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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Posthave you been pick pocketed Churchill?
Did you find it funny?
No I've never been pick-pocketed and I get pissed in London most weekends. I reckon they go for people who look like victims.
HTHHard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Post
I mean, why leave? Because you have no friends? Well, what makes you think it’ll be easier to make friends somewhere else. Because of the weather? Oh, come on. Sunny days work when you’re on holiday but when you’re stuck in an office, you need it to be 57F and drizzling.
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I don't think the dimwits survive abroad. I mean they might stay 1 or 2 years and then go back frustrated that they couldn't find marmite or the sunday roast but then a good percentage of british abroad are people with an open mind who did not leave because they thought their country is hell but simply because there are other things which they find better for themselves. Though there are many others which are worst, obviously, but life isn't only about going to work and drinking beer with friends. I have met many english people living in Italy with the proper mindset who do have fulfilling lives, despite all the other problems in the country. I think his vision is very limited and shows that he's the real dimwit that reduce all the cultural implications to just working, going out, crime and public services.
"Honestly, every single expat I’ve ever met is the same; hunched at a bar in a stupid shirt, at 10 in the morning, desperately trying to convince themselves that they are not alcoholics, that the barman really is their friend and that it’s only 11 hours till bedtime. "
I think he's never been abroad and I find this very unfair towards british expats trying to show that they are the same bunch of unadaptable individuals. Which is not the case, though as for many nationalities, there are some of this sort.I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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In typical Clarkeson fashion that is very one sided.
Next week he'll be contradicting himself talking the UK down and picking on immigrants again.Last edited by pisces; 27 August 2007, 16:37.Comment
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Originally posted by Francko View Post"The fact is, I’m afraid, that anyone who emigrates from Britain, no matter where they end up, is a bit of a dimwit.
I mean, why leave? Because you have no friends? Well, what makes you think it’ll be easier to make friends somewhere else. Because of the weather? Oh, come on. Sunny days work when you’re on holiday but when you’re stuck in an office, you need it to be 57F and drizzling.
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I don't think the dimwits survive abroad. I mean they might stay 1 or 2 years and then go back frustrated that they couldn't find marmite or the sunday roast but then a good percentage of british abroad are people with an open mind who did not leave because they thought their country is hell but simply because there are other things which they find better for themselves. Though there are many others which are worst, obviously, but life isn't only about going to work and drinking beer with friends. I have met many english people living in Italy with the proper mindset who do have fulfilling lives, despite all the other problems in the country. I think his vision is very limited and shows that he's the real dimwit that reduce all the cultural implications to just working, going out, crime and public services.
"Honestly, every single expat I’ve ever met is the same; hunched at a bar in a stupid shirt, at 10 in the morning, desperately trying to convince themselves that they are not alcoholics, that the barman really is their friend and that it’s only 11 hours till bedtime. "
I think he's never been abroad and I find this very unfair towards british expats trying to show that they are the same bunch of unadaptable individuals. Which is not the case, though as for many nationalities, there are some of this sort.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Posthave you been pick pocketed Churchill?
Did you find it funny?
Churchill - In "Obviously I'm too middle class" mode!Comment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostI have been shot, stabbed, pissed on, spat on
Is that some masonic ritual you can't talk about?Comment
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