WE LIVE IN WONDROUS TIMES
Did Google Street View car run over a donkey?
(Thanks to Joseph McConnell)
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January 17, 2013
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There are probably twelve cars in Bostwana. Couldn't he manage to miss the donkey?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | January 17, 2013 at 03:36 PM
♫ Jiggity-jig,(hee-haw!hee-haw!) the Google Street view Donkey!
Posted by: ligirl | January 17, 2013 at 03:54 PM
Don't be
evila pain in the ass.Google motto fixed.
Posted by: Ford79 | January 17, 2013 at 04:50 PM
Whoever this McConnell guy is, he ought to wise up and use his blog alias when he's submitting articles.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | January 17, 2013 at 05:29 PM
Omni, I hear he's not very bright, but the ladies like him.
Posted by: WVplantman | January 17, 2013 at 05:41 PM
lilgirl makes my day. Again.
Thanks!
Posted by: Spiny Norman | January 17, 2013 at 06:31 PM
It was down in the Google use EULA. "We can kill your ass." Didn't you read it?
Posted by: Loudmouth | January 17, 2013 at 09:38 PM
Hmmm, which is more evil, Google or the English tabloid press?
Shockingly, it turns out that the tabloid press is trying to sensationalize a non-event. I know, I know, such a thing is unimaginable, but if you see the pictures in chronological order, the donkey is taking a dust bath in the dusty road and then gets out of the car's way. Bear in mind that they drive on the left there.
Posted by: padraig | January 17, 2013 at 09:50 PM
Wheeled burro.
Posted by: Loudmouth | January 17, 2013 at 11:11 PM
It turns out that Google left some images out: Namely, the car backing up to finish the job.
Posted by: EvilScientistMoose | January 18, 2013 at 12:28 AM
I've worked for some -- interesting -- companies, but I must say, no employer of mine has ever had to do a press release saying, "we didn't kill the donkey!"
I understand that there was quite a lot of email traffic, internally and mostly directed to staff in non-anglophone countries, clarifying the difference between the words "kill" and "kick."
Posted by: Omniskeptic | January 18, 2013 at 09:21 AM
I think that donkey is clearly alive. Padraig is right on about the dust bath.
Posted by: Elon | January 18, 2013 at 03:22 PM
Omniskeptic, I'm guessing you didn't work for Patton.
Posted by: Elon | January 18, 2013 at 03:22 PM
No, when I was of military age, the headman was a guy named Grant.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | January 18, 2013 at 07:35 PM