Moses lead his people through the desert for forty years. Even in biblical times

[Floyd R. Turbo]

men wouldn’t ask for directions!

[DetlefK]

1. There's an easy explanation why the Bible loves to use the number "40".

The Israelites used "40" when they meant to say "a lot".

When we say "a dozen" or "a hundred", we don't mean exactly 12 or exactly 100.

[The Polack MSgt]

2. We don't ask for directions - but we love explaining stuff.

[NanceGreggs]

3. You've reminded me ...

... of one of my fave protest signs.

It was a protest against Dubya invading Iraq, and a Jewish women's organization had a banner that read: "The last time our people listened to a Bush, we wound up wandering in the desert for forty years."

[cloudbase]

4. These are Jews we're talking about.

Good luck getting two to agree on anything.

(one of my lame Passover jokes)

[ProudLib72]

5. Stubborn! We are a stiff necked people!

And when we get tired of eating manna, we insist on eating meat until it comes out our nose *

* Yes, this really did happen. God said we could eat meat till it came out our nose. He was pissed at us.