Some people don’t
believe in coincidences. I don’t believe in Armenian coincidences. We’re all
connected, especially on the Internet.
I was Googling
just recently for interesting shirts to wear on our summer sojourn when I came
across the cleverly named Ara The Rat line of Armenian-theme tees. They caught
my eye because they’re not quickie adaptations of generic ethnic slogans you can
find at the mall. (For example: Kiss Me I’m
Irish becomes Kiss Me I’m Hye.)
The Rat packs an
artistic mix of tributes to famous Armenians, some mythical (David of Sasun), some
real (Gomidas), and some just plain
famous (Kim Kardashian). There’s also plenty of Armenian humor, such as the
combined Zoravor salute to Armenian
weight lifters and our beloved watermelons.
I started making
mental notes about my favorites tee shirts but got distracted by my long to-do list. Then Robyn shared a Facebook message from the human
behind the sartorial rat, Kegham Shamlian. He’d been doing some web searching
of his own and came across our recent post about the family shish kebab
machine.
He wanted
permission to reproduce the photo of Robyn’s father for a Father’s Day
promotion. Of course, we
were happy to oblige—so happy, we decided to share the link to his post.
Now that writing this item has been checked off my to-do list, I'm going to see a Rat about a shirt - or two!
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