10. Birthday:
Outside:    Wishing you a happy 35th ( passport 26th )...
Inside:      As I have for the past five years.

9. Graduation:
Outside:    Welcome to the real world, new graduate!
Inside:       If you thought the frash was bad, wait till you feel the berenda.

8. Graduation:
Outside:    Good luck out in the wide hungry world...
Inside:       Where a laddle full of wattery sauce sprinkled with three pieces of meat is no longer called "therefore", but rather "gourmet meal".

7. SenE Selassa:
Outside:    It's the last day of school! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah for SenE Selassa!
Inside:       I'll be waiting for you outside.

6. Leqso:
Outside:    "From AbuarE to abuara," says the Book. My condolences.
Inside:       Here's a snapshot of my forehead... beat it, if you please.

5. Wedding:
Outside:    May your marriage be like that of Abraham and Sara...
Inside:       But, hopefully, not your wedding.

4. Wedding:
Outside:    The birr ambar says to the werq qelebet, "Whatchoo doon here, brutha?"
Inside:       May you find fulfillment on your wedding day... and night.

3. Anniversary:
Outside:    Happy anniversary, sweetheart. I didn'tknow how much you loved me...
Inside:       Till you slapped me in public that day ten years ago.

2. Romantic:
Outside:    I've looked in Arramba... I've looked in Qobbo, and there's nowhere a woman who...
Inside:       ... cooks as well as you.

1. Get-well-soon:
Outside:    Melkam Dagmawi T'nsaE!
Inside:       The shipment of Viagra made it there, we heard.