British tabloids are odd beasts. Mostly they specialize in football (soccer), naked boobies and casual bigotry (especially racism and homophobia). They do not generally publish articles about people like Bat Boy. But maybe all that is about to change. Today The Sun published a story that is suspiciously Onion-like. It tells about how someone studying the floor of the Atlantic on Google Ocean found what scientists now believe to be the remains of the city of Atlantis, and it comes complete with commentary from a “top philosopher” called Plato who is apparently an expert on the lost city.
This discovery is credited to one Bernie Bamford, 36, of Chester, an aeronautical engineer. Mr. Bamford told The Sun:
It looks like an aerial map of Milton Keynes. It must be man-made.
From which I believe that a follow-up article is planned, because everyone knows that Milton Keynes is not man-made. It was built by demons and fish-men at the behest of tentacled beings from beyond the stars.
Watch, it’s all a publicity ploy for “Sands of Sarasvati” *jk*
The main shopping street in Milton Keynes is named Midsummer Boulevard and is oriented towards the midsummer sun. Just sayin’…
John:
And the toilets in the shopping center are labeled “males” and “females”, not “men” and “women” – a sure sign that they are intended for non-humans.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214502197&cid=iwhome_art_Googl_mostpop
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Thought so…
More details on the Google Earth & Maps blog.