The Sign of Jonah

[Paul Younan]

God rest her soul, I can still hear her complaining now...."layla w'Yom, layla w'Yom"....hehehe. They did play backgammon an awful lot, though. Lots of money being thrown down, a whole lot of arguing at the tops of the voices...on school nights. You know how it is with the former generation.....in front of a backgammon set (made in Turkey), drinking Turkish coffee (that nasty tar-like excuse for a beverage), handling worry-beads (also made in Turkey) and cursing the name of the Turks (by calling each other "Turki") into the wee hours of the night.