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[ARW]

Do not let Lou book a hotel room for tonight in Lincoln.

On the plus side she has booked a nice hotel in Norfolk on the 13th of October.

FFS

[R D S]

Mine did similar once with train tickets.

And one time we met several family members for a meal at a restaurant, the restaurant was closed. Presumably some restaurant elsewhere wondering why we bunch of ####s had booked and not turned up.

God love 'em!

[alan_m]

Or when full booking a room in a nearby hotel in the same chain to find that in the USA nearby is 200 miles away.

[spuorgelgoog]

We'll all come round and burgle your house.

Owain

[R D S]

Being a dumb yokel myself, My mate invited us to stay with him in Florida and said he'd he'd pick us up from the airport.

I booked the flights. "Which airport" he asked. "Durrr.... Florida", I replied, thinking it was a stupid question.

When he learned which airport he was *pissed*!

[charles]

daughter staying with us tried to get a curry from a takeaway down the road, but ended up ordering from one about 60 miles away.

[Tim Streater]

Reminds me of a secretary we had at work: "What's Belgium?", she wanted to know.

Actually on second thoughts that's probably a reasonable question.

[Bob Eager]

Was her surname Raab?

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

ARW formulated on Saturday :

Talking of which, two weeks ago she went online to book a table for later that day, we ended up with a booking for seven days later. It was though, at the correct time.

[Robin]

But it is of course your fault. Apart from many other arguments, she can always run the old but reliable "stop f****ng the brains out of me if you want me to..."

[newshound]

I was amused once asking google maps for the nearest delicatessen in the Isle of Wight. The answer was some 200 miles away in Britanny, iirc.

[newshound]

One of the reasons I try to get my OH to put everything into Google Calendar. This, of course, doubles the chance for error; but at least I get to check.

[alan_m]

The nearest store with stock is 6.2 miles - by boat, and not by car where the nearest river crossing is 35 miles away.

[Bob Eager]

I live on the north Kent coast, and am frequently told that the nearest branch (or whatever) is in Southend or similar.

[Tim Streater]

So fire up the jet-ski, then.

[nothanks]

Treat yourself to the Old Palace, and have a beer at the Wig and Mitre

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

that is my birthday...

[alan_m]

f Wight. The answer was some 200 miles away in Britanny, iirc.

But only when the tide is in - Southend pier is 1.3 miles long for a reason.

[Tim Streater]

Dad blast it, wojja tell 'im that for?

[Bob Eager]

Not just that side - our pier wasn't much shorter (until it collapsed 3 months after we moved in). It too had a railway.

Jet skis are dirty words round here, when they start at 6 a.m.