I swear if Washington moved any slower, we could be at war and it would all be over before they could even lift their sluggish, naked, dead asses off of their comfortable heated-seat toilets. -Fitzhugh to Captain Jeeter

Ray Palla
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This is a humorous quote that was most likely said by Fitzhugh, the commander of the USS Essex during the Revolutionary War. It shows just how slow these men were. Everyone thought they would be moving so quickly but they were actually moving very, very slowly. If Washington had moved any slower, they could have been at war with the British by now.

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