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Bob Dylan To Voice GPS?
Antonio Banderas, please.
Someone explain to me why he married Melanie Griffith.
She's a witch and she put a spell on him? I really, really don't know, RA.
Javier Bardem or Liev Schreiber or Clive Owen. :)Or Jim Dale. Or Rachel Weisz... I loooove her voice.
And you can laugh at me if it pleases you, but I'd also love one with Russell Crowe's voice (except that I'd never want to leave my car).
You're all wrong.
Morgan Freeman.
'Nuff said.
Morgan Freeman.
'Nuff said.
But then I'd feel like Miss Daisy, Gus. I'm not THAT old!
Gus wrote: "You're all wrong. Morgan Freeman.
'Nuff said."
I'm with Jackie on this... I love Morgan Freeman's voice, but I'd be a little weirded out hearing it in a car.
BunWat wrote: "I think James Earl Jones could give some very authoritative directions. "Actually, I swear I'd heard that he already does (that's the only reason I didn't include him on my list).
BunWat wrote: "Because the few times I've been in cars with GPS I've been known to argue with the directions, or just ignore them. Not sure I'd dare, with JEJ":) You made me chuckle, Bun.
"I'm altering your directions, BunWat, just pray that I don't alter them further."
You know, Buns mentioned arguing/ignoring with GPS directions...I've never used GPS directions before, so I wouldn't know how that works, but google directions have been not just wrong, but WAY wrong for me twice in the last year. And like a jackass I just kept following them. I should have used the map in the car. Bad google directions landed me in Youngstown, Ohio this summer.
Shudders
I've had some frustrating experiences with MapQuest or Google directions, as well as some instances of GPS. Hertz's Neverlost system is a pain to use sometimes, trying to have me drive on streets the wrong way or even on streets that are completely blocked off and obviously have been for years. This past Monday, though, I used my daughter's Honda CRV to go get cupcakes in Georgetown, using the built-in nav system on the car. It was excellent, even through DC with all of it's traffic circles. And when you get ready to go back home, you just hit the ""Go Home" button and it reverses the directions. Cool.
We have your coordinates right here, Bun. We have you located very precisely, within +/- .5 meters. Oh no ... really ... we know where you are for real.
I believe in you, Bun. And your house.:::nods solemnly:::
I read once Neil Gaiman tried to find his house in rural Wisconsin on GPS and the device said something like, "The place you are seeking does not exist." If I remember correctly he thought that was really cool.
And by the way, how would anybody understand Bob Dylan's directions, anyway?"Go right mumble mumble straight to mumble take a mumble mumble."
When I enter my friend's address on Google map and go to street view, I can see my car parked in front of their house. It's kinda weird to see.
No, Dylan would say, "watch out for parking meters" way more than he needed to, I'm guessing.
"There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief..."
Just imagine how the Dylan directions would go if you found yourself on Highway 61.PS Not James Earl Jones, but we do have a fake-Darth Vader voice on ours. It gets irritating really fast, but it does say "Now entering hyperdrive" when you get on the highway, and "You have reached the dark side" when you get to your destination. There was also a Homer Simpson voice, which goes "Doh!" whenever you ignore it. I'm not sure what the Kim Cattrall voice does.
How about the guy who did the voice on the tapes for Mission Impossible, or the guy who was Charlie for Charlie's Angels.
I would like the Computer from Star Trek to be the voice in my GPS. That would be cool!
I know, Sarah. :( Maybe someone could impersonate her...
I figured you knew. :)I was going to say something like "Would it have to say 'hull breach imminent' every time you opened the door?" but then I was a little afraid you might tell me that she never said that.
Sure, she did! Good old Majel. She was there from the beginning...
I don't recall her at all. She was very attractive.
Larry, you might remember her better as Nurse Chapel:
Or Lwaxana Troi:
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*draws two blanks*But thanks for trying, Jackie-o-Jackie.
Antonio for me, please. Though I'd probably have trouble concentrating on my driving with his voice purring at me through the speaker...
oh brother. i can't stand bob dylan's voice
He was good, wasnt he! Have you seen Desperado or Interview with the Vampire? He's brilliant in both of those.
My husband downloaded a few for the TomTom about a year ago. Our favorite Glados. You can't listen to her. She tells lies. Lol.
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I think that Heidi had the right idea with Rachel Weisz.
Sally wrote: "I think that Heidi had the right idea with Rachel Weisz. ":D
I love her voice, and I don't think I'd ever get tired of it or annoyed with it - it's confident and calming.
Heidi wrote: "Sally wrote: "I think that Heidi had the right idea with Rachel Weisz. ":D
I love her voice, and I don't think I'd ever get tired of it or annoyed with it - it's confident and calming.
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And British. I think most of us would enjoy a British accent more than any other.
Julie wrote: "And British. I think most of us would enjoy a British accent more than any other."Yah. Well there's that, too.
Okay if we're going with British accents, I'll take CBS reporter Lara Logan.
No, no, the Spanish accent works fine for me, thanks.
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "pee wee herman to do my GPS voice"
Oh god no Kevin.
Oh god no Kevin.
Post#52 was the last text message I received.
King Dinösaur wrote: "Bob Dylan GPS would be just fine...as long as you're driving down Highway 61.Ba-dump-bump!"
Hey, I made that joke all the way back in message 27! I guess I should have supplied my own rimshot.
Positively 4th Street. Did anyone say that yet?
Hm...I wonder if other celebrities are available...I'd get GPS if Penelope Cruz's voice spoke to me...she'd make directions sound...enchanting...
Whose voice would you want to hear coming through your GPS?