Suspended Animation
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
… Edgar Allan Poe
American Proverb
Some speak from experience; others, from experience, don’t speak.
A Toast
Here’s to a friend. He knows you well and likes you just the same.
Another Limerick
There was a young lady of Kent
Who said that she knew what it meant
When men asked her to dine,
Gave her cocktails and wine.
She knew what it meant—but she went.
Daffy-nition
Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.
From My Persian Dictionary
Tíz: fart
Jashn: feast
Vái, váh: fie!
Chirkín: filthy
Not by Your Leave
Edo: Do you permit your wife to have her own way?
Bedo: No. She has it without my permission.
What’s in a Name?
Simitian/Simitjian: Turkish in derivation, identified as a trade, a simitji is a maker/ seller of bread cakes.
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