Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (August 22, 2009)
Shedding Light It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it. … Henry van Dyke […]
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
A Marvelous Mondegreen When our neighbor went to sign up for use of the township tennis courts, the clerk on duty asked, “Name?” Thinking to make it easy for him, our neighbor replied, “Kristian, with […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Ben Franklin on Humility To be humble to superiors is duty; to equals, is courtesy; to inferiors, nobleness. Personally Speaking Professor: Can anyone tell me what the greatest achievement was of the Romans? Student majoring […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Roman Proverb He destroys his health by laboring to preserve it. —Virgil Lo! The Prophet We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature’s […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
No Exceptions The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself. … Marcel Pagnol At a Loss for Words Boss to secretary: There are two words that I want […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
From A Tramp Abroad It seems that the heavy work in the quarries and the new railway gradings [in Germany] is done mainly by Italians. That was a revelation. We have the notion in our […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Confession? Good taste is the enemy of creativity. … Pablo Picasso From the Trivia File Victor Emmanuel II (1820-78), first king of Italy, was popularly called Father of his Country in allusion to his unnumbered […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Skambil/Ooshli Oyin Iskambil is a Turkish term for a playing card or the name of a card game. Dikranagerdtsis use the term skambel for playing cards, and the term Ooshli Oyin for the game others […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Riddle What nine-letter word in the English language is still a word when each of the nine letters is removed one by one? (For answer, see below.) The Giragos Connection Church: This is the Old […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
On Speaking Out Armenians are castigated for their words while Turks are exonerated of their deeds. Just Remember Darwin and Einstein may have had their theories, but Newton had his laws. Cheerfulness Is a Virtue […]