[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] "Niger" or "Niger"?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Lindsey Graham:

Nih-JEER.

BTW, the only tigers in Africa in 1887 would have been imported from Asia,
where they live.

So it's just as conceivable that the incident occurred in Africa as
anywhere else outside of Asia, as long as the tiger had been imported
(perhaps escaped from a circus).

One mustn't assume.

Which is more likely in 1887 - a Nigerien in Asia or a tiger in Africa.

Hmmm.....

JL
JL

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 7:44 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> "A Girl Who was Swimming the Niger"  © Warren A. Brewer
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> A girl who was swimming the Niger
> Encountered a wandering tiger
> "How, what, when, and where
> Did you get to Niger?"
> "With a compass," he said, "and Geiger"
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