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)
