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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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

For he himself has said it, / And it's greatly to his credit, / That he is an Englishman!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Am I going to have to start singing Gilbert and Sullivan when the passport arrives?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I think it's in the cultural integration test you have to take before you become a citizen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Yes, he is a Heeeeeeeeeeenglishman!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You just need an account on this instance (Flying Quid?) to officially finalise the process!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

That would be epic. I support this.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You have no idea how much I want my username to be Flying Quid now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Squid is also a perfectly acceptable British slang term for money.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Usually sick squid.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Well then I hope I get enough squid so I can be a squid there.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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”.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Ooo 'eck everyone, look busy!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

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."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm excited for you to get annoyed at the british food.

Seriously though rooting for your happiness!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Welcome! Don't forget to wipe your feet in the way in

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Huh. Here I assumed there was a bunch of Silkwood showers on the backside of Gatwick for septics* to clean off on the way to the connecting flight. :-p

(*Never tell me what the slang for Canucks is, unless it's funny, and then definitely tell me)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Isn’t England on a pretty tenuous political path too?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Scotland

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Thank you. I wish I could take everyone with me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Ireland seems to be trending well. It's good to see.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't forget to bring biscuits for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

With sauce 🤮

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a test. Bring the right kind of biscuits.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can I just wait until I get over there and buy a packet of Hobnobs?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I dunno, I think I'd appreciate the effort of bringing them from the states.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Bring me a few boxes of Cheez Its and I’ll love you forever.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

That's awesome, congrats!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Awesome. I hope everything goes smoothly for you all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
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