should i emigrate?

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Having lived in lincolnshire for my entire 23yr existence, it has come to my attention that England is now a horrible, crime-riddled place, not safe for human habitation. Is it just me, or have things gone majorly down hill over the last few years? Should i leave this once green and pleasant land and if so, where should I go?

― ian flintham, Sunday, 6 October 2002 11:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Move to France. Move to Germany. Move to Japan.

Who cares? Go somewhere and learn something new.

― Andrew (enneff), Sunday, 6 October 2002 11:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Those mean streets of lincolnshire are indeed hell on earth.

Hasn't crime dropped in the last few years?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 6 October 2002 11:40 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah, since they banged up robin hood and his so solid crew

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 6 October 2002 11:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Robin Hood was Nottinghamshire, despite the tunic colouring.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 6 October 2002 11:44 (twenty-three years ago)

If you insist on telling jokes as bad as the one about the man with an orange for his head you should definitely emigrate.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 6 October 2002 11:57 (twenty-three years ago)

billy the orange head joke is the best joke ever!!!

― mitchlLastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Sunday, 6 October 2002 12:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Here's a good joke.

Me: What's nasty, British and short?

You: I don't know, what is nasty, Bri-- (dies before getting a chance to emigrate).

― Momus (Momus), Sunday, 6 October 2002 13:28 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm 5'7, Momus, so the correct answer turns out to be me.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 6 October 2002 13:30 (twenty-three years ago)

American cities = not that much better. You should move to Antartica, it's probably safe.

― lyra (lyra), Sunday, 6 October 2002 13:49 (twenty-three years ago)

go to Finland!

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Sunday, 6 October 2002 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

the country where I quite wamnt to be pony trekking or camping...or just watching TV...

― Ashley Andel, Sunday, 6 October 2002 16:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes.

I am just about to retun home after two years of living in the UK. Being English you are very lucky in that you can move all over Europe with no drama; I wish I could do that.

Leaving my country has been very difficult, but in retrospect utterly necesary.

Otherwise, chck this out -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,805161,00.html

― Angus Day, Sunday, 6 October 2002 17:44 (twenty-three years ago)

become an inventor!

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 6 October 2002 17:50 (twenty-three years ago)

i liked the orange-head joke.
move to new zealand.
its green here too. and very pleasant.

― donna (donna), Monday, 7 October 2002 04:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Canada has a very open immigration policy, if that helps. The door is open, come on in!

― Miss Laura, Monday, 7 October 2002 07:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Canada's not that easy to get into - my friend and her girlfriend have been looking into emigrating, and they would have loved to go to canada. My friend is now a civil servant, working at the scottish exec, but she's got a phd in enclosed nuns in medieval italy, so she could get in, as medieval historians are in a shortage apparently. (?!) However, her girlfriend is a lawyer, which is not on the list of required careers. Para-legals are, which she could do standing on her head, but they wouldn't let her do that. So they can't go.

They can go to New Zealand however, and have got everything planned to go out next summer :0(

Mind you, yet another holiday destination!

― Vicky (Vicky), Monday, 7 October 2002 08:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Just out of curiosity, what was going to be difficult about emigrating to Canada? As an aside, the Queen is in my city tomorrow. Should I bother to go see her?

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 02:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, but only if you plan to throw rotten tomatos. Singing "God Save the Queen" Pistols- (or Motorhead-) style would be ok, too.

― Miss Laura, Tuesday, 8 October 2002 07:32 (twenty-two years ago)

the difficulty was that she didn't have a required career and therefore she couldn't get the relevant paperwork to allow her to work.

― Vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 07:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Bastards. I'm going to go see the Queen. I might kill her if I throw a tomato as it's likely to freeze mid-flight (it's fucking cold here right now!). It's too bad that the career requirements weren't met, as there are lots of decent jobs for just about anyone with a marketable skill here. I mean, I got a job and I'm semi-retarded!

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 8 October 2002 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

My old migrating account Jimmie ray Johnson,password guitar, you asked me to change it,I think I was in your new usa not the old one I know,but I changed it for you to easygoin. Several ty=imes through the last year you have brought me this user name stuff jimmie 1185 ,Everytime I use it there always something wrong,for one time I would like to have the same user name and pass word.My favorit pets name is Max,if this helps anyway at all from my profile account with you, me adress now is 401 S. 4th Trafficway Bld. 160 Rm G-208-1,Leavenworth Kansas in the domicilary ,66048

― Jimmie Ray Johnson, Saturday, 22 November 2003 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm astonished.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 22 November 2003 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Bad idea.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 22 November 2003 19:51 (twenty-one years ago)

what the hell was that?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 23 November 2003 06:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, the word in the post right before it was "semi-retarded".

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Sunday, 23 November 2003 06:59 (twenty-one years ago)

wow

― raphael diligent (Cozen), Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

it has come to my attention that England is now a horrible, ~~crime~~Tory-riddled place, not safe for human habitation

fixed.

― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 11 May 2008 16:50 (seventeen years ago)

should i regulate?

― gershy, Sunday, 11 May 2008 16:55 (seventeen years ago)

just gesticulate.

― t**t, Sunday, 11 May 2008 17:02 (seventeen years ago)

or oscillate.

― t**t, Sunday, 11 May 2008 17:03 (seventeen years ago)

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