Zerush,
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

You have a bad day when you fly to Austria, but your bags are going to Australia.

ChaoticNeutralCzech,

Police once apprehended a man at a train station in Kyjov (Kiyov), Czech Republic. He was reported to be drunk but they only found him terribly confused. Turns out, he was a Ukrainian trying to return to Kyjev (Kyiv) but a cashier in another town misunderstood and showed him the wrong train.

PolandIsAStateOfMind,
@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml avatar

As a Pole i can relate being confused by sudden exposure to Czech language.

jmcs,

At least that’s the same continent and not literally on the other side of the world.

ChaoticNeutralCzech, (edited )

He only had a 150km detour. You can’t blame him for thinking “Kyjov” is the Czech spelling of “Київ” as he might not even have known the alphabet.

p1mrx,

Kyjov is 1000 km from Kyiv.

emptiestplace,

…on a good day

ilost7489,

Are you suggesting cities migrate?

ChaoticNeutralCzech,

This old guy gets to Heaven, walks up to the Pearly Gates, and there’s St. Peter, checking the records

St Peter asks: “Nationality?”

-“Ruthenian”

“Place of birth?”

-“Austrian Empire”

“School?”

-Czechoslovakia

“Married in?

-“Hungary” “Children born in?”

-“Third Reich”

“Grandchildren born in?”

-“USSR”

“Died?”

-“Ukraine”

St Peter exclaims: “Well, I must say, you got around a bit!”

Little guy: “Not so much. We never left Mukachevo.”

swab148,
@swab148@startrek.website avatar

Not at all! They could be carried!

Alexstarfire,

It could grip it by the husk.

ChaoticNeutralCzech,

He started his journey in Zlín, 75 km from Kyjov.

In fact, the detour could be less than double that. The way to get to Kyiv from Czechia is to get on a train to Przemysl, Poland near Ukrainian borders, from where wide-gauge trains to Ukraine are available. From Zlín, a trolleybus or local train will take you 15 km to Otrokovice where direct trains to Przemysl are available. From Kyjov, the easiest way to get to the Przemysl train is 45 minutes on an express to Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště.

pixeltree,

Oh that’s not bad then. Like still sucks but not too far

Jake_Farm,
@Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz avatar

Who would want to go to Australia?

BonesOfTheMoon,

This is a question of mine as well. It’s hot as balls.

not_woody_shaw,

“Located three quarters of an inch from the surface of the sun” - Dylan Moran

MargotRobbie,

🥺

Hawk,

I’m sorry Margot. Australia has its charms, but Austria is pure beauty.

Seudo,

Mostly convicts

itsraining,

In Austria they have these nifty stickers that they sell to tourists: “Warning! No kangaroos in Austria”

Kodama,

Mangers daughter and a friend of hers where about to go for season work in Australia and do a bit of travel around and found a very cheap ticket to Sidney, bought it and went off.

Sidney, Canada…

BonesOfTheMoon,

Lolol I live in Canada. I have never heard of that. Sidney, BC, population 11,000.

EddoWagt,

What do you even do in that situation, can’t really get any more opposite than that

dru5k1,
@dru5k1@lemmy.forty-two.sh avatar
darcy,
@darcy@sh.itjust.works avatar

i disagree

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted,
@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I’m not having a better day, but it pleases me that there are some that are.

TvanBuuren,

Most wholesome comment today, thank you for your service.

o7

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted,
@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Thanks. It’s gotten a lot better since I got home. Lol.

Let’s just say retail has a way of absolutely shattering any semblence of peace one can feel…

0xD,

Maybe if your muffins weren’t encrypted you could eat them to lighten up!!

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted,
@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Oh I can still eat them. Problem is, they can’t help but taste a little…hashy.

0xD,

Hahahaha, that was great 😁

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted,
@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Thanks. Lol. I try.

I don’t normally succeed, but I try. :)

PolandIsAStateOfMind,
@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml avatar

At least Austrasia isn’t a thing anymore.

foxymulder,
@foxymulder@lemmy.ml avatar

the territory that hasn’t existed since the middle ages?

australasia is still a term people use for the asia-pacific region that includes australia though

SnipingNinja,

What?

PolandIsAStateOfMind,
@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml avatar

Austrasia. As you can see, it’s not a thing anymore.

Tedrow,
@Tedrow@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t know if this is true, but it does make me feel better!

LetMeEatCake,

It’s not true, I saw a different meme on it the other day and looked it up. This came about because some company made an advertisement at Salzburg Airport that looked kind of like a help desk tag for someone that mistakingly flew to Austria instead.

The giveaway here is that it’s Salzburg, not Vienna. International flyers into Austria are almost universally going to end up in Vienna by default. Vienna’s airport sees ~20x the annual passenger count.

some_guy,

Well, I rarely downvote, but disinformation gets it every time. Thanks for clearing that up.

Moonrise2473, (edited )

Paywall. Isn’t stupid for an article like this? It’s a curiosity that attracts many people from the world. That page is designed to just be ad-supported. Nobody living outside Austria would ever subscribe to “the local - Austria” just because it’s curious about a meme/ad.

Why even bother writing that article if nobody can read it

Link fixed: archive.ph/wVNt5

someguy3,

Is there a Salzburg Australia?

chemical_cutthroat,
@chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world avatar

The people who fly into Austria don’t know that…

AnUnusualRelic,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

There’s probably dozens in the US though.

MargotRobbie,

… Guess I’m Austrian now.

It’s a step up from everybody thinking I’m from New York for some reason.

UnverifiedAPK,

You fly to cities/airports, not countries. There’s no way people are screwing that up.

LocustOfControl,

I can’t believe that there’s never been anyone that didn’t make that mistake. Probably not enough to justify keeping a counter dedicated to it though…

BackOnMyBS,
@BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world avatar

How would you even get on a plane without a corresponding ticket?

KredeSeraf,

You would buy a ticket to Austria not realizing it was the wrong place. I have a very, very stupid cousin who did exactly that.

huge_clock,

So where are you going in Australia?

“No idea mate. Figure I’ll sort it out when i get there.”

SuperSpruce,

I once almost accidentally flew to Puerto Rico rather than my city on the way back from a Thanksgiving trip because they unexpectedly delayed the flight and switched the gates

EuroNutellaMan,
@EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world avatar

Even funnier the Vienna Hbf has Australian flags ourside and not Autrian ones

hdnsmbt,

It doesn’t. (Hbf is short for Hauptbahnhof, the main station)

azimir,

Could they have been EU flags? Still a field of blue with stars like the Australian flag.

txmyx,

No, its true. I had too much time and used Google Street View: https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/c086a8c2-2d45-4b4c-ba20-2fb8c26798be.jpeg

EuroNutellaMan,
@EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world avatar

Are you telling me they removed them? Cause tgat would be sad I laughed for about 5 minutes when I left the station and saw the Australian flag

hdnsmbt,

Maybe there was some Australia-themed event when you were there but they don’t put foreign flags up as a joke. Was the Australian flag the only flag you saw?

EuroNutellaMan,
@EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world avatar

no also New Zealand, Ukraine and EU.

What you’re saying truly disappoints me and I will hate the discount germans even more because of it.

hdnsmbt,

Sounds like you just saw a bunch of flags and had a funny thought, no?

There are much better reasons to hate Austrians than not going for, to be honest, not that great of a joke.

EuroNutellaMan,
@EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world avatar

Oh I have plenty of reasons to hate em alright but this one was personal

dangblingus,

Ahh yes “Salzburg, New South Wales”

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