Death by GPS

[ElieM]

really? good to know.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

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.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

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

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]

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]

Originally Posted by ElieM

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

I was also joking.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by ElieM

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]

Originally Posted by ElieM

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]

Originally Posted by ElieM

unfeasable.

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

[ms_gwyn]

Good ol' Thomas Guides.....

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by ElieM

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. 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]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

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]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

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!