Posted on 08/26/2009 11:10:54 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
Dylan's career has taken some strange directions. Perhaps that's why he's been asked to voice two satnav systems
The question of precisely how many roads a man must walk down before you can call him a man has baffled music fans for decades....
Bob Dylan, the man who posed the question in Blowin' in the Wind in 1963, has clearly grown tired of pondering this dilemma, and is now after the answers to more precise travelling questions such as, "How many roads, and in which directions, must a man drive down to get as directly as possible from Stoke Newington Church Street to King's Cross, smoothly navigating the many one-way systems in his path, and what parking facilities might he find when he gets there?"
On Sunday's edition of his internationally syndicated radio show Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Dylan revealed that two car manufacturers are in discussion with him to become the voice of their GPS satnav systems. "I think it would be good," Dylan said, "if you are looking for directions and hear my voice saying something like 'left at the next street, no a right – y'know what? Just go straight.'"
He hit the nail on the proverbial right there: with Dylan as your satnav – if his lyrics on the subject are anything to go by – you'd rarely get a straight answer.
Which way should we turn off from Highway 61, Bob? "Ol' Howard just pointed his gun and said 'that way down on Highway 61.'" So left or right then … damn, we've missed it...
...How far should we go down this dirt road, Bob? "Gonna walk down that dirt road until my eyes begin to bleed."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
"You have just crossed the border into Alberta."
"You are now outside of Delacroix."
"Watch for rolling stones for the next ten miles."
Don’t get stuck at that crossing.
ROTFIS
Rolling On The Floor In Silence
Yes, we have that one in all four of our cars, and the truck.
Don’t nag me about having four cars, a truck, and three motorcycles for two old fogies. Talk to Hubby.
ping
It’s a free country*. Own all the cars you want.
[*Assuming we can continue to thwart Zer0.]
Schthawnk yew, Mawsssstah! [Eye-gore limps away]
Al Gore waddles away...
Geesh, the only thing worse would be hiring Ozzy to do it! :)
As I said at the time, the nabe in question has some great Brazilian restaurants. Bob was just looking for some churrasco in the hard rain that was falling.
They tested Rush Limbaugh as the Satnav voice but at every intersection he would tell the driver to go to the right.
"idn't it? Sheeshaow yowangooo turnalefupahed ananananananthen fhdjsgdjkf..."
>>> “My satnav already has a celebrity voice: Marcel Marceau.”
My own satnav is amazingly similar. It relies on sign language from other drivers.
Good grief. No way I could listen to that GPS without asking, “Could I buy a vowel?”
I love you, Titan Magroyne, and I want to have your babies
...and all the NASCAR drivers didn't know how.
*snicker*
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