*snort* Google maps funny.

[kyrielle]

Courtesy of canyoncat.

Go to Google Maps.

Select the 'Get directions' link.

Put a starting point of LAX and an ending point of Paris, France, and submit.

Read Step 38 of the directions closely.

I realize that no one expects mapping software to give good directions from LA to France, at least I hope they don't, but step 38 is particularly amusing.

Comments

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

Heh. I wonder if that's an automatic function of google, or someone formatted that on purpose. :-)

[kyrielle]

I assume someone had to put an explicit 'swim the Atlantic Ocean' link in somewhere, because most mapping programs don't suggest swimming at all, and they mostly trace segments/lines. So, it's probably deliberate on someone's part.

However it came to be there, it's amusing, tho.

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

*laughing hysterically*

[ladywraith.livejournal.com]

*DIES*

[theroguex.livejournal.com]

That's one hell of a swim!

Heheh.

[kfrye.livejournal.com]

BoingBoing (I think) had an even funnier one yesterday: NY to Ireland. It was: Hop over the water to France, take the Chunnel, then take the ferry to Ireland.

[kyrielle]

Heeeee!

[callibr8]

My housemate reports that Seattle to London includes a similar "swim the Atlantic" step. Furthermore, she couldn't even *get* the program to give her directions to Tokyo...

[mandydax.livejournal.com]

Alternative Steps 38:

38. Press the Speedboat Transformation Button on the dash of your Spy Car. Cross the Atlantic Ocean. You do have a Speedboat Transformation Button, don't you? 3,462 mi

38. Ask the round-faced Japanese fellow to teleport you and your car across the Atlantic Ocean. 3,462 mi, but when teleporting, space is relative.

38. Enter Warehouse 13B. Here you will find an illegal rave. Your drink will be spiked and you'll wake up in Paris in a bathtub filled with ice. You'll be missing a kidney, but hey, you're in Paris. ?? mi.

38. Realize you forgot your toothbrush. Go to the top of these directions and click on "Get reverse directions," and start at Step 21.

38. After avoiding being flattened by a giant rolling boulder, realize that there are many, many native Bostonians who do not appreciate your attempts to steal their World Series Trophy. Run to the docks. Yell, "JOCK! START THE PLANE JOCK!" as the natives throw spears tipped with broken Guiness and Bailey's bottles at you. Jock will start the plane and you'll make a narrow escape.
38.5. Realize that "There's a big snake in the plane!" Jock will tell you that it's just his pet snake, Reggie. You reply, "I hate snakes, Jock. I hate 'em!" Jock will suggest you show a little backbone. Fly across the Atlantic Ocean. 3,642 mi

[kyrielle]

Hee!