Wrong turn
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at 16:26 by Bullfrog.
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TominScotlandParticipantDear AnthonyDunn
There is a word for which the definition is:
“The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect”.
Think about it…….
15 Jan 2013
at 21:15
AnthonyDunnParticipantDear TominScotland
Irony.
But can you please explain what on earth has the EU to do with this?
16 Jan 2013
at 10:08
TominScotlandParticipantSimple – if it were not for Schengen and the common currency, it is probable that this lady would have been turned back at either a border or a filling station. My initial comment (and I started this) was a gentle, ironic swipe at the Europhobes and Daily Mail readers (not always the same thing) who populate this Forum.
16 Jan 2013
at 10:19
AnthonyDunnParticipant@ TominScotland – 16/01/2013 10:19 GMT
Okay, I have been too much of a “literalist” on this occasion and, like you, baulk at the Europhobes and Daily Getsmuchworse little Englanders (not always the same thing) who occasionally populate this forum.
16 Jan 2013
at 10:30
NameRemoved-18/12/14ParticipantHello TominScotland and AnthonyDunn
I doubt that she had her passport with her as she was only going to Brussels, but she certainly would have had her national ID card.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_national_identity_card
Interesting that Croatia is included.
16 Jan 2013
at 10:33
LuganoPirateParticipantI think she just wanted her 15 minutes of fame. Being generous the original journey would only take an hour, tops. Then the road signs? Exits – Ausfahrt instead of “Sortie”? She would have had to stop for petrol, food, water, even just to spend a penny, so must have known she was in another country?
Not sure about every GPS, but on both of mine, as well as the inbuilt ones, you have to enter a destination country, so the GPS would have been screaming at her to turn around!
Sorry, but either she’s suffering from Alzheimer’s, in which case I feel sorry for her, or she did it on purpose, in which case I don’t!
16 Jan 2013
at 11:32
canuckladParticipantNot quite GPS……But i have heard stories of people in the US booking flights to Vancouver and finding themselves landing in Portland, Oregon…….. 500 miles away…..The American travel agents assuming they want to travel to Vancouver, Washington and not its more famous Canadian namesake…
16 Jan 2013
at 13:34
LetsFlyNowParticipant@Canucklad
You honestly can’t compare this to being booked on the wrong flight where names are similar.
Like Luganopirate wrote, something ain’t clean in the milk here. She must have known about how far she was supposed to drive and atleast should have asked herself halfway through the journey why it’s taking her too long.
Either she decided to go on an adventure and just hit the gas pedal or she’s mentally ill.The story just doesn’t quite add up.
16 Jan 2013
at 13:44
FirstTravellerParticipantFrankly I never use GPS. I still use maps. May be I am old fashioned but still paper maps work fine with me.
16 Jan 2013
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