Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (March 5, 2016)

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Armenian Proverb

When the donkey wishes to spite its master, it dies.

 

From the Greek Anthology

Asclepiades, the miser, in his house
Espied one day, to his surprise, a mouse.
“Tell me, dear mouse,” he cried, “to what cause is it
I owe this pleasant but unlooked-for visit?”
The mouse said, smiling, “Fear not for your hoard;
I come, my friend, to lodge, and not to board.”

 

Daffy-nition

Passion: A feeling you get when you feel a feeling you’ve never felt before.

 

Arabian Riddle

The loftiest cedars I can eat,
Yet neither paunch nor mouth have I;
I storm whene’er you give me meat,
Whene’er you give me drink, I die.

Answer: Fire

 

Corny Pun Corner

St. Peter: How did you get here?
Latest Arrival: Flu!

 

What’s in a Name?

Dingilian: Turkish in derivation, identified as a trade, dingil is defined as an axle or tongue of a horse-drawn carriage, and thus a maker/repairer of such.


Source: Armenian Weekly
Link: Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (March 5, 2016)