thing happened to me on the subway.

Bedo: What was that?

Edo: The newspaper I was reading got off at Washington Street.

What’s in a Name?

Faljian: Persian/Arabic in derivation, borrowed by Turkish, identified as a trade, fal is defined as fortune and falji as fortuneteller.

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CK Garabed

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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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