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Google Street View Shoots the Same Woman 43 Times

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-your-face-out-there dept.

Geoffrey.landis writes "Terry Southgate discovered that his wife Wendy appears on the Google Street View of his neighborhood not once or twice but a whopping 43 times. From the article: 'It seems as if the Street View car simply followed the same route as Wendy and Trixie. However, Wendy was a little suspicious that the car was doing something on the "tricksie" side. Several of the Street View shots show Wendy looking with some concern towards the car that was, well, to put it politely, crawling along the curb. "I didn't know what it was doing. It was just driving round very, very slowly," Wendy told the Sun.' The next best thing to being a movie star — a Street View star!"

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  1. This Gang Warfare Must Stop by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google Street View Shoots the Same Woman 43 Times

    I knew that gang violence had gotten bad in some parts of the world but now even Google vans have become roving death squads spewing bullets. What? Was there a Bing van behind her or something? Forty three shots! How many clips is that and will they be holding Brin and Page accountable?

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    1. Re:This Gang Warfare Must Stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Google Street View Shoots the Same Woman 43 Times

      Bet she's getting tired of that.

    2. Re:This Gang Warfare Must Stop by Arancaytar · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm picturing a team of Googlers driving by in a black van, holding out their cameras sideways while busting some pictures now. :P

    3. Re:This Gang Warfare Must Stop by Andy+Dodd · · Score: 3, Funny

      My thought in response to this new information - "Only 43 times?"

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    4. Re:This Gang Warfare Must Stop by khallow · · Score: 2, Funny

      I imagine she thought they were just run of the mill gangsters and hoods. You have to for extreme danger. If you see someone start to flash one of these signs, you have half a minute to several minutes before the bullets start flying (depending on the dexterity of the signer). Use that time wisely.

    5. Re:This Gang Warfare Must Stop by JWSmythe · · Score: 3, Funny

          That's a strong justification for government mandated gun control. Every bullet should hit its target. The people need to be trained better.

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  2. Update of the classic by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's Waldo? Now Where's Wendy!

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  3. This is a new record! by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The breaks the record held by Amadou Diallo, who was shot 41 times... by the NYPD.

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  4. Now they' done it. by sunking2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All her neighbors now know she is the one who isn't cleaning up after her dog.

  5. Re:Is that a police car behind google? by clone53421 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is a police car. And “Google Street View Shoots Police Car 43 Times” would be equally amusing, IMHO.

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  6. Re:Is she hot? by sowth · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know. They didn't use a thermal imaging camera.