[HEY4QDEMS]

Actually the "N word" was a parody of the original 'catch a "Tiger" by the toe'.
I grew up in the north east and was in high school before hearing the modified version.
I can assume that, being from the south, they may only have heard the racist version as teachers of young children in that region of the country would elect not to include the recital of such a poem in their classroom because of it's cruel variation.
That being said, however, trying to prove that the airline employee was thinking N****r and not Tiger will be a tough nut to crack, but in todays court system anything is possible.

[Let's Roll]

I grew up in the rural midwest and our version used the "N" word but everyone knows it's by his toe not the toe.

[glory]

Apparently this lunacy is going on someplace other than this incident...

http://websterjournal.collegepublisher.com/news/336502.html

Since this seems very obscure, I'm thinking this is a national play by NAACP and these ladies obviously know of it ie if you here anyone say this rhyme, even in it's innocuous version, cry racism. I'd be curious as to their club and political affiliations to verify that. But finding even one story with a similar impact makes me very suspicious that the NAACP is up to something yet again, even if they aren't at the forefront of it yet.

[ladylib]

Yeah, try prosecuting a "thought" crime. Maybe its time has come.

[FreedomCalls]

Actually the "N word" was a parody of the original 'catch a "Tiger" by the toe'.

Tigers don't have "toes". I doubt if that was the original.