# So the company is based in Africa. And it's called... Nigaz... mmkay. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 26, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045 "2009-06-26T05:39:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/41 "2009-06-30T07:07:11Z")
I’d like to invest, but I’m not sure if dem Nigaz gonna rise up. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/42 "2009-06-30T07:16:04Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I assumed your link was going to be to [Nigro, Nigro and White](http://nnwcpa.com/). So if their employees were to be taken to court for criminal misconduct and they tried to cut deals, it’d be a clear case of “Nigro pleas”. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/43 "2009-06-30T10:10:07Z")
The trial would be Nigro-rigged, though. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/44 "2009-06-30T10:24:09Z")
In China I once heard a group of local kids attempting what I thought was rap music. Everything was in Chinese except the word “Nigaz.” Now I realize that it wasn’t a rap song they were doing, it was an advertising jingle. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/45 "2009-06-30T11:36:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Nigros control international banking and finance! Hey boss! The Nigros are here to look at our books! ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/46 "2009-06-30T12:14:12Z")
White’s daughters are close to graduation and are being heavily recruited to take their place in the firm, since Mrs. White already works as her husband’s assistant… The Nigros are after ALL the White women. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/47 "2009-06-30T14:45:25Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > You mean like, there’s other countries besides America? That’s allowed? Well, realistically, we need \*someplace \*to keep the riff-raff and the rest of the world lost the coin toss. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/48 "2009-06-30T14:55:48Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Well, realistically, we need \*someplace \*to keep the riff-raff and the rest of the world lost the coin toss. Mwahahaha… Lost? That’s what we told you Mr. Raff! _ **rubbing hands together** _ heheheheh ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/49 "2009-07-01T08:19:12Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I had to turn down an interview with [this](http://www.nksf.com/)company (seriously). > > Nigro, please. I have to say, the Nigro in the photo sure is doing a good job “passing.” ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/50 "2009-07-01T16:55:31Z")
I love you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/51 "2009-07-01T18:55:40Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I have to say, the Nigro in the photo sure is doing a good job “passing.” I dunno–all Nigros look the same to me. ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/52 "2009-07-02T00:42:54Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Remember the (ridiculous) flap over the use of the word “niggardly”? I’m surprised the Rev. Jackson hasn’t latched on tho this.. Well [some folks](http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/01072009/323/gazprom-nigeria-venture-nigaz-stirs-racism-debate.html) are taking issue with it. I couldn’t find the Facebook page but I didn’t try to hard. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045/53 "2009-07-02T03:21:18Z")
Man, times like these I reeeeeeaaalllllllyyyyy miss Richard Pryor, he would have been all over this bit, like, well, kinda like Sampiro, 'cept with more badass Russian accents and eyerolls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-company-is-based-in-africa-and-its-called-nigaz-mmkay/501045.md?page=2)