
10 Most Bizarre Things Seen On Google Street Maps
GOOGLE, the huge US corporation that wants to be loved (or else!), has removed tens of pictures from Google’s new Street View service because they are an infringement of privacy, allegedly.
Anorak Looks at the 10 Most Bizarre Things Spotted On Google Street View:
1. Gordon Brown urinating in a hedge in Pimlico
2. Anthea Turner blowing her nose and inspecting the hanky in Hull
3. A man exiting a sex shop in Soho empty handed having enquired within for back copies of Aviation Monthly and not been in luck
4. Pete Doherty making a citizen’s arrest outside Polly’s Tea Rooms, Malrboro
5. Prince Edward playing the bagpipes in Surbiton
6. Euan Blair outside a pool hall in Knightsbridge
7. Salman Rushdie selling vegetarian kebabs from a van in Basildon
8. People queuing for a Gary Glitter meet-and-greet
9. Archbishop of Canterbury praying at a mosque in Oldham
10. Osama bin Laden at a matinee performance of Cats
Google is investigating…
Posted: 20th, March 2009 | In: Key Posts, Media, Photojournalism Comments (3) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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March 20th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
And anyway, that sex shop is now shut to make room for the new Tottenham Court Road Station… I think it’s moved to somewhere on Oxford Street. Not that I would know anything about it, of course.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Does anyone remember the “Bloom County” bit where Opus the Penguin was caught picking his nose in a satellite picture? A case of life imitating art, it seems…
March 20th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
are there any hedges in Pimlico?