Saturday, April 02, 2005

Geographer

Geographer, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.

2005 Update: In the contemporary United States, someone who knows there are fifty states, can find some of them on a map, and knows the capitol of their own. Generally, a foreigner on the cusp of naturalization. In Ancient Persia, Herodotus.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's truly sick or truly sad or more probably both!

Doug The Una said...

Pia, delighted to have you back here! Oh, and Albany.

Jack said...

Truth hurts. LOL!

Doug The Una said...

Jefferson City, my friend

M said...

Like the 2005 update. So true!! LOL!!!

Doug The Una said...

Manjusha, glad you like it.
SeƱor Brujo -Persia, Greece...I get the Scandinavian countries confused.

Doug The Una said...

Thanks, Dayna, Glad you're back.

Unknown said...

... and all this time I thought it was Genghiz Khan :(

Doug The Una said...

No, Karma, I think he was from Madagascar, off the coast of Alabama.

Ravi said...

Madagascar, off the coast of Alabama?? oops my geography says its west of west coast some 15,000 miles, west of Diego Garcia and south of Iraq? of course apart being an upcoming movie!

Doug The Una said...

Mustang, I stand corrected.