Upside Down Under: Clever. . . until they're caught. . .

I was at my desk one day at The Kenmare News and the telephone rang. It was Karen Pauls of CBC-TV in Winnipeg. She was calling to ask me if I knew anything about some Nigerians who were hospitalized in Kenmare.

I hadn’t heard about such a thing and my first question to her was, “How do you know that?” Karen’s reply, “Word gets around.” Needless to say I was quite surprised, but then got to thinkin...