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Google Maps Advises Against Mordor Visits

Try searching for walking directions from the Shire

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 23, 2011 1:51 PM CST

(Newser) – With The Hobbit trailer out, some among us may feel inspired to risk the trek to Mordor. But if you look for walking directions to it from the Shire on Google Maps, you'll be greeted with a warning: "Use caution—One does not simply walk into Mordor." The phrase echoes a line from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring that has become an Internet meme, the Telegraph reports, noting that it's unclear how long the Easter egg has been in existence. Its discovery follows Google's recently uncovered "Let It Snow" trick. Amusingly, the directions below the warning take travelers from "The Shire" to a London club 12 miles away called the Intrepid Fox ... perhaps because of this?

A screen grab of the Easter egg.
A screen grab of the Easter egg.   (Google Maps)
Hobbits appear in a scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Hobbits appear in a scene from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."   (AP Photo/ New Line Home Entertainment,Melissa Moseley)
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Showing 3 of 4 comments
sroro
Dec 25, 2011 12:16 AM CST
This is very old news I've seen this weeks if not months ago.
JamaicaJim
Dec 24, 2011 6:23 AM CST
 I Googled the word "Google" - the skies darkened, dogs started barking. And I got a nasty phone call from Larry Page telling me to knock it off.
793tango
Dec 24, 2011 5:50 AM CST
Good advice I'd say.....

 
humor • Google Maps • Lord of the Rings • Shire • The Hobbit • Easter egg

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