In Search of Intelligence
You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come:
Knock as you please, there’s nobody at home.
…Alexander Pope
Entry in an Autograph Album
God made candy
God made cake
But when He made you
He made a big mistake.
The Love that Surpasses All Understanding
Don’t disparage cannibals. After all, they do love people.
On Old Age
A man’s not old when his hair turns grey,
And a man’s not old when his teeth decay:
But he’s on his way to that final sleep,
When his mind makes appointments that his body can’t keep.
A Man of Many Words
Armen Babamian is an amazing fellow. He is not only an expert in the use of standard Armenian (Ashkharapar), and adept in the use of the Dikranagerd dialect (Parpar), but is highly familiar with classical Armenian (Krapar). On many an occasion he has in his jocular fashion rendered some common English or Armenian phrases in Krapar. For example, when urging a tardy friend to get a move on, he would render, “Shake your rear end” (polite form), as “sharzhatsoutsial zvorn ko.”
Perfect Example
Edo: What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy?
Bedo: I don’t know and I don’t care.
What’s in a Name?
Vanetsian/Vantsian: Armenian in derivation, identified as a location, Vanetsi and Vantsi are defined as a native of the city of Van.
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