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Word on the Street #3: MapQuest out West
Driving Directions to Salvation
Rich N. Famous
11/22/2002

Word on the street is.... students from the University of South Carolina discovered that Mapquest.com, the popular online directions finder, is actually a scam designed by Mormons. Apparently they try to route your trip through Mormon strongholds, in an effort to convert you to their bizarre form of disillusioned Christianity.

I was talking to an unnamed USC graduate student who says,
Bring 'em Young
"We finally concluded the study as accurate, when "Street Atlas" showed the quickest route from Atlanta, GA to Idaho Falls, ID was 1946 miles, traveling through MO, NB, WY, and Idaho, but "Mapquest" on the other hand, mysteriously adds an additional 145 miles, routing you through Salt Lake City, UT."

Coincidence? Doubtful.

Said student went on to say that even an entirely East Coast trip has it's trappings. "If you enter Hilton Head Island, SC as your starting point, and Marietta, OH as your destination, Mapquest will tell you that it's 406.13 miles and just under 7 hours. This is absurd. Every other program we tested, showed it to be about 610 miles and 9.5 hours."

Some ridiculously hip looking undergrads at the table next to us were talking about the local night life, which I was trying to hear while my interview was talking, but I think this sums up what he said... Mapquest actually starts you in an unnamed town in northern SC at an on ramp by a campground, discovered to be the site of the annual Mormon convention called "Poligofest", the annual gathering in which the western Mormon men travel east to try to acquire more wives by convincing the gullible yet sexy southern belles of South Carolina that the elf from the Lucky Charm's commercial really does exist, and he's actually the reincarnated Christ, living in the great state of Utah, and owns and operates a night club/bible study in the holy province of Salt Lake City, named "The Long Salty Green Tongue of our Lord" (membership fees may apply).

In a similar study at Brigham Young University, students concluded that all other universities and map programs were run by the devil, which the US Press fact checking department has confirmed to be true.

US Press will unmercifully pursue this matter until we can bring you, the people, an answer, or us, the writers, more wives.


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