>>>(to tell you the truth, I wouldn't WANT a leader that took that long to get us from Egypt to Palestine!)
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>>He'd be a good cab driver though... the fare would be a fortune.
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>Ha! London cabbies are infamous for saying "I'm not gowin' saaaf of the river" (i.e. to S. London). Imagine trying to get one to cross the Red Sea!

But they generally don't ever take the shortest route, right?