WORDSWORTH WAS A FURRY

[gogmagog]

A meme from bemysty:
~> Go to Google.com
~> Click on Maps.
~> Click on "get Directions".
~> From New York to Paris
~> And read line # 23.

If you laugh, repost this.

I laughed my ass off. Oh, Google, how I love you.

Also, the English grad students on the flist should enjoy "I wandered lonely as a cloud," the rap version. I figured I'd post this for all of you who are fellow lit freaks, but even if you don't particularly like Wordsworth or know him that well, this version is worth checking out. (THE SQUIRREL, OH WHUT.) Did Wordsworth really need to be "updated for the YouTube generation"? I don't know, but the result is HIGH-LARIOUS.

...That last link was sent to me by my mom, which was kind of odd. I know she's hanging out a lot with the Latino Writers Collective, who are really nice people, but now my mom seems to be trying to be "urban" and "hip." The e-mail telling me of this (that also went to her LWC friends) opened with "yo, my peeps!" _O_

Those of you who know my mom, this will probably make you go "buh?" the same way it did me.

Comments

[rathershady.livejournal.com]

I actually heard a story on NPR about that version of "I wandered lonely as a cloud". It was made to commemorate the 200th(I think) anniversary of the original printing. I think it is sort of supposed to be an ad for the Lake District in England, the inspiration for the original poem (though the people who came up with it are trying to sell it as a way to get us young'uns interested in poetry, even though it was the tourism board's idea).

[rathershady.livejournal.com]

Sorry to double-post but here are the links to the npr story. Fells and Tarns

[eikitty.livejournal.com]

If you look up other driving directions involving transatlanticism it'll give you the same results. I tried looking up London to Augusta, Georgia and received that same funny line.

Also, your mom and her urban slang reminds me of my father and his hipster foibles. Oh, parents...

[jantalaimon.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I was gonna post about the Cumbria tourist board thing this morning but you beat me to it. XD Oddly enough it was on Olbermann's show last night. Imagine that video ON TV. XDXDXD

♥ Google XD