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Google Maps: From America to England?



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Thu May 17, 2007 2:19 am
Emerson says...



My Dad showed me something that was beyond funny...

I won't list the whole travel directions, simply the funny part. Want to get directions from Virginia Beach, Virginia to Manchester, England?

25.Take the exit onto I-90 E/Mass Pike/Massachusetts Turnpike toward N.H.-Maine/Boston
Partial toll road -- 56.0 m, 56 mins
26.Take exit 24 A-B-C on the left toward I-93 N/Concord NH/S Station/I-93 S/Quincy --0.4 mi, 1 min
27. Merge onto Atlantic Ave -- 0.8 mi, 3 mins
28.Turn right at Central St --0.1 mi
29.Turn right at Long Wharf--0.1 mi
30.Swim across the Atlantic Ocean--3,462 mi, 29 days, 0 hours
31. Slight right at E05 -- 0.5 mi, 2 mins
32. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto E05/Pont Vauban -- 0.1 mi
33. Turn right at E05--5.7 mi, 10 mins
34. Take the exit onto A29/E44 toward Amiens Toll road--27.8 mi,23 mins
35.Take the exit toward Dieppe/Amiens/Calais/A151/Rouen Toll road--1.1 mi, 1 min


....wow.

Try it for yourself: http://maps.google.com
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Thu May 17, 2007 3:52 am
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Yea that was floating around myspace awhile back. It's pretty awesome lol.
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Thu May 17, 2007 4:22 am
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yepyep! That's where I first saw that, too, write me.

Fun stuff, it be.

NY, NY to Pairs, France.

Line 23.

*head/desk*

Gotta love Google.
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Thu May 17, 2007 4:10 pm
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Clearly you were sketching out a trip to Manchester to see me!
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Thu May 17, 2007 4:18 pm
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Someone showed me that a couple months ago; it's hilarious.

Although my favorite is still the "French Military Victories" I'm feeling lucky Google search!
  





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Thu May 17, 2007 4:40 pm
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HAHA. That is AWESOME Nate. I never heard of that one before! lol.
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Thu May 17, 2007 8:12 pm
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Clearly you were sketching out a trip to Manchester to see me!


Ah, more than likely! Though really it was the only city in England (oddly enough, London didn't) that popped into my head at the time. I was probably thinking of you :-p
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Thu May 17, 2007 8:17 pm
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Claudette wrote:...beyond funny...




Beyond understated :)

Great post...Hilarious.
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Fri May 18, 2007 12:42 am
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The best google one was...OH, what was it?! You typed in something along the lines of "failure" and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky" and ended up at the White House homepage.
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Fri May 25, 2007 10:42 pm
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These are ridiculously funny... I'm still laughing... :lol:
  





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Sat May 26, 2007 1:20 am
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Google has been "defusing" google bombs lately. "miserable failure" no longer works. D:
  








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