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Fun with Google
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--------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
^tried the instructions above
(falls away from computer laughing uncontrollably) That was hilarious! Thanks for the laugh! 
Oh, good. That's still around. Sadly, the one where you entered any city in the continental U.S. as your origin point and Paris, France, as your destination that took you to the docks of New York City and told you to swim the Atlantic Ocean has been removed.
Ebony the Black Dragon http://ebony14.livejournal.com "Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
There are apparently a lot of these. One I found while researching for chapter 2 of DW8: Get directions between London, England and Mallaig, Scotland. Then choose the walking route. (I was so amused I actually included this in a concordance entry.)
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. Bob Schroeck Wrote:There are apparently a lot of these. One I found while researching for chapter 2 of DW8: Get directions between London, England and Mallaig, Scotland. Then choose the walking route. (I was so amused I actually included this in a concordance entry.)Not seeing anything. I'm guessing there's supposed to be a Hogwarts Express reference here, but I can't find it. ----- Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea. "Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia. 
Hehehe...
That was good. On mine, even before I hit "Walking" there was a warning in the Yellow Box. "This Route has Tolls." Which I parsed for a split-second as "Trolls", hearing Boromir in Sean Astin's voice "They have a Cave Troll..." How appropo. And doubly so since the walking admonition would also come from him as well (in the film). 
strange, for me it says:
Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths. Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky? That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry- NO QUARTER!!! -- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children
Actually, I meant to look at the route itself -- which includes at least two back-and-forth crossings to Ireland as part of walking from London to Mallaig.
Unless they changed it since the last time I looked, a month or so ago. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
It still does. At least 6 or 7 different Ferry routes. Which, after walking from London to Liverpool, should be a well deserved rest.
--- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI 
The Google Calculator built into search has some fun stuff too:
http://www.google.com/search?q=number+ ... +a+unicorn http://www.google.com/search?q=once+in+a+blue+moon -- ∇×V
apparently, there is an entire wiki page devoted to this phenominom
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...s_hoaxes_and_easter_eggs Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky? That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry- NO QUARTER!!! -- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children ![[Image: 423550_420825811286266_405390100_n.jpg]](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/423550_420825811286266_405390100_n.jpg) _____ DEATH is Certain. The hour, Uncertain...
Although funny, that's not really a gag on the part of Google.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
(shrug) I tried.... Play the games on the Main Page?
_____ DEATH is Certain. The hour, Uncertain...
The Google Street View Team goes everywhere
(If you're not sure what to do, click on the double arrow) --- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI  Ankhani Wrote:%[link=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=51.492159,-0.19092&spn=0.005291,0.013937&sll=51.492140,-0.193028&layer=c&cid=12502927659667388442&panoid=c9UMhWP_MWm9U0L48xEjYw&cbp=13,291.8,,0,18.86&gl=US&t=m&cbll=51.492132,-0.192862&z=17]The Google Street View Team goes everywhereYeah, I mentioned that a couple of weeks ago... -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Must have totally missed that one o.o
--- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
Don't feel bad - from the lack of replies, so did everybody else.
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 |
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