Typo Cost $600 and $8K Miles

Misc December 30th, 2006

(Updated) 

German student wants to see his girlfriend in Sydney (of course the one in Australia) and finds himself on route to Sidney, Montana.  Unbelievable… read it on CNN.

Update (12/31)… Wow, I guess this is becoming the last “meme” of the year

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I’ve just warned Ben Casnocha (comment) to make sure he does not end up in the wrong Boulder, and now I’m reading about Vinnie flying over Buda, TX.

Vinnie, what are you doing there?  You’re in the wrong Buda!

Here’s the real thing

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Happy New Year! 

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4 Comments to “Typo Cost $600 and $8K Miles”

  1. Anonymous | December 31st, 2006 at 1:06 am

    Wow — this is insane. The picture comparison really does it.

  2. Anonymous | December 31st, 2006 at 9:18 am

    Ben, now you’ve gotta be extra careful not to land here :-)
    Happy New Year!

  3. Anonymous | January 1st, 2007 at 8:06 am

    Many US states have a town called Jackson…I had a client in Jackson, MI who ha d a consultant book to Jackson, MS…I think they should start using the Jackson 2.0, 3.0 etc meme -)

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