tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post115553919668138092..comments2024-03-27T03:03:44.660-04:00Comments on Vleeptron_Z: PizzaQ: What City Is This?Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-1155596806899767112006-08-14T19:06:00.000-04:002006-08-14T19:06:00.000-04:00Okay, last night I was looking something up on Wik...Okay, last night I was looking something up on Wikipedial, and the featured article on its Home Page was about ...<BR/><BR/>========<BR/>The O-Bahn Busway in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide is the world's longest and fastest guided busway.<BR/>========<BR/><BR/>I've been to Adelaide too, where I had the most delicious Moretown Bay Bugs (disgusting name, sublime taste) sauteed in olive oil in a Greek restaurant, and the next morning took the Ghan train north to Alice Springs to see Comet Halley and drink Red Centre Beer.<BR/><BR/>Adealaide is as beautiful and charming as you say. But as World Cities go, it is a bit obscure, off the beaten path, dwarfed in fame by Melbourne and Sydney.<BR/><BR/>So I clicked to the O-Bahn map, erased all references to the name of the city, and wondered how quick someone could identify the city.<BR/><BR/>1. The map is in English.<BR/><BR/>2. The English is in the British or Commonwealth style of spelling.<BR/><BR/>3. Some things are "Royal This" and "Royal That," and I think there is only one King or Queen in the English-Speaking World these days -- so the country had to still be loyal to the British crown -- so it couldn't be any African former colony of Britain which no longer swears loyalty to HM.<BR/><BR/>But of course, when in doubt, Google.Vleeptron Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-1155590681803089582006-08-14T17:24:00.000-04:002006-08-14T17:24:00.000-04:00Btw Pineapple Pizza ...BRRRRRRRRR.UweBtw Pineapple Pizza ...BRRRRRRRRR.UweU.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09094471572436085843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-1155586689212804042006-08-14T16:18:00.000-04:002006-08-14T16:18:00.000-04:00I Googled Rundle Mall. Got the same answer...Adel...I Googled Rundle Mall. Got the same answer...Adelaide.James J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18347526276770576843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-1155583598269729772006-08-14T15:26:00.000-04:002006-08-14T15:26:00.000-04:00Thought...Hyde Park London has no beach next to it...Thought...Hyde Park London has no beach next to it.<BR/>So googled for King William Road.<BR/>Touch down. UweU.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09094471572436085843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-1155568643356383412006-08-14T11:17:00.000-04:002006-08-14T11:17:00.000-04:00Unglaublich! und Schnell!Okay I erased every "Adel...Unglaublich! und Schnell!<BR/><BR/>Okay I erased every "Adelaide" and I erased every "SA" (South Australia.)<BR/><BR/>How did you figure it out so fast? What were your Sherlock Holmes clues?<BR/><BR/>(Or are you just very hungry for the Pineapple Pizza?)Vleeptron Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-1155540033974569302006-08-14T03:20:00.000-04:002006-08-14T03:20:00.000-04:00Adelaide,Australia I supposse.UweAdelaide,Australia I supposse.<BR/>UweU.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09094471572436085843noreply@blogger.com