Sunday, November 24, 2019

Wise thoughts from my youth.

As I get a little older I'm finding that I like to remember some of those old sayings from my childhood that were used a lot in Bahrain.
I'll quote a few...

The height is that of a Plam tree, yet the brain is that of a goat.


You can probably guess that, in Bahrain, a goat is not considered a genius.


He who cannot reach a grape calls it sour.


We like grapes back home.

Invite a goat to dinner and you will have poor conversation.



Well, it's true!

Goats are often used for comparrison in Bahrain.

Here's one more...

A goat will smile before it will laugh.


This means that humour comes in varying levels but a goat, not being the brightest, may find most jokes hard to understand.

I hope you enjoyed these words of wisdom from the old country.
See you next time.

2 comments:

  1. Yes, yes, that's all very well but what's a 'plam' tree?

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  2. Back home we don't worry too much about English spelling.

    Bin Hire

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