The Troubling Lack of Intercourse
I'm currently working on a map application (raise your hand if you're NOT), and anyone familiar with my penchant for hiding things in Lorem Ipsum shouldn't be surprised that the default map I'm using to comp with is Intercourse, PA.
Now, I've been to Intercourse. It's a sleepy little Amish town in Lancaster County, between Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Somewhere I have a picture of myself in front of the "Welcome to Intercourse!" sign when I was a kid. It's a lovely town and they make a good pretzel.
So I go to Google Maps. (For our readers in China, Google is a search engine that does no evil.) I type in "Intercourse, PA" and it takes me to where it should be. Right next to Leacock. Zoom in, zoom out. No listing. But it knows where it is. I try Yahoo Maps. Same thing, then I zoom in a level and there it is. Typed out: "Intercourse".
So my question to Google: Do you hate intercourse or do you hate the Amish?
Written by Mike Monteiro on May 24, 2006 | 
2 comments so far. Add yours below.
Anil says:
On the other hand, Yahoo has Blue Ball and Google doesn't. So they win on that count.
And it finally answers the question... I was about 53 miles from Intercourse the whole time I was in high school.
May 27, 2006 1:31 PM
timothy buckwalter says:
...and don't forget "Bird-in-Hand".
Anil, whereabouts did you got to school? I went to school about 30 miles from Intercourse.
June 8, 2006 11:29 AM