MYSPACE: [Apr. 15, 2007] INTERNET DIRECTIONS NOT ALWAYS FOOLPROOF!

Subject [Apr. 15, 2007] INTERNET DIRECTIONS NOT ALWAYS FOOLPROOF!
Posted Date: Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 3:35 AM
Okay, this truly cracked me up.  Hadn't had a ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing) in a long while.  This one did sent me there.

You might like to show this to your family and friends. 

I went to http://www.google.com, took the Maps tab. Then clicked the Get directions link under the Search Maps box.  Two new boxes appeared.

In the first, I entered my home address as the travelling FROM.   In the second, I entered Paris, France as travelling TO.  I clicked the Get Directions button.

These were my results.  It's STEP 32  that made me bust a gut.

From: Oceanside, California

      1.    Head northwest on N Freeman St toward Mission Ave     187 ft

      2.    Turn right at Mission Ave     0.5 mi      2 mins

      3.    Turn left to merge onto I-5 N toward Los Angeles      42.0 mi      41 mins

      4.    Take exit 95 to merge onto CA-133 N toward Riverside Toll road      3.5 mi      3 mins

      5.    Take exit 14B to merge onto CA-241 N toward Riverside Toll road   12.1 mi     11 mins

      6.    Take the exit onto CA-91 E toward Riverside     10.0 mi      10 mins

      7.    Take the exit onto I-15 N toward Barstow  27.4 mi     26 mins

      8.    Take the exit onto I-15 N, Passing through Nevada, Arizona      Entering Utah     456 mi      6 hours 27 mins

      9.    Take exit 132 to merge onto I-70 E toward Richfield/Denver      Entering Colorado 501 mi      7 hours 13 mins

      10.   Continue on I-76 E (signs for I-76 E/Ft Morgan)       Entering Nebraska 187 mi      2 hours 33 mins

      11.   Merge onto I-80 E Entering Iowa     473 mi      6 hours 34 mins

      12.   Take exit 123B for I-80 E/I-35 toward Chicago/Minneapolis/Kansas City   0.3 mi

      13.   Keep left at the fork, follow signs for I-80 E/I-35      N/Chicago/Minneapolis and merge onto I-80 E 166 mi      2 hours 28 mins

      14.   Take exit 290 for I-280 E/US-6 E toward Rock Island/Moline  0.7 mi

      15.   Merge onto I-280 E      Entering Illinois 26.7 mi     26 mins

      16.   Continue on I-80 E      Partial toll road Entering Indiana  168 mi      2 hours 44 mins

      17.   Take exit 16 for Toll Rd/I-80 E/I-90      0.8 mi      3 mins

      18.   Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Indiana Toll Rd/I-80 E/I-90 E/Ohio and merge onto I-80 E/I-90 E Toll road      Entering Ohio     277 mi      4 hours 11 mins

      19.   Take exit 142 for I-90 toward OH-2 E      1.3 mi      2 mins

      20.   Merge onto I-90 E       Partial toll road       27.0 mi      27 mins

      21.   Take exit 170B for I-90 E/I-71 S/OH-176 S toward      Cleveland/Columbus     0.7 mi      1 min

      22.   Merge onto I-90 E 17.2 mi     19 mins

      23.   Take the exit onto I-90 E toward Erie PA      Partial toll road      Passing through Pennsylvania      Entering New York      448 mi      7 hours 0 mins

      24.   Continue on I-87 S/New York State Thruway S (signs for New York Thruway S/I-87 S/New York/Boston/Mass Pike)      Toll road      14.6 mi      14 mins

      25.   Take exit 21A toward I-90 E/Mass Turnpike/Boston      Toll road      0.9 mi      1 min

      26.   Merge onto New York State Thruway E       Toll road   24.1 mi      22 mins

      27.   Continue on I-90 E/Mass Pike/Massachusetts Turnpike   Partial toll road Entering Massachusetts      134 mi      2 hours 9 mins

      28.   Take exit 24 A-B-C on the left toward I-93 N/Concord NH/S Station/I-93 S/Quincy     0.4 mi      1 min

      29.   Merge onto Atlantic Ave 0.8 mi      3 mins

      30.   Turn right at Central St      0.1 mi

      31.   Turn right at Long Wharf      0.1 mi

      32.   Swim across the Atlantic Ocean      3,462 mi      29 days 0 hours      

      33.   Slight right at E05     0.5 mi      2 mins

      34.   At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto E05/Pont Vauban     0.1 mi

      35.   Turn right at E05      Partial toll road      17.3 mi      22 mins

      36.   At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto E05 heading to A131/Rouen/Paris/Evreux      Partial toll road       9.1 mi      8 mins

      37.   Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie      Partial toll road       20.3 mi     17 mins

      38.   Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie      Partial toll road       56.5 mi     47 mins

      39.   Take the exit on the left onto A14 toward Nanterre/La Défense      Partial toll road       12.5 mi     16 mins

      40.   Slight right at N13     1.4 mi      3 mins

      41.   Turn right at Avenue de Neuilly/N13 269 ft

      42.   At the traffic circle, take the 4th exit onto Avenue de la Grande Armée 0.7 mi      3 mins

      43.   At Place Charles de Gaulle, take the 5th exit onto Avenue des Champs-Elysées  1.3 mi    3 mins

      44.   Slight right at Voie Georges Pompidou     1.4 mi      3 mins

      45.   Slight left to stay on Voie Georges Pompidou    440 ft

      46.   Slight right at Quai de la Mégisserie     377 ft

      47.   Continue on Quai de Gesvres   0.2 mi      1 min

      48.   Turn left at Place de l'Hôtel de Ville    194 ft

To:   Paris, France

Drive:      6,607 mi (about 30 days 23 hours) 
Swim:     3,462 mi (29 days 0 hours)

What I'd like to know is how that TIME FRAME was approximated for the swim!

Personally, I'm not interested in going to Paris this way.  I'd never make it frankly.

Love,
Lizzie