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ElieM 05-17-2011 12:36 AM

really? good to know.

christiangirl 05-17-2011 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 2056410)
It's called a joke.

I like the one from China to Japan where it says "jetski across Pacific Ocean." It cracks me up every time. :p

Drolefille 05-17-2011 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl (Post 2056425)
I like the one from China to Japan where it says "jetski across Pacific Ocean." It cracks me up every time. :p

Exactly. Using it as a reason to choose a map suggests that you were stupid enough to think you could drive from Arizona to Britain in the first place.

That stuff is fun.

ElieM 05-17-2011 01:24 AM

I think you missed my point. aephi alum was relating her story about driving somewhere by GPS and not knowing that a ferry crossing was required. A map should have shown the ferry marked. A map would also show you that it's a pretty long distance across the atlantic - and driving is unfeasable.

As Dr Phil was saying "who would have been to blame before GPS?"

DrPhil 05-17-2011 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ElieM (Post 2056438)
As Dr Phil was saying "who would have been to blame before GPS?"

I was also joking.

Drolefille 05-17-2011 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ElieM (Post 2056438)
I think you missed my point. aephi alum was relating her story about driving somewhere by GPS and not knowing that a ferry crossing was required. A map should have shown the ferry marked. A map would also show you that it's a pretty long distance across the atlantic - and driving is unfeasable.

As Dr Phil was saying "who would have been to blame before GPS?"

Google maps makes it pretty clear that driving is 'unfeasable' that's what they tell you to swim.

Duh.

/that's the joke

PeppyGPhiB 05-17-2011 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ElieM (Post 2056438)
A map would also show you that it's a pretty long distance across the atlantic - and driving is unfeasable.

I don't need a map to tell me that.

AlphaFrog 05-17-2011 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ElieM (Post 2056438)
unfeasable.

Apparently \/\/\/ also applies to you. Only I don't think you knew you were doing it.

ms_gwyn 05-17-2011 05:55 PM

Good ol' Thomas Guides.....

aephi alum 05-17-2011 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ElieM (Post 2056438)
I think you missed my point. aephi alum was relating her story about driving somewhere by GPS and not knowing that a ferry crossing was required. A map should have shown the ferry marked. A map would also show you that it's a pretty long distance across the atlantic - and driving is unfeasable.

As Dr Phil was saying "who would have been to blame before GPS?"

My husband. He can't navigate for sh*t.

True story:
DH: "OK, at this next intersection, turn right."
Me: "OK." <steers car into rightmost of 3 lanes>
DH: (when we're about 50 feet from the intersection) "No, no, I mean left! Left!"
Me: "LEFT?!?"
DH: "LEFT!!!!!"
I cut across three lanes of traffic. THEN it occurred to me that it would have been much safer to make the right and find somewhere to turn around. :rolleyes: You can take the girl out of Massachusetts, but you can't take the Masshole out of the girl.

Anyway, in the ferry case, the river in question does have a number of bridges across it, so we naturally assumed the GPS was sending us to one of them. Then we got there and there was no bridge...

ASTalumna06 05-17-2011 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 2056447)
Google maps makes it pretty clear that driving is 'unfeasable' that's what they tell you to swim.

Duh.

/that's the joke

But you KNOW someone is going to try it, and then try to sue Google when their leg gets bitten off by a shark...

Drolefille 05-17-2011 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06 (Post 2056693)
But you KNOW someone is going to try it, and then try to sue Google when their leg gets bitten off by a shark...

There just aren't many sharks in that area, so probably not ;)

But if I had a map! I'd never be so foolish!


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