Just when you think it can't get more bizarre...

[clo_again]

So I didn't really have the time to check this morning for how Googlemaps recommended I handle the minor problem of the ocean between me and Canada. Assumed it'd be 'catch a flight' or at worst a ferry. Then tasheila asked and out of curiosity I replicated the directions I'd given it this morning.

Not a plane. Not a ferry. Not. Even. Swim.

I present to you, M



Yes. I am not kidding here people. Freaking kayak. NOT EVEN SAIL. NOT EVEN ROW.


And not only that but!




Seriously. Someone at Googlemaps just died laughing. BUT FINALLY, AFTER KAYAKING 11,000KM+ THEY TAKE PITY:




So you at least get to catch a ferry for the last 0.8mk of water. They aren't totally heartless.

I'm torn beween hilarity and knowing that one day someone will actually use these directions and someone at Googlemaps is going to get their ass fired. But until then, KAYAK AWAY.

The things you discover when trying to Googlemap an eight minute walk. Jesus.

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My day of walking between Coogee and Bondi beaches with a group of other people from the hostel was all kinds of awesome and I've just Facebooked my first two people in Australia (other than mayakitten who I already knew. ^_^) All awesome, except now I'm exhausted and I still have Bondi beach sand between my toes and I have to be up at 6am tomorrow. Yeah. Shower and DW in bed I think. Mmmmmm.

(Still bitter but I've decided to draw a line under it and move on. Short of finding Douglas Henshall and demanding at gunpoint that he go back to the show, (which admittedly is a little extreme)? Not a lot I can do. Bah. It better not suck for the rest of the series, if I bother downloading it. Which I probably will because I still have an annoyingly niggling Connor/Cutter post-ep 3 bunny and it's not as wrong as that makes it sounds. Hm.

Comments

[clo.livejournal.com]

I know! If only life were that simple. No flights, no cruises, just hop in your trusty kayak and go. Oh Googlemaps.

(I do kind of love the person who wrote this into the script. They must've giggled the whole time. <3)

[scoobydumblonde.livejournal.com]

This is the perfect time to use this icon. KAYAK!? And whoo. At least that Ferry is there for the last .8 km! what a relief!

*falls over laughing* Oh my god. At least it could've been worse... it could've said to swim for it! Or like... walk across the ocean.

Other than googlemaps being a total fail at life, sounds like you're having fun!

[sarahverse.livejournal.com]

wow...failboat googlemaps! but i have to admit i just laughed really hard then i am now crying.

googlemaps sent me to the blue mountains today...when it should have sent me about a 15min walk away! (i have no idea about my surroundings at the moment, foreign part of sydney i am in for a week. )

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

You need to send this to Top Gear. That is hysterical.