Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Gambia

The Gambia is an English-speaking country in western Africa that has historically annoyed neighboring Senegal by constantly referring to itself in the third person. For example:

"The Gambia would be glad to open trade relations with you, Senegal. The Gambia will sign this treaty now. The Gambia wonders if you might happen to have a pen on you at the moment. The Gambia is very pleased with the strides we are making in diplomatic and economic relations."

And so on and so forth. The Gambia is actually surrounded on all sides by Senegal, constituting only a narrow strip of land along the banks of its namesake, the Gambia River. This has earned it the nickname "Senegal's Mustache."

Sloppy grooming, Senegal.

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