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Old 12-30-2006, 09:48 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Australia-bound tourist ends up in Montana

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BERLIN - A 21-year-old German tourist who wanted to visit his girlfriend in the Australian metropolis Sydney landed more than 8,000 miles away near Sidney, Montana, after mistyping his destination on a flight booking Web site.
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Old 01-13-2007, 07:52 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Ummm, time / date differences? Sydney is not in a part of Australia called Montana
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I'm sorry but that struck me funny....poor guy...especially since he's so good with Computers

I guess I have no class for laughing at his misfortune...
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But if you made the mistake (coming from Canada), you would be saying: "Are we there already???"
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Old 01-13-2007, 08:45 AM   #5 (permalink)
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But if you made the mistake (coming from Canada), you would be saying: "Are we there already???"
I LOVE that...and I probably would!!
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