It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn't.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- An obituary was written due to a misunderstanding about whether a lion was dead.
- In plain terms
- Someone wrote a death notice because they thought a lion was dead.
- What can you take from it?
- Misunderstandings lead to comical errors in official records.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How could this happen?
- What is the irony?
Another view
The situation is highly improbable.
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