Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote: [ on 10:15 PM 2/9/2008 ]
> But the directions marked on the map on either side of the
indicated location
> of the hotel are crazy.
makes perfect sense, doesn't it? the intention is that you go round and
round and round and round, whirling faster and faster until... oops.
I'm getting reminded of a nice pterry rant:
In Reading [England] there is this thing called the IDR, short for "Inner
Distribution Road", which is bureaucratese for "Big thing that cost a lot
of money and relieves traffic problems, provided all your traffic wants to
orbit the town centre permanently". It's a 2-3 lane dual carriageway that
goes round the town centre. It has lots of roundabouts, an overhead
section, a couple of spare motorway-like exits (that's British motorways --
y'know, the roundabout with the main road going under it), and a thing
called the Watlington Street Gyratory, where you have to get in lane for
your intended destination about three years and two corners before you get
there *with no signposting*. I used to cycle along it every day to get to
school, before I fell off at 35 mph. [Kids! Don't try this at home!] I
know it well. I believe it is impossible to leave Reading heading west.
-- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)
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