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Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ferrari Spider on June 06, 2010, 12:26:35 am



Title: GORDON'S ALIVE!, Brian Blessed satnav campaign
Post by: Ferrari Spider on June 06, 2010, 12:26:35 am
Someone's set up a Facebook campaign to get Brian Blessed to voice a satnav, and the manufacturers have said if they reach 25,000 members they'll do it!

Full story here: http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/03/brian-bles...at-nav-campaign



Title: Re: GORDON'S ALIVE!, Brian Blessed satnav campaign
Post by: Barry on June 06, 2010, 01:02:30 am
Someone's set up a Facebook campaign to get Brian Blessed to voice a satnav, and the manufacturers have said if they reach 25,000 members they'll do it!

Full story here: http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/03/brian-bles...at-nav-campaign



As long as he 's not on the vodka before he records it it would be brilliant.
If he is on the booze then it will be like Jo map reading.

Jo: Turn right,
Jo: Why did you turn that way?
Barry: 'Cos you said right.
Jo: Well I meant left.
Barry picks up map ' Where are we?'
Jo: I'm not sure, somewhere around here.


Title: Re: GORDON'S ALIVE!, Brian Blessed satnav campaign
Post by: Dirk3D_NL on June 06, 2010, 10:50:40 am
hahaha


Title: Re: GORDON'S ALIVE!, Brian Blessed satnav campaign
Post by: Barry on June 06, 2010, 11:06:45 am
Question to think about over the weekend.

Why do women turn maps upside down to read them?
And do our friends who bat for the other side do the same?


Title: Re: GORDON'S ALIVE!, Brian Blessed satnav campaign
Post by: termietermite on June 06, 2010, 11:08:24 am
Someone's set up a Facebook campaign to get Brian Blessed to voice a satnav, and the manufacturers have said if they reach 25,000 members they'll do it!

Full story here: http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/03/brian-bles...at-nav-campaign



As long as he 's not on the vodka before he records it it would be brilliant.
If he is on the booze then it will be like Jo map reading.

Jo: Turn right,
Jo: Why did you turn that way?
Barry: 'Cos you said right.
Jo: Well I meant left.
Barry picks up map ' Where are we?'
Jo: I'm not sure, somewhere around here.
;D
Rule No. 1 for successful driving amongst married couples : You drive, he navigates (you can put up with his b*tching about your driving but at least he can't b*tch about your map reading skills and if you get lost, it's his fault.)


Title: Re: GORDON'S ALIVE!, Brian Blessed satnav campaign
Post by: JPS Beemer on June 06, 2010, 11:31:31 am
Question to think about over the weekend.

Why do women turn maps upside down to read them?
And do our friends who bat for the other side do the same?

Apparently it's to do with spatial awareness.  The part of the brain that deals with this is (generally) more advanced in the male of the species.  Thus we can continue to process the logic of lefts and rights as we are better able to visualise the direction of travel on the map without spinning it round.  It's the same reason that men are (generally) better at reverse parking and juding what gaps we can get through etc. 

Anyway, that's what some bloke down the pub told me. 


Title: Re: GORDON'S ALIVE!, Brian Blessed satnav campaign
Post by: termietermite on June 06, 2010, 12:00:38 pm
But if you turn a map upside down, then doesn't North go to the wrong place?  I've never understood the concept myself, but thanks Mr Beemer for explaining all about us girlies....


Title: Re: GORDON'S ALIVE!, Brian Blessed satnav campaign
Post by: Ferrari Spider on June 08, 2010, 12:47:09 pm
a working prototype...

http://www.youtube.com/user/BrianSatNav#p/a/u/0/-JpKuYbJQK4


Title: Re: GORDON'S ALIVE!, Brian Blessed satnav campaign
Post by: Andy Zarse on June 08, 2010, 12:53:50 pm

And do our friends who bat for the other side do the same?

Geoffrey Boycott?