# Pennsylvania man takes a wrong turn driving to Walmart.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 23, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-man-takes-a-wrong-turn-driving-to-walmart/775479 "2016-12-23T21:17:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-man-takes-a-wrong-turn-driving-to-walmart/775479/21 "2016-12-26T14:46:10Z")

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I guess the traffic WAS terrific. (Everybody sing!)

Or, Pennsylvania actually has shitty home-made pumpkin pie.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-man-takes-a-wrong-turn-driving-to-walmart/775479/22 "2016-12-29T07:04:08Z")

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> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> This article smells like a fake to me. Really, he drove 900 miles without realizing it? Without passing a Walmart, without thinking it’s odd that he had to fill up on gas several times? At the very least, you’d think he’d go to a restaurant once or twice, or use the restroom, or _go to sleep._

Most likely the guy has dementia and got confused.

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**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-man-takes-a-wrong-turn-driving-to-walmart/775479/23 "2016-12-29T14:10:52Z")

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An old guy in the UK was ‘lost’ on the M25 for 30 hours while trying to find his daughter’s house. [Daily Mail story.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074156/Lost-pensioner-Dennis-Leighton-spends-TWO-DAYS-driving-M25.html)

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