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HonoreDB
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(via snopes.com)

Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx

Choose Country: Norway

Enter Haugesund as the start city, and Trondheim as the end city.

Get directions.

For the record, the program reverts to euclidean when asked the reverse directions.

This still works as of this post.
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Dagonee
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That's funny. Can you link to the snopes article?
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mackillian
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[ROFL]
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King of Men
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Hehe. There was a time, I might even have been alive then, when that route probably would be the fastest. It takes times to build roads through those mountains.
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Lady Jane
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http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/mappoint.asp
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Dagonee
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quote:
Perhaps the worst part of this is that my wife will never believe me when I tell her, "Honestly, I really did ask for directions . . ."
[ROFL]
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I'll have to keep that in mind if I'm ever in Norway.
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