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Monday, September 05, 2005

Bumblefuck, MD

8 o' clock. The phone rings.
BBFK: "Baby, I'm lost"
Lever: "What?"
BBFK: "I think I'm lost"
Lever: "Well, either you are or you aren't. Which is it?"
BBFK: "Well, I'm supposed to be on Highway 13 but Noel wanted potty break, so we took a turn off and then another and... yeah, we're lost. How do I get to 13 from here?"
Now, this is *not* my part of the country, not even my part of the world, *and* BBFK is lost so how TF am I supposed to get her to 13 North?
Lever: "OK. So where do you think you are, which road, what town? Any landmarks?"
BBFK: "Um, 331 I think, er, 14? Vienna?"
Lever: "Jeez."
After quickly tapping vague details into mapquest I booted up Google Earth
Lever: "So what about 318?"
BBFK: "Too far north"
Lever: "So you DO have an *idea* where you are?!"
BBFK: "I see 392"
Lever: "Wait, 392... East 20... 13 North. Go for it."
BBFK: "Noel needs Wendy's. And potty. She keeps farting and saying 'Wasn't me!' "
Lever: "LMAO, erm, OK. 392, East 20, Pizza King, Taco Bell, 13 North. Says there should be a Domino's then a Wendy's"
BBFK: "OK, cool. 13 North alternative"
Lever: "No, not that one. Go back"
BBFK: "What?"
Lever: "Go back. Finish the 20 East or you'll bypass Wendy's"
BBFK: "OK."
Idle banter...
BBFK: "13 North... Domino's... Hey, Wendy's. Thankyou babe!"
Lever: "S'OK. Have a blueberry muffin for me OK?"
BBFK: "Or a potato ;)"
Lever: "Yeah, thanks! See you later hon! X"
BBFK: "See ya later, babe. X"
Black Opel, Red VWSo... to add to my love of both Blogger and BBFK you can add a big passionate snog for Google Earth... It pinpointed the routes, city and state borders and even highlighted all those places to eat. If you're lucky enough to live in "hi-res" places you can even see the cars on your drive (I spotted my black GTE and my old red GT or was it the old GTi ?)

If this gets any better I'm sure could see the girl 'round the corner, topless in her garden... =) *waits for slap*

21 Comments:

  • At Tue Sep 06, 01:32:00 AM, Blogger [-o-] said…

    Nice one. Now if only Google would extend its map services to AU. Satelite images are nifty and all, but not particularly useful when you can't get from A to B.

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 04:15:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    [-o-] : Whoah; Google has a nice aerial shot of your neck of the woods dude, but you're right: No roads! WTF is that about? Would you believe they have a better map of Belgium ??!!

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 09:42:00 AM, Anonymous piniyini said…

    Woohoo go Lever! Giving directions from another country, that is a first I have heard of.

    It's quite funny as the name "Bumblefuck" sums it up nicely ;-)

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 10:04:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    Piniyini: Yeah, dude, cheers :)

    The last "official" public use of the term I heard was on "The Apprentice" the US version with Donald Trump - one of the apprentices was like "yada yada yada, yeah, I'm from Bumblefuck, NY" so it kinda figured - my girl, in the middle of nowhere, out in Maryland; hence Bumblefuck, MD. Not as politically correct as "out in the sticks" or "back of beyond" but a typical New York state term... hey, I wonder if it's in the Oxford English Dictionary? Anyone know?

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 12:31:00 PM, Blogger Mummy/Crit said…

    my beloved uses a term which it suddenly occurs to me not to type in, as you'll get god knows what in the way of Spam, suffice to say that it is BBFK without the 'ble' in the middle to describe somewhere a long way from anywhere else...

    I love the idea of Lever-rescue...and isn't google Earth fun to play with?

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 01:29:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Mummy/Crit: LMFAO - it took a minute to get there but yeah, cheers M/C, thanks for not dropping that term in here ;) I tend to get a lot of traffic for e.g. Rachel Bilson search terms, like "Rachel Bilsons hair" and I reckon "b*mf*ck Rachel Bilson" would have been popular LOL

    I just got off the phone with BBFK and she reckons we managed, not only to get her through Maryland but Delaware too :o Maybe I should join International Rescue huh? LOL

    Google Earth is just awesome. Can't wait until they have detailed maps of everywhere =)

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 03:13:00 PM, Blogger rebekah said…

    oh. now that is very interesting. and the evil cur in me wants to take advantage of the voyeuristic opportunities ... ahhh i need a life ...

    she's lucky youre so smart ... she'd still be wandering around waiting for potatoes with a farting child ... the horror ... the horror!

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 03:24:00 PM, Blogger Carrie said…

    i love this so much! made me giggle! it is an awesome time we live in with all the hi-tech fun we get to have....i'll bet people don't buy paper maps anymore....thx for the "nerdy-tip" re: the mouse...but since my post I now have someone sending me a new one....or well, slightly used....from my work....ah...the glory of the net. cheers ;)

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 03:25:00 PM, Blogger BeckyBumbleFuck said…

    Ah, so your navigation genius all stems ultimately from the possibility of boob-sitings? Somehow this all makes sense, now....

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 04:01:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Rebekah: LOL It's kinda cool - but the resolution leaves a lot to be desired. BBFK topless in her back garden is just a blur unfortunately :(

    Me? Smart? Ha, I wish. And you sound just like Colonel Walter E Kurtz there Reb...

    Mitzzee: Don't ya just love it? I just wish I could have Google Earth on my phone or a handheld - that would be awesome!

    LOL, S'OK, at least you'll have a clean, fully functional and well-behaved mouse now :)

    My BBFK: LMAO - Ooops, I just gave away my secrets in my response to Rebekah :o I'm sorry baby, I know how much you love the sunshine, I just wanted to share it with you ;)

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 06:23:00 PM, Blogger rebekah said…

    well good for you then i dont know who captain whatever it is uh is ...

    so becky is the type that stands around in her yard naked? she just got THAT much cooler to me... wow ...

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 07:04:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Rebekah: Dear girl, I'm shocked. Shocked with a capital F :o

    Colonel Kurtz, you know? Marlon Brando? Apocalypse Now? "The Horror, the horror!" That's his quote!

    Yeah, one of Becky's finer habits, but don't question her - she'll only deny it ;)

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 07:14:00 PM, Blogger Kat E said…

    While the remote Google-mapping is very impressive and all, I am still laughing about Noel farting and saying "wasn't me!". Perhaps BBFK does need a dog after all...someone to blame, you know?

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 07:34:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Kat E: LMFAO - yeah "quit tooting, Sucka!" or did BBFK tell you Lever was born in the year of the dog huh? ;)

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 09:09:00 PM, Blogger Brom said…

    It looks very clever... but in fact it's all done with mirrors.

    Still a very cool thing to do for your lil' lady.

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 09:57:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Brom-man: So, what you saying Brom? I used a map of Siberia to get her to the Wendy's? ;) LOL

    Ah, gotta be done. I didn't want her out in the middle o' nowhere or nutin :)

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 10:38:00 PM, Blogger searchingforMrDarcy said…

    That rocks. I've been wishing there were online maps with restaurants and potty stations. And having driven to BBFK's on one street that changed road numbers about 4 times I can understand her getting lost.

     
  • At Tue Sep 06, 10:39:00 PM, Blogger searchingforMrDarcy said…

    Hew does this word verification thing block spam.

     
  • At Wed Sep 07, 07:05:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    SFMD: It certainly does rock! To specifically find a Wendys was so particularly rocking :)

    And that change of numbers is *exactly* what does my head in about the US road system!

    The word verification is there to stop automated filling in of comment forms. It's a bit of a pain I know, I'm sorry, but it needs to be done :)

     
  • At Wed Sep 07, 10:22:00 AM, Blogger davinian said…

    always negative Dave says: "what happens when the phones stop working, google runs out of juice and we all have to read those old fashioned (paper) maps again?". There will be people all over the place - LOST, lost I tell you... lost!

     
  • At Wed Sep 07, 10:50:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    Davinian: LMAO - VERY good point dude! I have a nice collection of OS maps, lots of big scale Welsh ones too ;) But no US ones. Jeez, I wonder how many OS maps you'd need to cover the USA? Wow, 204 OS Landrangers make up England, Wales & Scotland! And I wonder how much of the USA would be "useless" maps of just barren desert and stuff?

    Anyways, by then I'd have a nice cosy cottage, a diesel landy, a diesel generator and a field of hemp to process for oil and fibre. And I'd probably be vegetarian by then too. :)

     

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