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The Tsar's Thumb
Our 300 mile detour reminded us of the story of the Tsar's thumb: once upon a time, Russi-
an Tsar Nicholas I ordered his engineers to build a railroad from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
He took a ruler and drew a straight line connecting the two points on a map - straight ex-
cept for where his thumb jutted over the ruler, creating a slight bump. Not willing to ques-
tion the Tsar, the engineers designed exactly the railroad he drew, including a mindless de-
tour to nowhere.
Namani
had traced her very own Tsar's thumb, but at least it allowed us to
avoid the worst conditions.
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