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2023-08-29 Africa Subsaharan

Gabon: Opposition candidate claims 'victory', renews call for Ali Bongo to concede defeat

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Posted by Fred 2023-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 How are we supposed to pronounce "Gabon", by the way? Just asking.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-08-29 00:07|| 2023-08-29 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Ex-Pat Mischief, or, Sic semper to racists!

They jugged an old girl of Gaboon
Who crooned a prohibited tune.
"Sure that's how we lost her."
"She loved Stephen Foster."
"And playing the Bongos!"
"Too soon."

I suppose I could've mentioned she was a baboon.

Posted by Ebbaith Spusomble1666 2023-08-29 02:11|| 2023-08-29 02:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Having thoroughly wisearched the matter, I'm going witty a painfully ostentatious Portuguese pronunciation (gabão — a coat with sleeve and hood resembling the shape of the Komo River estuary).

Posted by Ebbaith Spusomble1666 2023-08-29 02:46|| 2023-08-29 02:46|| Front Page Top

#4 ~~witty~~ wit

Posted by Ebbaith Spusomble1666 2023-08-29 02:47|| 2023-08-29 02:47|| Front Page Top

#5 #1 Gibon?

Posted by Grom the Kindly 2023-08-29 06:55|| 2023-08-29 06:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Gah-bone

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2023-08-29 15:20|| 2023-08-29 15:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I thought all the Bongo were in the Congo. I guess my answer was No No No No No No.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-29 16:32|| 2023-08-29 16:32|| Front Page Top

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