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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 07:50 PM
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More European leeches coming to suck us dry, just what we need.

What game is it the EU are playing anyway, let's see how many people we can squeeze onto a small island before something bad happens?
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 08:04 PM
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Ironic really, when my wife goes to Romania to work most weeks....
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 08:39 PM
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I think it is a good idea as it will be easier for us to adapt if the likes of Albania, Serbia and Bosnia join the EU.
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 08:44 PM
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Same old , some are good , some are bad
Same the world over
I know and work with folks from all over and it makes no odds whatsoever
Where they where born
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by toneh
Same old , some are good , some are bad
Same the world over
I know and work with folks from all over and it makes no odds whatsoever
Where they where born
Even Derby?
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ScoobyWon't
Even Derby?
Only sheep have to worry about folk from derby
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ScoobyWon't
That's exactly how my Dutch mate has described English/Welsh/Scottish women for the last 15 years.

We'd sit outside the bars in Tenerife and we could tell people's nationalities, before we heard them speak, by the size of the women.


Interesting
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 09:47 PM
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Bulgarians cited when that Russian was executed here with a poisoned umbrella....
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Bulgarians cited when that Russian was executed here with a poisoned umbrella....

OMG have they all got poisonous umbrellas?
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
OMG have they all got poisonous umbrellas?
Have you never heard of the Bulgarian Mary Poppins Mafia?
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by mrmadcap
Have you never heard of the Bulgarian Mary Poppins Mafia?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm? That's a bit suspect. A wee bit too camp for my liking.
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Bulgarians cited when that Russian was executed here with a poisoned umbrella....
Yep, if you believe the Cold War spy books, the KGB used to outsource most of their "wet work" to the Bulgarians.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 03:13 AM
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What rot , all the ones iv met are cute an cuddly. (Including my ex barber)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...rQBdvMgYgB#i=0
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Hu
We are being 'bred' out of existence - it may take a 100 years, but it will happen, and islam or whatever will have 'won' their war.
3% of the UK population are Muslim, why do you think we are being bred out of existence by them?

Serious question btw.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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Probably because of stats like this..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datab...-england-wales
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by ReallyReallyGoodMeat
Probably because of stats like this..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datab...-england-wales
Yes I have seen that before, but it doesn't say we are being bred out of existence and certainly not by 'Islam'... what it says is that a lot of us are emigrating and while no doubt people will say it's because of the rise in the number of immigrants here I bet the real reasons for most are far more to do with the fact that the UK is becoming an all round basket case.

It would be a tad hypocritical of people to emigrate and become immigrants themselves because of immigration here LOL!

I am 47 now, but if I was in my early 20s I would be off to Australia like a shot, this country is a mess, but for far more deep seated reasons than just the immigration policy!
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 10:21 AM
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You still get in with enough cash, I'm same age.

My to be daughter in law lives there , could be another expensive adventure sooner or later lol
She's getting married

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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by dpb
You still get in with enough cash, I'm same age.

My to be daughter in law lives there , could be another expensive adventure sooner or later lol
She's getting married
Yeah I know, after my Mum died and now with no real ties I looked into it and am still considering it, Spent quite a bit of time there and it isn't perfect, but it offers way more opportunities than here and the weather is wonderful in comparison. The Aussies have a good work ethic too. Work hard, play hard! I like it!

My mate's daughter was made redundant for the third time last year (she is a hairdresser) so I half jokingly suggested she look on the list of trades wanted by Australia as I knew hairdesssing was one of them, but never thought she'd go for it. Anyway she did, she applied for a work visa, was granted it pretty quuckly and has been there for the last 7 months .... went on her own at the age of 22 which took some guts.... she loves it. I doubt she will ever come back!
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 10:37 AM
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Ha little different for my girlfriends daughter , it was remain in Zim jobless, or use her training /finish her degree for nursing/social care in a developed country -and earn money
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by dpb
Ha little different for my girlfriends daughter , it was remain in Zim jobless, or use her training /finish her degree for nursing/social care in a developed country -and earn money
Yep, the way of the world it seems. Both of them are no doubt the subject of 'bloody immigrant' moans by someone somewhere
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 12:04 PM
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Ha , weve recently returned from break in Zambia ,spent a couple days safari in Chobe - just into Botswana bordering Namibia.
Of course there was the ubiqitious travelling aussie couple in our party of 5 , got talking and theyre from Melbourne (shes a doctor,21 ), same university daughter in law studied at. He was whinging that local doctors cant get local internships cos theres just too many qualified doctors avalibale now.
This isnt what she does tho ., after social sciences degree she now cares for all the problem case people the locals would prefer not to

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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan

My mate's daughter was made redundant for the third time last year (she is a hairdresser) so I half jokingly suggested she look on the list of trades wanted by Australia as I knew hairdesssing was one of them, but never thought she'd go for it. Anyway she did, she applied for a work visa, was granted it pretty quuckly and has been there for the last 7 months .... went on her own at the age of 22 which took some guts.... she loves it. I doubt she will ever come back!
Fair play to her, I doubt I would have had the ***** for something like that at 22.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
Fair play to her, I doubt I would have had the ***** for something like that at 22.
Yes, they were my thoughts exactly. Australia is not like Europe, just a hop and a skip away... it's on the other side of the planet!
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ScoobyWon't
That's exactly how my Dutch mate has described English/Welsh/Scottish women for the last 15 years.

We'd sit outside the bars in Tenerife and we could tell people's nationalities, before we heard them speak, by the size of the women.
Yeah, cos Tenerife is a true reflection of today's society!
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by kingofturds
Was it not a Bulgarian that recently beheaded a uk citizen in Tenerife? God help us when those Bulgarians get here.
That just brought it back to me, took place in a shop if I remember. Horrible.

Those Whizz Air flights from Luton are going to be jam packed once the law changes at the end of the year.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
3% of the UK population are Muslim, why do you think we are being bred out of existence by them?

Serious question btw.
Surely if the most popular UK name (by a LOOONG way) is Mohammed (if you take in all the different spellings of it) and has been for several years, it makes sense to me that there are a hell of a lot of 'mohammeds' being born here! Significantly more than 'UK named' babies!

Then its a simple case of arithmetic and exponential growth.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Hu
Surely if the most popular UK name (by a LOOONG way) is Mohammed (if you take in all the different spellings of it) and has been for several years, it makes sense to me that there are a hell of a lot of 'mohammeds' being born here! Significantly more than 'UK named' babies!

Then its a simple case of arithmetic and exponential growth.
Why don't have another think about this?
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Hu
Surely if the most popular UK name (by a LOOONG way) is Mohammed (if you take in all the different spellings of it) and has been for several years, it makes sense to me that there are a hell of a lot of 'mohammeds' being born here! Significantly more than 'UK named' babies!

Then its a simple case of arithmetic and exponential growth.
Not true as you are not considering the fact that Muslims tend to choose the name due to its connotations with their religion and they don't tend to choose from anywhere near the number of names we do. You won't find too many Kylies or Troys in the Muslim community!
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 01:34 PM
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Where do you get this from Doc? , people name their babies after some latest fad if it's not from the bible
Like from Mo who did us well in the lympics
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 01:41 PM
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From the Telegraph:

In fact, in all its various spellings, Mohammed is now the favourite name for newborn boys in England and Wales.
Even without variant spellings, Mohammed was the most common boy's name in the West Midlands and the fourth most popular in London. In the South West, however, it ranked 145th. It was 16th overall.
Its popularity was "symbolic of Britain's diversity", said Dr Justin Gest, an academic at Harvard and the London School of Economics
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