Spelling Mistake leads to Wrong Holiday!

Started by Lil Me, Sep 05 07 08:10

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Lil Me

RODEZ, France (AFP) - A spelling mistake on the Internet led to a surprise trip to remote southern France for three Norwegian tourists who thought they were going to a Greek island, airport officials said Wednesday.
 
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P.C.

Bummer.

  I suppose there are a lot worse places they could have ended up.
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Michel

Hum, that reminds me of a guy who took a bus to go to Ottawa from the south of the States, and the greyhound employee sent him on a bus for alost place named Ottawa in Illinois...

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Lise

LOL. Ah, too bad. At least they got to go on a holiday. I remember an article about a couple of tourists who flew to Sydney, Newfoundland when they thought they were flying to Sydney, Australia. Man, you gotta just do your research!!!
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Michel

Sydney, Nova Scotia you mean, where you take the ferry for Newfoundland.

  Anyway, getting there instead of Sydney, Australia, OMG, I would die !!!

Sportsdude

 Lise wrote:
LOL. Ah, too bad. At least they got to go on a holiday. I remember an article about a couple of tourists who flew to Sydney, Newfoundland when they thought they were flying to Sydney, Australia. Man, you gotta just do your research!!!
eh, Aussieland is overrated. Kiwi-land is better. ;)
 
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Lise

SHADDUP SD! You don't know what the heck you're talking about!! AUSTRALIA RULEZ THE WORLD!!
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

Sportsdude

I dunno. Both Kiwi's and Aussies are cool but Kiwi's have the better scenery.  
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