Sunday of my Life

Microsoft now have their global search engine up and running, and you can plug int otwo city names nad get directions on how to go between them. Sounds simple, no?

No

Follow these directions

1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
2. Select the country ‘Norway’
3. Enter as your starting city ‘Haugesund’
4. Enter as your destination city ‘Trondheim’
5. Click the ‘get directions’ button

Now… if you’ve followed these instructions precisely you should have directions between two cities that are situated a small distance apart on the island country of Norway. The statistics for this journey (copied straight from the search engine itself)?

Total Distance: 1685.9 Miles
Estimated Total Time: 47 hours, 31 minutes

47 hours and 31 minutes to travel what is probably 100 kilometers. Way to blow, Microsoft! Y’all’ve done it again, managed to make yourselves the laughing stock of the Internet!

(Oh, BTW: For the terminally lazy here is a screenshot of the map they provide)

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