Canoe swim?

[mutley 4,498]

Sorry I meant to say can you swim :wink:

You will need to if you take your directions from Google maps!

I thought I would get directions to John's house in Florida and surprise him with a visit but I don't think I will be able to swim the 3,462 miles across the Atlantic! (See leg 15 highlighted)

So you're off the hook John!!

Cheers

[mulletman 0]

That is a classic! Its probably one of those things that Google know is there, and put it there for the people who think you can drive to the USA (i know a few).

[dgor 0]

Haha!

Reminds me of a time on Top Gear where a woman had asked the RAC's routeplanner to get her somewhere in England to some other place in England (sorry, long day :wink: ) without using the M1. The route it generated took her through Wales, Ireland and France.

I remember Jeremy Clarkson pointing to part of it which said, "You are now entering Cork."

Dave :-)

[allardjd 1,853]

Well, that's pretty neat. There are aircraft that cover that route, more or less, you know. And if you arrived

at the door, you'd be recognized - and welcome...

Two things occur to me here...

1) Le Havre? Why would it route you through Le Havre? I suspect there's a French programmer working for

Google. (Is there any such thing as a French programmer - has anyone ever heard of a French programmer?)

2) This reminds me of a joke (most everything does...)

A man is walking on a beach. He finds a brass lamp and rubs the lamp. Out pops a genie. The genie says,

"You get one wish." After a brief arguement about only one versus the more customary three, the man

settles down to think what his wish should be.

After a time he tells the genie, "I've always wanted to take my family to Hawaii for a vacation, but I'm

deathly afraid of flying. If there were a bridge to Hawaii, I could drive them there. I wish for a bridge

to Hawaii."

The genie, looking very irritated answers, "Oh, no! That's a long way, over some of the deepest water

in the ocean. The materials alone would cost billions. Can't you think of something easier?"

The man, disappointed, responds, "OK, well I've always wanted to understand women. I wish you

would make me understand women."

The genie asks, "Two lanes, or four?"

[ddavid 149]

Thanks for that, John - I've spent several years trying to understand my 'number one' (don't ask, but it rhymes with something between dirty and nifty), and I haven't come close yet..........

But, like my ol' Land-Rover, I wouldn't go for a newer model :!:

Cheers - Dai.

[allardjd 1,853]

Ditto with me. I don't always understand her, but never met one I'd trade her for. Maybe the uncertainty is part of the charm. :???:

John