Reports are just coming in from Egypt of a mass drowning. According to eye-witnesses, it began when a group of Israelite holidaymakers decided to return home by the shortest route. Their tour guide (“He was, like, ancient - had this long white beard, and he was waving some kind of walking-stick”) somehow caused the sea to part, which allowed the members of his group to walk home over dry land. The Egyptian army was on manouevres nearby, and decided to follow them in order to give their horses a canter over unfamiliar terrain, in this case the sea-bed. However, they were only halfway across when the sea returned to its usual place, and the army was swept away.
A representative of the Red Sea Travel Agency insisted that his company disclaimed all responsibility. “We’ve warned people time and again”, he said, “not to go swimming when the danger flag is up.”
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