OT: Addition chuckle of the day

"ravenlynne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

This is cute ;0)

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.
6. Then, read line #23.
7. Laugh

--
"I'm thinking that if this dilemma grows any more horns, I'm going to
shoot it and put it up on the wall."

- Harry Dresden

Love it!!!!
-g

ravenlynne said:

This is cute ;0)

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.
6. Then, read line #23.
7. Laugh

Good chuckle :-)

--
"So long, so long, and thanks for all the fish!"
Dave
www.davebbq.com

ravenlynne said...

Quoted message said:

This is cute ;0)

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.
6. Then, read line #23.
7. Laugh

The BUMS!!! They want you to swim the Atlantic to get to Naples, Italy too.

You should probably have dinner without me.

Thanks,

Andy
[SPLASH]

Dave Bugg said:

Good chuckle :-)

Mmmmmm; Chuckles are all good, except the licorice ones (yuk!) 8-P

http://www.farleysandsathers.com/Products_Chuckles.htm

ravenlynne said:

This is cute ;0)

Quoted message said:

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.
6. Then, read line #23.
7. Laugh

Good one! I tried Seattle to Tokyo and San Francisco
to Tokyo and got a message something like "We can't
calculate directions from Seattle to Tokyo" and "We
can't calculate directions from San Francisco to
Tokyo".

On a more sober note, you may recall the incident
from late last year involving the Kim family which
got lost in the southwest Oregon wilderness
driving from Roseburg to Gold Beach. At the
time there was some speculation that they may
have used Google Maps to plan their trip. I don't
recall that this speculation was ever confirmed.

So, I typed in Roseburg and Gold Beach and the
results definitely take you over the BLM road in
question at the time.

Andy q said:

ravenlynne said...

Quoted message said:

This is cute ;0)

Quoted message said:

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.
6. Then, read line #23.
7. Laugh

The BUMS!!! They want you to swim the Atlantic to get to Naples, Italy too.

You should probably have dinner without me.

Thanks,

Andy
[SPLASH]

Um, Andy...

Before you get going, you should realize the time estimate is a bit,
um, er, "optimistic". While it is true that a human has acheived a
water speed of slightly over 5 MPH, it is unlikely anyone would would
be able to maintain such a speed. The 29 day figure seems to assume
you will maintain this level of performance 24 hours a day for the
entire trip.

Good luck,
Dean G.

ravenlynne said:

This is cute ;0)

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.

Or just: Boston to Paris.

-sw

Andy said:

ravenlynne said...

Quoted message said:

This is cute ;0)

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.
6. Then, read line #23.
7. Laugh

The BUMS!!! They want you to swim the Atlantic to get to Naples, Italy too.

You should probably have dinner without me.

Thanks,

Andy
[SPLASH]

It doesn't work if you put in Tokyo. I'm upset.

--
"I'm thinking that if this dilemma grows any more horns, I'm going to
shoot it and put it up on the wall."

- Harry Dresden

Steve said:

ravenlynne said:

This is cute ;0)

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.

Or just: Boston to Paris.

-sw

Or anywhere US to anywhere Europe. But beware...they all take you
through france.

Seems odd...would be faster to swim to portugal.

--
"I'm thinking that if this dilemma grows any more horns, I'm going to
shoot it and put it up on the wall."

- Harry Dresden

ravenlynne said:

Andy said:

ravenlynne said...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

This is cute ;0)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.
6. Then, read line #23.
7. Laugh

Quoted message said:

The BUMS!!! They want you to swim the Atlantic to get to Naples, Italy too.

Quoted message said:

You should probably have dinner without me.

Quoted message said:

Thanks,

Quoted message said:

Andy
[SPLASH]

It doesn't work if you put in Tokyo. I'm upset.

It does work for places with ferries. I charted a course from NYC to
Nantucket (NO LIMERICKS!!) and it took me to the Ferry port in
Hyannis. Way cool!

maxine in ri

maxine wrote on 13 Apr 2007 06:34:45 -0700:

??>>
??>>> The BUMS!!! They want you to swim the Atlantic to get to
??>>> Naples, Italy too.
??>>
??>>> You should probably have dinner without me.
??>>
??>>> Thanks,
??>>
??>>> Andy
??>>> [SPLASH]
??>>
??>> It doesn't work if you put in Tokyo. I'm upset.

mir> It does work for places with ferries. I charted a course
mir> from NYC to Nantucket (NO LIMERICKS!!) and it took me to
mir> the Ferry port in Hyannis. Way cool!

Remember the news report a couple of years ago about the guy in
Germany who drove in a fog relying on his GPS? He also drove
onto a ferry, he thought, but it was on the other side of the
river.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

James Silverton said:

??>>
??>> It doesn't work if you put in Tokyo. I'm upset.

mir> It does work for places with ferries. I charted a course
mir> from NYC to Nantucket (NO LIMERICKS!!) and it took me to
mir> the Ferry port in Hyannis. Way cool!

Remember the news report a couple of years ago about the guy in Germany
who drove in a fog relying on his GPS? He also drove onto a ferry, he
thought, but it was on the other side of the river.

He didn't notice the body of water he hit first? That sets a new record
for obliviousness.

--
"I'm thinking that if this dilemma grows any more horns, I'm going to
shoot it and put it up on the wall."

- Harry Dresden

"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote

Quoted message said:

Remember the news report a couple of years ago about the guy in Germany
who drove in a fog relying on his GPS? He also drove onto a ferry, he
thought, but it was on the other side of the river.

Oh, I don't know where I put it, but my last motorcycle club
newsletter had an article about GPS mishaps. In it was mentioned
Germans and how much trouble they get into using it, because
they will follow the directions no matter how obvious it is they
are in a bad situation. I guess it's cultural, trust technology, despite
evidence to the contrary.

They also had a picture of this road in the UK, at the entrance is
a sign, DO NOT FOLLOW (your gps directions), this is a narrow
road. Seems the people who lived down there got sick of trucks
having to make U turns in their gardens.

nancy

ravenlynne said:

Steve said:

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:28:30 +0200, ravenlynne wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

This is cute ;0)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

1. Go to google.com.
2. Click on Maps.
3. Click on Get Directions.
4. From: New York, New York.
5. To: Paris, France.

Quoted message said:

Or just: Boston to Paris.

Quoted message said:

-sw

Or anywhere US to anywhere Europe. But beware...they all take you
through france.

Seems odd...would be faster to swim to portugal.

They all take you from Boston to Le Havre. Somebody put in a route
from Boston to Le Harve with an estimated time of 29 days. Obviously a
joke, but the system will use that route because there is no other
route.

Dean G.