Sat Navigation
SAT NAVIGATION
By the Urban Poet
You need me on every journey
To show you the way you should go
Without my expert direction
An A to Z you would have to follow
Navigation, I’m Sat navigation
My voice can be changed in an instant
I can be whoever you want
A man who is very assertive
Or a girl with sweet dulcet tones
For drivers I’ve solved all their problems
No need to ever get lost
unless you’ve not updated my system
Then you could end up counting the cost
Navigation, I’m Sat Navigation
Proceed on current road
Watch out don’t squash that toad
At the roundabout take the third exit
To the channel tunnel (before it’s Brexit)
Don’t worry I’ve got Euro maps loaded
No problem getting back from Calais to Dover
Oops do a u turn where possible
The route your on is impractical
Your trying to trick me and test me out
But I’m a sat nav and there is no doubt
That my robotic intelligence is second to none
Hey watch out you nerd you’ve overrun
This narrow lane and I think we’re done
Your wheels are spinning on a narrow cliff ledge
Proceed on current road..and don’t fall over the edge
Navigation, Sat Navigation, Ahhhhhhhh
From ‘Rhymes and Reasons’
By ‘Rick’ Varden
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Wed 7th May 2025 08:08
I was out walking, on a rough waterworks track, on the top of the moors, almost benighted, when two women driving a hefty four-wheeled drive vehicle loaded with massive amplifiers and speakers asked me directions.
They were on their way to a gig in a village about five miles away, and admitted to being completely lost, having relied on sat-nav.
I pointed to a road about three miles away and about three hundred feet below us, in the hazy distance. "You need to be down there" I said.
The ability to navigate reading an OS map is being lost as people without common sense or experience fall for the latest gimmicks.