# New York to London **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345 "2007-04-16T15:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/1 "2007-04-16T15:48:50Z")
\>1. go to [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) \>2. click on “maps” \>3. click on “get directions” \>4. type “New York” in the first box (the “from” box) \>5. type “London” in the second box (the “to” box)6. click on “get \>directions” \>6. scroll down to step #23 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/2 "2007-04-16T15:51:36Z")
_snrk!_ That’s _brilliant_. Who put it in? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/3 "2007-04-16T16:05:32Z")
No clue. It’s Google’s mapping site, so I assume someone there did it. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/4 "2007-04-16T16:06:44Z")
Same thing if you type in New York - Venice. Pretty clever, they are… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/5 "2007-04-16T16:13:57Z")
I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/6 "2007-04-16T16:20:04Z")
Sorry to spoil the fun, but BTDT – and [quite recently](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416079) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/7 "2007-04-16T16:21:20Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Sorry to spoil the fun, but BTDT – and [quite recently](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416079) [/QUOTE] You are spoiling the fun. Not all of us have seen it…a lot of us have limited time to lurk around the Dope. Honestly. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/8 "2007-04-16T16:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] You are spoiling the fun. Not all of us have seen it…a lot of us have limited time to lurk around the Dope. Honestly. [/QUOTE] Really, I’m just pissed that Google refused to chart a similar route to Tel-Aviv… 😛 Anyway, this all reminds me of the purported meaning of the acronym TWA (r.i.p.?) – “Try Walking Across.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/9 "2007-04-16T17:05:57Z")
Google needs better routing options. I tried DC to Lisbon, Portugal, and Google sent me through the UK, France, and Spain! I knew I should’ve taken a right turn at Albaquerque. ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/10 "2007-04-16T19:22:03Z")
> [@](#): > > I knew I should’ve taken a right turn at Albaquerque. It’s a left turn. No wonder you’re lost. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/11 "2007-04-16T19:24:00Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] Google needs better routing options. I tried DC to Lisbon, Portugal, and Google sent me through the UK, France, and Spain! [/QUOTE] It’s the Gulf Stream – Speed[o] Limit is higher there, so you can get across faster! ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/12 "2007-04-16T21:04:21Z")
I like the way it says the trip will take “about 29 days 10 hours”. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/13 "2007-04-16T21:31:38Z")
My favorite is step 24. After step 23, slight right at E05. But why do they make you drive up to Boston first? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/14 "2007-04-16T21:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] My favorite is step 24. After step 23, slight right at E05. But why do they make you drive up to Boston first? [/QUOTE] helps you stay clear of major shipping lanes. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/15 "2007-04-16T21:44:16Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] helps you stay clear of major shipping lanes. [/QUOTE] Why do you have to swim to Le Havre? Wouldn’t it be easier and quicker to land at Plymouth or something on the west side of Great Britain and hail a cab? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/16 "2007-04-16T22:16:07Z")
Try NYC and Mars. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/17 "2007-04-17T00:16:13Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] Try NYC and Mars. 😉 [/QUOTE] There’s a Mars, PA, so the funny may be missing here… (Also a Venus, PA, and a Neptune in New Jersey. You lot have got the whole solar system down there, haven’t you?) ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-to-london/400345/18 "2007-04-17T04:36:53Z")
I like how if you try New York to Moscow, the directions eventually switch to Russian without warning, around Minsk.