American ends up in Grenada instead of Granada in Spain

Jamaica Observer ^ | June 24, 2014

[rktman]

Proof positive that not all doctors and dentist graduate at the top of the class.

[rktman]

I’m surprised she ever figured it out.

As to the errant flyer and his “partner”(whatever that means), if he was in Lisbon, why not just drive or take the train to Granada. And, if he’s really into “moorish” architecture, I’m sure that isis could show him a few places in Iraq.

[Boojum]

I imagine Jackson MS (JAN) and Jackson County MI (JXN)could be a source of confusion, especially since half the country thinks MI is the Mississippi postal abbreviation.

I know for a fact that many many people coming to Bloomington IL (BMI) or Bloomington IN (BLM) wind up in the wrong place. Even some instances of entertainers flying to concerts at Illinois State U or Indiana U.

Years ago I flew to BMI on, I think, AirTran or TTA or something and they tagged my luggage to BLM. I pointed this out to the agent who told me not to worry - they don’t fly to BLM. Luggage made it home with no problem.

[SES1066]

Here in the Tampa Bay area of Florida we get, on maybe an annual basis, somebody intending to go to the OTHER Saint Petersburg (Russia). Maybe less so now with the passport and visa requirements but still has happened in the recent past.

The Florida one IS named for the Russian one by an immigrant son from the original, Peter Demens (Dementyev), who as a budding railroad tycoon, cofounded the Florida on in 1888. Of course, during the Soviet era when the original was named for a murdering terrorist, there was no such confusion!

[lormand]

I read years ago that some airline flew a kid to Auckland, New Zealand instead of Oakland California

[latina4dubya]

I pointed this out to the agent who told me not to worry - they don’t fly to BLM. Luggage made it home with no problem.

omgosh... i would have worried the entire flight...

[Army Air Corps]

They didn’t know the way to san Jose.

[Hulka]

All UK media refer to wife’s and husband’s as ‘partners.’

Have to make sure homosexuals are not excluded and are on par with normal human relationships.

In addition, ‘partner’ sounds so temporary and given the divorce rate in the UK, no one ever refers to husband and wife, it is always ‘partner’ because odds are they aren’t seriously committing to a lifetime of marriage anyway.

Of course, not having read the article, it could very well be a homosexual thing. . .that is why ‘partner’ is used. . .

[HereInTheHeartland]

Heard the same story of the people who bought tickets to Paris at a great price. They ended up in I think Paris Texas!

[Boojum]

That was 25 years os so ago. There was nothing in my bag I couldn’t survive without. I did send the actual tag to the local paper and they published it in the local trivia column.

Love your tag line.

[Larry Lucido]

Let me tell you about the time I tried to rent a Granada in Vegas and ended up with a Vega in Granada.

At least I got unlimited miles and flood insurance.

[Kirkwood]

LOL. I remember that ad campaign. My friend and I would go downtown and whenever we saw someone driving a Mercedes, we would wave them over and ask them if they liked their new Ford Granada. If they actually were driving the Granada, we would ask if they liked their Mercedes. The reactions of the drivers was so funny. Of course, they thought we were idiots. The Mercedes drivers were all insulted and the Ford drivers were all smiling.

[Kenny Bunk]

The Super-Scientific KB VFW Bar Poll has documented with incredible scientific accuracy that 87.4563% of Americans do not know that there is some difference twixt Grenada and Granada, can locate neither on a map, and furthermore say, "I don't give rat's patoot. Where's muh beer and does you like my tattoo?"

The dentist in question, being an American, is hereby found at fault, ordered to pay court costs and is fined a further 50 Guineas for filling the wrong cavity on his 'partner.'

[Oatka]

[V K Lee]

Good to see more than one picked up that code word “partner” Yep, he’s gay though he’s not smiling now.

[nickcarraway]

That can't be real, she can't be that dumb. Professional hockey is big in Costa Rica? If true, she needs to get a handicap licence plate.

I always check, because I fly out of and into San Jose, CA, and it's easy to mis-check the box for San Jose, CR. Although I wouldn't mind ending up in Costa Rica sometime.

I remember in the 80's they had a news story about some guy who was flying from San Francisco to Oakland and ended up on a flight to Aukland, New Zealand.

[Sparklite]

I especially liked how her high school spanish was so good, she could understand the movies on TV perfectly!

That said -— spoiler ahead -—

The source is Costa Rica’s version of The Onion.

[Sparklite]

The first time I flew into Calgary, Alberta, I thought we had landed at Fort Worth, Texas by mistake, judging from all the Justins, Stetsons, and cowboy attire. But this was in February and when I stepped out into an arctic blast that could freeze the clothes on your body, I knew it wasn’t Texas.

[Sherman Logan]

Attended a convention once in Vancouver, WA, just across the Columbia from Portland. Came time for the keynote speech, no keynote speaker.

He’d booked to Vancouver, BC, and was still driving his rental car.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Thanks for your service. I was in high school in Puerto Rico and a family member worked at Roosevelt Roads Naval Base... been to Vieques many times...