Interesting Maps

dan1895

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Route of Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days

Great, now I have the theme tune to the 80's cartoon stuck in my head.

MarinersBlues

dan1895 wrote: »

Great, now I have the theme tune to the 80's cartoon stuck in my head.

Great, I went and googled it to see what you were on about, and now it's stuck in my head.

New Home

Am I remembering it wrong? Wasn't a hot air balloon used at some stage?

El Weirdo

New Home wrote: »

Am I remembering it wrong? Wasn't a hot air balloon used at some stage?

Not in the book.

But the map seems to bypass Ireland. Didn't he travel from Cobh to Dublin by train?

quickbeam

New Home wrote: »

Am I remembering it wrong? Wasn't a hot air balloon used at some stage?

I think that might have been the film, rather than the original Jules Verne book.

Or maybe it was a parody advert I'm thinking of. I'm sure there was one of them too. Fogg and his companion in a balloon, losing height, but some fresh-mints or something kept them afloat.

Or am I crazy?

quickbeam

From Wikipedia:

Although a journey by balloon has become one of the images most strongly associated with the story, it does not appear in the book – the idea is proposed in Chapter 32, but dismissed, as it "would have been highly risky and, in any case, impossible." However, the 1956 movie adaptation Around the World in Eighty Days used the balloon idea, and it has now become a part of the mythology of the story, even appearing on book covers. This plot element is reminiscent of Verne's earlier Five Weeks in a Balloon, which first made him a well-known author.

Nothing there about the commercial though.

El Weirdo

quickbeam wrote: »

From Wikipedia:



Nothing there about the commercial though.

There used to be some sort of snacks named after Phileas Fogg, iirc. Crisps or corn snacks of some description, I think.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_Fogg_snacks

Hoop66

quickbeam wrote: »

I think that might have been the film, rather than the original Jules Verne book.

Or maybe it was a parody advert I'm thinking of. I'm sure there was one of them too. Fogg and his companion in a balloon, losing height, but some fresh-mints or something kept them afloat.

Or am I crazy?

There was also a range of snacks called Phineas Fogg, might have been for them. With their garlic bread snacks they were "exotic" & "European", and so naturally failed in the UK.

gerrybbadd

fixXxer wrote: »

Sorry everyone. Work attacks when we least expect it. I will be around for the contest at 1300 all going well.

OK thanks for letting us know....

Wrong thread perhaps?

nc6000

El Weirdo wrote: »

There used to be some sort of snacks named after Phileas Fogg, iirc. Crisps or corn snacks of some description, I think.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_Fogg_snacks

I remember those Tortillas from years back. They were good.

Pherekydes

Antarctica!

normanoffside

Sorry if posted before

Shedite27

Italians joke about themselves

What are Slovakians issue with the Scots?

Sweds the punchline of Scandanvia it seems

normanoffside

Shedite27 wrote: »

What are Slovakians Hungarians issue with the Scots?

Apparently Hungarians make lots of stingy Scotsman Jokes

retalivity

3 of belgium's 4 neighbours joke about belgium.

josip

Mujo and Haso still going strong in the Balkans

Dufflecoat Fanny

El Weirdo wrote: »

There used to be some sort of snacks named after Phileas Fogg, iirc. Crisps or corn snacks of some description, I think.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_Fogg_snacks

I remember getting these in the dart station in bray as a young lad. They burned the puss off me but I couldn't get enough of them.

BonnieSituation

El Weirdo wrote: »

Not in the book.

But the map seems to bypass Ireland. Didn't he travel from Cobh to Dublin by train?

Yeah to catch the steam packet to Liverpool iirc.

BonnieSituation

normanoffside wrote: »

Sorry if posted before

In shocking news, Belarusians have no sense of humour.

kowloon

Is that a Scottish flag I see in Hungary or am I just untrained in flag science?

BonnieSituation

kowloon wrote: »

Is that a Scottish flag I see in Hungary or am I just untrained in flag science?

Yes and Vexillology.

Quoted above:

normanoffside wrote: »

Apparently Hungarians make lots of stingy Scotsman Jokes

ILoveYourVibes

Its interesting how maps change over time. This is the lithuanian polish common wealth.










Below is Prussia (its complicated)

kowloon

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Yes and Vexillology.

I totally knew that. I'm dead smart and know a lot about wordology.

OldGoat

Vexillology. A new word for me, thanks very much. I'm now down the rabbit hole of origins and derivations that has led me to Roman military units and French pharmacists' measures.

BonnieSituation

OldGoat wrote: »

Vexillology. A new word for me, thanks very much. I'm now down the rabbit hole of origins and derivations that has led me to Roman military units and French pharmacists' measures.

A goat after my own heart.

cj maxx

kowloon wrote: »

I totally knew that. I'm dead smart and know a lot about wordology.

Starter than me , a new one for me . Vexed now

kowloon

OldGoat wrote: »

Vexillology. A new word for me, thanks very much. I'm now down the rabbit hole of origins and derivations that has led me to Roman military units and French pharmacists' measures.

I like going on Wikipedia adventures, but very little of what I take in stays there for long.

BonnieSituation

kowloon wrote: »

I like going on Wikipedia adventures, but very little of what I take in stays there for long.

"Open in new tab"

mr_fegelien

mzungu

Where Google Street view is available.