Well, it *is* the most direct route

[mandragora]

Sometimes you just have to love Google. I suspect that they may have become a leetle bit tired of the stupid.

Go to Google Maps, type in something like 'New York to London'. Check out Step Number 23...

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[darthrami.livejournal.com]

That just cheered me up immensely.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

*g* Made me giggle helplessly.

[seiyaharris.livejournal.com]

I'm quite fond of how they go via France *g*

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Mais oui.

[temaris.livejournal.com]

I loved step 40: slight right at Boulougne-sur-mer ...

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Not to mention the time estimate for the length of journey...

[temaris.livejournal.com]

29 days does seem a little optimistic *g*

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

*g* Actually, it was the 10 hours that got me.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Aw, it doesn't work from Europe to Australia.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

No. Or from NYC to Sydney. Alas!

[minotaurs.livejournal.com]

Somebody has too much time on their hands. Actually, I wonder if there's a "Joke" department at Google?

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't surprise me. They know what their consumers want...

[filenotch.livejournal.com]

And I notice they sensibly went through Boston.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Well, it does cut down on the swimming mileage. Slightly.

[filenotch.livejournal.com]

Plus, at the Boston waterfront, they might be able to commandeer a ship.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

What? Commit piracy on the high seas? Perish the thought! (unless they're British nationals. Then it's simply just desserts for the Boston Tea Party).

[filenotch.livejournal.com]

Y'know, if George had just given us representation in Parliament, we might still be loyal to the crown.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

If only... My taxes would almost certainly be a helluva lot lower than now, if we had access to all of the US' wealth. And just think, universal health care for all. *eg*

OTOH, democracy worldwide might be a bit thin on the ground, seeing that the US mostly pioneered the way for the rest of us.

[filenotch.livejournal.com]

OTOH, democracy worldwide might be a bit thin on the ground, seeing that the US mostly pioneered the way for the rest of us.

I think the Magna Carta set the stage for that...

And we forget that our democracy started out small. Only men of property could vote for their representatives. OTOH, early on, income was taxed, but not wages, which meant the rich guys passing a tax on themselves rather than the average candlemaker's assistant. It took about a hundred years and a civil war for us to get where we are now with universal franchise.

Of course we're going to be able to create insta-governments with recognized legitimacy over night.

An elderly friend was once posted to the diplomatic core in Afganistan, pre Russian invasion. They were a fledgeling democracy, but out in the hinterlands, the people asked the tribal leaders to tell them who to vote for.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

I think the Magna Carta set the stage for that...

Possibly. But don't forget that we got rid of our king, by chopping his head off, with the idea of sort-of implementing Parliamentarian rule under Cromwell. But we still ended up giving Cromwell a title and when he died, promptly invited the deceased's king's son back as monarch again...

On the plus side, we chopped our king's head off well before the French! *smug*

[filenotch.livejournal.com]

Well, we've only deposed one monarch president. A friend living in Africa at the time said that the locals were quite surprised there was no blood shed in the fall of Nixon.

[manna]

Hee! Thank you for that.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

*g* Glad to amuse.

[fruufoo.livejournal.com]

Hehehe. :D Oh wow. You didn't just type that in to see what it told you, did you?

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

*g* Well, yes. But only after it was suggested people might want to try it out on a LJ comm called 'Mock the stupid...'

[fruufoo.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, it's cheating if someone suggested it to you first. ;)

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

*hangs head in shame*

Although...to be honest, I would never have requested driving directions from New York to London left to my own devices. Well, not until someone invents the Aquacar...

[elistaire.livejournal.com]

That is hilarious. Thank you for that laugh!

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Happy to make you giggle!

[keletkezes.livejournal.com]

What about the Channel? it doesn't tell you to stop once you've reached the ferry... :D

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm assuming that they figure that if you can manage to swim the Atlantic you're not going to be daunted by the mere 20 or so miles across the Channel...

[keletkezes.livejournal.com]

If they'd've done it from Calais rather than Boulogne you could walk through the service tunnel...

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

*giggles*
Some friends recently tried asking the RAC for a route to Devon avoiding the M5. They were sent directions via Ireland and France ... We tried it and got the same response but they may have altered it by now.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

*g* The RAC website was notorious for doing this, often sending people via Ireland or France. But that was a glitch with the website, as opposed to a deliberate pisstake!