A weary telegraph agent stationed many miles from anywhere in the Sudan grew tired of the constant heat and wired his superior officer: "Please relieve me. Can't stay here any longer. Am surrounded by lions, elephants, and wolves." Back came the superior officer's reply: "There are no wolves in the Sudan," it said. Whereupon the weary one replied: "Referring to my wire of yesterday, cancel wolves."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4833, 14 April 1936, Page 2
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