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Cerberus

17:15

Greetings.

What is missing from Google Maps?

Disregard the red pin.

Robusto

@Cerberus I dunno. The Workers' Paradise?

Cerberus

@Robusto Hint: it is larger than all other cities in view. And a capital. And the former capital of a large empire encompassing most of the countries you see.

Robusto

Damn you, doggy, I'm in a meeting!

Cerberus

Heh.

It should be easy for you...

Robusto

@Cerberus Prague?

Capital of Holy Roman Empire . . .

Cerberus

17:26

Prague is just out of view.

@Robusto The successor to the Holy Roman Empire.

If you will.

It is larger and more famous than Prague.

@Robusto And you went there last year, didn't you?

Robusto

@Cerberus Lübeck, capital of the Hanseatic League?

@Cerberus I did not go to Europe at all last year.

Cerberus

@Robusto Then was it the year before?

@Robusto Lübeck is far too small, and too far away.

Perhaps you didn't to this city, perhaps it was Salzburg you went to see?

No, wait, it was Mr Shiny who went there last year, my apologies.

Matt E. Эллен

@Cerberus Vienna

Robusto

Oh, Vienna!

Matt E. Эллен

lol

Robusto

17:33

Wien, Wien, Mein Hertz Allein!

Cerberus

Ding!

So how crazy is Google Maps, right?

There is plenty of space.

Robusto

Dem is verkackte.

Cerberus

Quite.

Matt E. Эллен

that doesn't make a lot of sense

Robusto

@Cerberus To be kind, though, perhaps they're trying to cut down on sweets.

Cerberus

17:35

What doesn't, Mr Moderator?

Matt E. Эллен

why Google would miss it off

Cerberus

@Robusto By refusing to point the way to Vienna?

@MattE.Эллен I have see this more often.

Matt E. Эллен

their algorithm must be off

Cerberus

I believe there was a similar issue with Tokyo or Manila.

Robusto

In my experience, Wien was very high in calories. But then, so was Paris, so . . .

Cerberus

17:37

...or perhaps it was you.

Robusto

I'm high in fun, not calories.

Cerberus

No comment.

Robusto

18:09

@Cerberus That in itself is a comment.

Cerberus

@Robusto You might very well think so, Mattie; I couldn't possibly comment.

(Recognise the quotation?)

Robusto

@Cerberus No, but I googled and found Rebecca Brooks something something.

Johan Larsson

Tangential alignment gajs.

Cerberus

@Robusto It is from the House of Cards.

Urquhart's favourite phrase.

Although I must admit I have not read the books, only seen the BBC series.

Robusto

@Cerberus English or American?

Cerberus

18:16

Which is superb.

English.

Robusto

Yeah, I like the American version much better.

Cerberus

I'm not sure whether I should watch the American series, if it has the same plot?

Why is it better?

Robusto

More fun, more relevant, newer, shinier, sparkier . . .

Cerberus

Doesn't sound like my thing.

Robusto

I shouldn't think it would be.

Cerberus

18:17

There is a Dutch version of Yes Minister; it sucks.

Trying to adapt a proven, very British concept to Dutch culture just sucks.

Robusto

Are you still watching Downton Abbey?

Cerberus

Nope.

Robusto

A wise policy.

Cerberus

I stopped watching after a certain car incident.

Is it?

It had become too soapy.

Robusto

My wife likes it so we still watch it, but it is horribly bloated and super-annuated.

@Cerberus It had become too soapy? Well, it started off in a bubble bath.

Now it is simply a question of "What new legal problems can we foist off on Bates?"

Cerberus

18:20

Super-annuated? Past its prime?

@Robusto Absolutely, but it was just good enough for us to bear with the soapiness.

Jolene from Cooking.se insists that I recommence watching it, though.

Robusto

I would advise against it.

Cerberus

Noted.

Robusto

If you can avoid it you'll be money ahead.

Cerberus

Too bad.

I never liked the Bates storylines anyway.

Have you ever seen the spoof, after the first season or so?

Robusto

@Cerberus I think so, but I can't recall it.

Cerberus