Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 17, 2010)

Turkish proverb

Though men are brothers their pockets are not sisters.

Homonymic

A leading political candidate for public office attended a rally in his honor, and after giving a speech stood in a receiving line to personally greet the guests, which included some military personnel. One gentleman appeared familiar to him, and he asked, “Haven’t I seen you before?” The man happened to be the politician’s tailor, and he replied, “Why, I made your pants.” “Oh, yes, yes,” said the other, “How do you do, Major Pants.”

A Shaker and Mover

When Woodrow proposed to me I was so surprised I nearly fell out of bed.
…Attributed to the second Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.

Fame in Oblivion

A modest man is usually admired—if people ever hear of him. 
…Edgar Watson Howe

Daffy-nition

Authors: The queerest of animals, whose tales come out of their heads.

Attention, Gamesters!

The longest odds in the world are those against getting even.

From My Persian Dictionary

Ajzáchí: chemist
Gílás: cherry (white)
Vashnah: cherry (sour)
Nukhúd: chickpea

What’s in a Name

Majarian: Turkish in derivation, identified as a nationality, Majar is defined as Hungarian (Magyar). Also, in slang usage, a louse.

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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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