Reply to: Why are our CUK expatriates of such low quality?

[Mich the Tester]

Because we speak English and their neighbours don't?

Dutch internet forums are full of people insulting each other in a humourless fashion; here, believe it or not, it's more civilised and occasionally quite funny.

[manclarky]

and then if he works abroad again

Ex-Re-Pat?

[manclarky]

What do you call an ex-pat who stops working abroad ?

Re-Pat?

[d000hg]

So why are they spending all their time on here telling us about it?

Because we speak English and their neighbours don't?

[configman]

So why are they spending all their time on here telling us about it?

It makes us feel good to hear you all moaning about how bad things are in the west - and about all the jobs coming our way in the east.

[doodab]

So why are they spending all their time on here telling us about it?

Probably the same reason sas spends all his time on here telling us how tulip life as an expat / contractor / non-wandsworthian / anyone who isn't him is.

[DodgyAgent]

They are all enjoying their lives?

So why are they spending all their time on here telling us about it?

[Sysman]

What do you call an ex-pat who stops working abroad ?

Sponging layabout foreigner?

[Sysman]

At my comprehensive school, they taught us never to start a sentence with "and" or "but".

They were wrong.

And you are quite correct!

And at my prep school, they taught us that starting a sentence with "and" or "but" was a no-no.

And they also taught us not to use the word "nice".

But that was simply because with a language as rich as English, there are numerous alternatives to the word "nice", many of them much more succint.

And starting multiple sentences with "and" or "but" isn't correct for an eight year old writing an essay, so Teech was right.

But it's fine in a debate.

[scooterscot]

Did I mention Germany? I don't think I did. You really have a bee in your bonnet about the place don't you.

It is the 'not only shall I succeed but the rest must fail' mentality turned on its head.

[DodgyAgent]

As long as we're expats there's hope that our skills might return to the UK to help heal the wounds.

Once the Turd drain remains is indistinguishable from the gelatinous muss that is trapped between two slices of bread in a Gregg's sandwich I might return my extreme capitalist ways to the UK. Maybe.

[scooterscot]

I think it's because the ski season has just started.

What's the difference between an expat someone who's emigrated?

As long as we're expats there's hope that our skills might return to the UK to help heal the wounds.

Once the brain drain remains is indistinguishable from the gelatinous muss that is trapped between two slices of bread in a Gregg's sandwich I might return my extreme capitalist ways to the UK. Maybe.

[original PM]

Oh I don't know I seem to be getting plenty of positive rep for this thread

Sorry fella rep you give yourself with your sockies does not really count. (well obviously it does actually count because the board cannot disinguish between real people and sockies but you get the point).

[d000hg]

Incorrect. I've noticed a common theme among all our expats.

They are all enjoying their lives?

[sasguru]

But a while ago you were saying that we wouldn't recover at all. Is that still your view?




** Genuine questions, I'm not trying to be snarky.

I'm cheered by some of the Tory policies. It doesn't look as though the Lib Dens are watering anything down at all, as I feared.