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9. Maybe the Australian slang was too confusing:

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 02:58 PM

Mar 2012

"Up the ballyroo a mite, jerry a linger to the gobbo and head straight on."

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Tourists following GPS drive rental car into Moreton Bay, Australia [View all] pokerfan Mar 2012 OP

Good grief! HappyMe Mar 2012 #1

how, I mean, how in the hell do they not look out their window beforehand? charlie and algernon Mar 2012 #2

I don't know pokerfan Mar 2012 #3

lol! HappyMe Mar 2012 #5

Remember the girl who fell into an open manhole while texting? csziggy Mar 2012 #16

Yikes pokerfan Mar 2012 #17

You can't place them everywhere jakeXT Mar 2012 #4

Reminds me of a Family Guy aside. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #6

If the GPS said jump off a cliff, some people would follow the instructions liberal N proud Mar 2012 #7

But the machine thinks we can make it! pokerfan Mar 2012 #15

I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albequerque ... zbdent Mar 2012 #8

Maybe the Australian slang was too confusing: LeftinOH Mar 2012 #9

That's confusing to me..and I'm Australian. SwissTony Mar 2012 #10

Make up your mind! OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #13

I'm also Glaswegian!!!! Howz about dat???? nt SwissTony Mar 2012 #14

lol OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #21

Brain by WHAMO! Safetykitten Mar 2012 #11

The machine knows! demmiblue Mar 2012 #12

Happens all too often. bluedigger Mar 2012 #18

Recalculating... Major Nikon Mar 2012 #19

Well, I understand their thinking.. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #20