Google Maps fun

I'm not quite sure if this is a mistake on Google Maps or if it's just Google quirkiness at play but when I entered Airlie Beach QLD to Brisbane on Google Maps I was left with 21,628km journey. That's from Brisbane, California to Airlie Beach, Australia though! Google Maps suggests this journey should take 54 days and 9 hours to complete....

It suggests heading from Airlie Beach to Darwin in Northern Australia.... then.....

27. Kayak across the Pacific Ocean to Japan
distance: 5,404 km

87. Sometime later you can
Kayak across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii
distance: 6,243 km

102. Cross Hawaii, go for a surf the grab your stuff and kayak across the Pacific Ocean to Washington
distance: 4,436 km

A very long while later you will arrive in Brisbane, San Francisco, probably very wet and very tired... with an intact kayak hopefully.

Babies judge Bush and Obama

I got this great email yesterday about babies judging former (thankfully) President George Bush and new President Obama. They say pictures tell a thousand words.... this is probably the best example of that you'll ever find!

Both the adults and kids love this guy.....

But not so much this guy.....

HURRAH FOR THE CHANGE OF PRESIDENCY!!!

Overheard in Dublin

If you're looking for a laugh, then hit on overheardindublin.com. It's a forum for Dubs to post anecdotes about other Dubs. Most of the stories come from conversations or comments overheard on the Capital's buses, trains, luas and streets. All of the stories are hilarious, but some are just side-splitting. Take this one for example:

''Was walking through Dunnes Stores with my 3 year old daughter last week and you could see the child was bored shopping with me. Suddenly she stopped in the middle of the store and said "Oh my god will you just buy something before I have a nervous breakdown!" Everyone started laughing at her so she got more annoyed and stormed out of the shop with me trailing after her''.

Check it out, it'll make you appreciate the wit of your fellow Dubs!