I Don’t Know Whether This is Deliberate or Not!

rogersgeorge on July 2nd, 2023

First the comic:

https://www.gocomics.com/m2bulls/2023/05/25

Did he mean boarders or borders?

Boarders are folks who rent property. In other words, the ban doesn’t apply to people who live on a reservation.
Borders are the boundarys of your property. In other words, the ban doesn’t apply to anyone within a reservation

So what do you think? Was that a typo, or was he being humorous?

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