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.
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That's truly sick or truly sad or more probably both!
Pia, delighted to have you back here! Oh, and Albany.
Truth hurts. LOL!
Jefferson City, my friend
Like the 2005 update. So true!! LOL!!!
Manjusha, glad you like it.
Señor Brujo -Persia, Greece...I get the Scandinavian countries confused.
Thanks, Dayna, Glad you're back.
... and all this time I thought it was Genghiz Khan :(
No, Karma, I think he was from Madagascar, off the coast of Alabama.
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!
Mustang, I stand corrected.
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