A casual place for banter and anything that doesn't fit in anywhere else.
Have chat and a natter. Talk about anything and everything that's not political!
Keep it casual.
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Now I have to hope to the god that is part of my new official state religion (do I need to have the local vicar over for tea when I move?) that someone over there hires me soon. Amazingly, people want to interview me.
The goal is to get the fuck out of America with my daughter before Trump is inaugurated. No specific plan of where to move, just wherever I get a job. We will move to the Falklands if we have to.
It feels so close now.
You just need an account on this instance (Flying Quid?) to officially finalise the process!
You have no idea how much I want my username to be Flying Quid now.
Squid is also a perfectly acceptable British slang term for money.
Usually sick squid.
Well then I hope I get enough squid so I can be a squid there.
Saw this quote somewhere recently and have been looking forward to using it, but “You’re the colonists. We’re the ones that stayed here”.
This can also generally be said for "limeys".
Ooo 'eck everyone, look busy!
Congrats squid!
Thank you. I've been having daily anxiety where I've pictured them saying something like, "you fit the criteria just like we've said you did all along, but the doctor made an error on your father's birth certificate and it says he was born in Lonbon, so no UK for you." It's like a massive weight has been lifted.
Oh, the endless forms. "I declare that everything in this form is true and honest and if any information is found to be fraudulent my application will be denied."
I'm excited for you to get annoyed at the british food.
Seriously though rooting for your happiness!
I was raised by a British father and also a British grandmother. I've had years to be annoyed at British food. And they came over here in the 1960s, so it was before the British discovered that people in Asia made food too.
My childhood was a delightful mix of smells of things like Marmite and Daddies Sauce.
I do like a nice Welsh rarebit though. And I know how to pronounce it properly too. It's pronounced 'Welsh bunnykins.'
I also know how to properly pronounce gooseberry. Americans think you pronounce it like the animal. Nonsense.
I claimed my Canadian citizenship and went through the same feeling, so I can relate. Congrats!
Don't forget to bring biscuits for everyone.
Do you really want our American kind of biscuit? Because I have a feeling you will be highly disappointed in what we call a biscuit over here.
It's a test. Bring the right kind of biscuits.
Can I just wait until I get over there and buy a packet of Hobnobs?
Bring me a few boxes of Cheez Its and I’ll love you forever.
No thank you, crimes against biscuits are punishable by revoking your right to remain... Permanently.
But you and your family are welcome to stay otherwise
I'll take some Jacob's Cheddars (the nearest international foods store doesn't stock them and I can't be arsed to order them online)
Isn’t England on a pretty tenuous political path too?
Britain is banning conversion therapy. If anything, Trump is going to make it more prevalent.
My daughter is queer.
I'd say staying in the U.S. is a far more tenuous prospect in terms of her safety.
Also, Scotland is the most LGBT-friendly country in Europe. Not sure if I'll end up in Scotland, but that's a good reason to hope so.
Sound like you have a good plan. A little jealous that you can actually leave. Best of luck and make sure to send us a post card.
Thank you. I wish I could take everyone with me.
Aye awbdy is welcome in Scotland. I'm pretty sure it's just because we're aw too wasted to care about anything tho 😂
Congrats on your passport!
Scotland is pretty great. If it wasn't for the weather being so shit 10 months of the year I'd like to move there myself
After far too many years of Tory misrule, it definitely feels like the situation is turning around. Although the Labour manifesto was pretty weak sauce and their first 100 days were rocky, the government are starting to do interesting things (like renationalisation and devolution) that makes me start to feel hopeful again.
It’s not great, massively shifted to the right, maybe as much as you, but we aren’t as far along on the scale if you get me?
That's awesome, congrats!
Awesome. I hope everything goes smoothly for you all.
For he himself has said it, / And it's greatly to his credit, / That he is an Englishman!
Am I going to have to start singing Gilbert and Sullivan when the passport arrives?
I think it's in the cultural integration test you have to take before you become a citizen.
Congratulations!
Good luck!
Oh gosh he's actually doing it