Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (April 30, 2011)
Based on a Japanese Proverb At the punch bowl’s brink, Let the thirsty think, What they say in Japan: “First the man takes a drink, Then the drink takes a drink, Then the drink takes […]
Based on a Japanese Proverb At the punch bowl’s brink, Let the thirsty think, What they say in Japan: “First the man takes a drink, Then the drink takes a drink, Then the drink takes […]
Fighting Words If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. …Muhammad Ali Vital Statistics What’s to be appreciated most about a person, height, width, or depth? […]
Foregone His shortcoming is his long staying. …Benjamin Disraeli Fine Tuning Traditionally, most orchestras tune to the oboe, although it is also common to tune to the clarinet, and often has to do with conductors’ […]
Orwellian Seer Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. …Voltaire A Wry Comment A member of the faculty of a prominent London medical college, wishing to share some good […]
Classic Taunt Float like a butterfly Sting like a bee. Your hands can’t hit What your eyes can’t see. …Muhammad Ali From the Internet This year we will experience four unusual dates: 1/1/11, 1/11/11, […]
A Minor Moralist Wealth is like water. He who does not open up a gate to carry off its overflow drowns in it. …Al-Siqilli Armenian Alliteration One thing the Western Armenian language has which […]
From the Word Lab Arguri (in Russian Armenia). Here, according to tradition, Noah first planted the vine. (Argh urri, “he planted the vine.”) *** The Reader’s Handbook by E. Cobham Brewer Legends about Noah naturally […]
Yes and No Only one man ever understood me, and he didn’t understand me. … G.W.F. Hegel From the Word Lab Eureka! Or rather Heureka! (“I have discovered it!”). The exclamation of Archimedes, the Syracusian […]
Scottish Proverb He who tells his wife all is newly married. From the Internet This year we will experience 4 unusual dates: 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11. Now try this: Take the last 2 digits of […]
Scottish Proverb He who is up early and has no business has an ill wife, an ill bed, or an ill conscience. The One Pillow that Armenian Couples Grow Old on Restoration of Life by […]
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