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bcworld Aug 26th 2007 11:45 am

The hell of being a British Expat
 
Gotta love Clarkson!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle2326687.ece

"Fine, but in the whole of human history, nobody has ever woken up and thought, “I know. I have a wonderful family, lots of money, a great job and an active social life. I shall therefore move to Australia.”

Australia is where you go when you’ve made a mess of everything. That’s why the 1.3m Brits who live there are known as whingeing Poms. Because they’re all failures."

:rofl:

emmyjc1 Aug 26th 2007 12:17 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 
LOL - Yep thats us :rofl:

Still think he is funny though - Im on a group on facebook that says Jeremy Clarkson for PM! :rofl:

Vim Fuego Aug 26th 2007 12:20 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 5236698)
Gotta love Clarkson!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle2326687.ece

"Fine, but in the whole of human history, nobody has ever woken up and thought, “I know. I have a wonderful family, lots of money, a great job and an active social life. I shall therefore move to Australia.”

Australia is where you go when you’ve made a mess of everything. That’s why the 1.3m Brits who live there are known as whingeing Poms. Because they’re all failures."

:rofl:

Online Clarkson, excellent, bookmarked it, ta :)

Must replace his books that I didn't bring with me ...

Hutch Aug 26th 2007 12:32 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.
George Orwell

stuckinblighty Aug 26th 2007 12:36 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 

Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 5236814)
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.
George Orwell

and the welsh love a good sheepshaggin' :blink:

Lee :thumbup:

SarahJane2007 Aug 26th 2007 12:50 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 5236698)
Gotta love Clarkson!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle2326687.ece

"Fine, but in the whole of human history, nobody has ever woken up and thought, “I know. I have a wonderful family, lots of money, a great job and an active social life. I shall therefore move to Australia.”

Australia is where you go when you’ve made a mess of everything. That’s why the 1.3m Brits who live there are known as whingeing Poms. Because they’re all failures."

:rofl:

:ohmy::eek::blink::rofl::rofl::rofl:

earlneath Aug 26th 2007 1:22 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 5236698)
Gotta love Clarkson!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle2326687.ece

"Fine, but in the whole of human history, nobody has ever woken up and thought, “I know. I have a wonderful family, lots of money, a great job and an active social life. I shall therefore move to Australia.”


:rofl:

what he missed off the end of the sentence "...because it's alot like England but without the crappy weather!"

asher Aug 26th 2007 1:25 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 
Oh my are you telling me there are bars open at 10am in Australia :lol:

I knew there had to be a good reason for going there :lol:

from one failure to all the rest

CHEERS :thumbsup:

Vash the Stampede Aug 26th 2007 1:26 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 
That's a classic rant. :D

I loved the following comment from a reader:


I think I am right in saying that Mr C lives in the Isle of Man which is not part of the United Kingdom and he qualifies as a tax exile himself, in the local parlance of the Manx he is a rich come over and they think of anyone from the UK as expats too.

His rants are good fun though.
:lol:

rugbymatt Aug 26th 2007 1:45 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 
I just love the way so many people take him so seriously!


Tariq's last comment made me raise my eyebrows though.

Hutch Aug 26th 2007 2:19 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 
In fairness to him ... he does dish it out to pretty much everyone ...

On the English ... We're not really a nation of zinc kitchen surfaces and brushed aluminium; we're more a nation of Wetherspoons, and Heat Magazine and... chlamydia.

And apart from anything else ... would you seriously take offence at something said by a bloke whose favourite record is Radar Love. :lol:

on a mission Aug 26th 2007 7:00 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 
awww bless the Clarkson,,,,

A complete dimwit himself who only looks good by two bumbling idiots mimicking his daft tone.... sorry richard and james but you just two gimps.

Now on the other the other hand mr clarkson ...... your the intelligent one I suppose, unfortunately you are true brit, so you belong here.

I am off being a failure else where.

OzTennis Aug 26th 2007 9:05 pm

Re: The hell of being a British Expat
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 5236698)
Gotta love Clarkson!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle2326687.ece

"Fine, but in the whole of human history, nobody has ever woken up and thought, “I know. I have a wonderful family, lots of money, a great job and an active social life. I shall therefore move to Australia.”

Australia is where you go when you’ve made a mess of everything. That’s why the 1.3m Brits who live there are known as whingeing Poms. Because they’re all failures."

:rofl:

"Alarming news. It seems that all the world’s clever people have gone missing. We know where the stupid people are. They’re in the White House, or they’re on Big Brother, or they’re singing for Simon Cowell’s supper."

Or watching Top Gear or reading his newspaper column?

OzTennis :)


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