The Power of the Internet

I'm pretty sure this is what Vint Cerf had in mind when he came up with what would become the Internet: The ability to find showtimes for movies without having to call.

Google is handy at displaying them for me, and since I generally go to the movies with The Girlfriend, I had her zip code set as the default; 22314, Alexandria VA.

Today I asked it to show me when The Simpsons Movie is playing. Here are the results (click to enlarge).



See anything strange?

No? Well let's zoom in a bit:

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...I can imagine the dialog: "Well honey, if we hurry we can either catch the 7:10 at Courthouse, or, hmm, if we really hurry we can catch the 7:25 in Lincoln Nebraska... well, 7:25 tomorrow...