Friday, October 30, 2009

Olympic Torch -- Family Circus Style

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games website has created an interactive map of the path the torch will take on its trek across Canada:



Now, of course I understand why an Olympic Committee would choose a path that squiggles to and fro across the country. They want to hit all the provinces and major population centers, to build community and excitement about the games. However, upon seeing this map, the first thought that came to my mind was one of Billy's meandering path maps from the Family Circus comic strip:





While digging up the two map/strips above, I found another Family Circus map...



My apologies...

Olympic map via that fine Canadian map blogger, The Map Room

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1 Comments:

At Friday, October 30, 2009 , Blogger oxwof said...

And the venerable xkcd has this parody: http://xkcd.com/100/

 

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