Are you missing the UK?

Are you thinking about returning to the UK?



ITV is keen to hear from Brits who have lived abroad for years without (or very rarely) visiting home, but who are now thinking about returning permanently to Britain. Every year more and more Brits are giving up their life in the sun to move back to the UK – last year almost 100,000 expats came home.



Perhaps you miss your family and friends, maybe schooling is a problem for your kids, or could you be longing for the simple things? Warm beer, chocolate hobnobs or even the English weather! Are some family members longing for home while others are not so sure?



You will be flown back to Blighty and given the opportunity to test drive life in the UK. Finally the choice will be yours: to remain an expat for good or come back home.

If you are interested in taking part or if you know anyone who might be suitable, please contact Katy Lock as soon as possible by email:

katy.lock@fevermedia.co.uk

Does anybody have Smeg's e-mail address?

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Originally Posted by Katy Lock

You will be flown back to Blighty and given the opportunity to test drive life in the UK.

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I know that the last time I was in the UK I was test driving like a thai. Lane changes every thirty seconds and couldn't figure out why folks were blowing their horns.

Personally I don't much like the word Blighty

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Originally Posted by Katy Lock

last year almost 100,000 expats came home.

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Poor Bastards!

I bet their kicking themselves now, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time but now they realised for sure that the UK licks balls big time and are miserable as hell and taxed to the eye balls.

LOL

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Originally Posted by Katy Lock

You will be flown back to Blighty and given the opportunity to test drive life in the UK.

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I think a better idea for a program is to take a single guy from the UK, for intance someone in their thirties who lives with their mum and stacks shelves at Sainsbury's and send them to Thailand. They could get a chance to test drive a TEFL course and live the Thai highlife on 300 quid a month. The viewers would just lap it up so they would.

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Originally Posted by Begbie

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Originally Posted by Katy Lock

You will be flown back to Blighty and given the opportunity to test drive life in the UK.

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I know that the last time I was in the UK I was test driving like a thai. Lane changes every thirty seconds and couldn't figure out why folks were blowing their horns.

Personally I don't much like the word Blighty

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i don't like the word 'Brits' either.

Taksin might be interested

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Originally Posted by slimboyfat

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Originally Posted by Begbie

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Originally Posted by Katy Lock

You will be flown back to Blighty and given the opportunity to test drive life in the UK.

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I know that the last time I was in the UK I was test driving like a thai. Lane changes every thirty seconds and couldn't figure out why folks were blowing their horns.

Personally I don't much like the word Blighty

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i don't like the word 'Brits' either.

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I'm not too struck on the word 'word'.

I just got back from England and the place has got even more chav scum than just one year ago.

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Originally Posted by mad_dog

I just got back from England and the place has got even more chav scum than just one year ago.

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You were you staying in Bournemouth then?

Nope don't miss Chav Isle at all. Last time I was there I was leaving on the maiden voyage of the QEII bound for NY.. can't say I can remember much ... actually nothing at all :p

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Originally Posted by Helicopter

[ taxed to the eye balls.

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What a meathead. You'd be taxed as much in Thailand if you could earn a half decent wage there. And in Thailand you'd have fuck all to show for it.

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Originally Posted by mad_dog

I just got back from England and the place has got even more chav scum than just one year ago.

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Yep, its not pretty. They are easy to cope with tho, unless you have gone soft after hiding in Thailand for too long. Just hang around with some ho's before you go back should prepare you well enough.

Thing is, Thailand has just as many, if not more, social problems, hence its known as a "developing country".

That's interesting Smeg. A while back you said that chav culture wasn't a problem ( I know your not saying it now) but you have noticed a trend then.

it wasn't interesting at all MrsQ

anyone want to try out for a reality TV show, that is what it is all about

you get 15mins of fame, then choose to stay or go

laugh a minute

Dr Andy I've got a suprise for you

Left or right hand?

:finger:

A slight trend, Mrsquirrel, slight, but I think its due to the fact that there has always been an element of ignoramouses in the UK, its just that they are becoming constantly more distant from mainstream society and thus more noticeable.

Hell, I used to firebomb old grannies letterboxes and shit like that 25 years ago just for kicks.:)

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Originally Posted by Helicopter

[ taxed to the eye balls.

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Thailand seems to attract so many people with this dosey mentality. "Duhhhhhhh, I'm gonna leave the developed world and go to earn a pittance in the developing world where I can buy cheap locally produced stuff and no longer afford anything else, including a pension, international level schooling, healthcare etc, and pay minimal taxes, or I'm gonna earn a big fat salary there and pay loads of taxes but still get a shit service consisting of nothing from the Thai govt. "

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Originally Posted by Smeg

Thing is, Thailand has just as many, if not more, social problems, hence its known as a "developing country".

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Actually, it's not - a "developing country".


Not that it makes that much difference I guess, but Thailand is officially what is known as a Newly Industrialized Country (sometimes they use "Nation" and other times they use "NIC")

^ Coups do little to hang on to the lofty heights of that title tho...

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Originally Posted by William

Thailand is officially what is known as a Newly Industrialized Country (sometimes they use "Nation" and other times they use "NIC")

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and when referring to multiple countries NICS...

I heard K.Supachai speaking when he was head of the WTO...he defined NICS as "Narok Is Coming Soon"...almost prophetic...

edited for Smeg...Narok=hell

Hey Smeggy, long time no see. Off topic, but I think it would be entertaining to see you in a dual of wits with our new whipping boy, Kerux. Any chance of you starting a thread along the lines of "All God Botherers are Total Losers" or something like that?

:) BB

Funny that - I was thinking to myself the other day - wonder when Smeg is going to show up again (despite having promised to leave TD for good)? My guess is that he is starting to realise how miserable life in Bournemouth (especially the food and women), and is planning a return to Thailand to continue his highly successful lifestyle here as a wannabe TOFL'er.

Or perhaps he thought kerux challenged his position as TD's village idiot?

leave poor Smeg alone. He has made a terrible mistake which he sincerely regrets, but cannot come to admit it

I am sure he will have a happy, long and fulfilled life in Bournemouth

Andy I hear I may meet ya on Saturday night, that would be nice. I dont miss England at all by the way.

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Originally Posted by Smeg

And in Thailand you'd have fuck all to show for it.

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What does this mean? are you refering to property ownership?

please elaborate.

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Originally Posted by Smeg

I'm gonna leave the developed world and go to earn a pittance in the developing world

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You did didnt you, teaching wasnt it?

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Originally Posted by Smeg

You'd be taxed as much in Thailand if you could earn a half decent wage there.

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I can, and do.

Enjoy the winter wont you?

I cannot say I miss da UK because I not from there.

But I haz mates that from there.

They say it rain and sometimez, cold. Expensive, too.

But I likes da English Breakfast. Eggs, sunny-side up, with toast and hash browns. I break da yoke and dip my toast and hash brown in da broken yoke juice. I also addz little Ketchup, but keeps it on da side.

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Originally Posted by Whiteshiva

I was thinking to myself the other day - wonder when Smeg is going to show up again (despite having promised to leave TD for good)?

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Made-up bullshit, in the style of people like KK,Lily, Cantona etc. Problem is, people with limited intelligence tend to believe what they read on the internet, hence rumours seem to become facts within peabrains.

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Originally Posted by Whiteshiva

My guess is that he is starting to realise how miserable life in Bournemouth (especially the food and women)

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Haha, food and women, the two holy grails of Thailand. "Hey, I'm a bottom-feeder who cant afford restaurants or pull nice women in my country so I'm gonna spend the rest of my life in someone else's where I'm seen as something better than I actually am"

Lots of great women and food in Bournemouth for those with the ability to attract/afford...

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Originally Posted by Smeg

Lots of great women and food in Bournemouth for those with the ability to attract/afford...

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And who told you that?:cool:

remind me - why exactly, if Bournemouth is so exciting and great, and you dislike Thailand and Thai expats do you spend so much time here on TD? You have started to miss the place, haven't you?:cool:

The Uk is too expensive,there are too many fu#kwits and the food is sh#t.
:saythat:

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Originally Posted by Whiteshiva

[remind me - why exactly, if Bournemouth is so exciting and great, and you dislike Thailand and Thai expats do you spend so much time here on TD? You have started to miss the place, haven't you?:cool:

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Have you checked out the Bournemouth Chat Forum? ;)

I can just see it now...

"This week on 'Are you missing the UK?', Gerbil gets arrested for driving the wrong way down the A3 after drinking a case of imported Chang and attempting to bribe the arresting officer with a fiver."

stay tuned for next weeks exciting episode - slimboyfat doesnt jaywalk or chew gum, or throw any cigarette butts on the ground for fear of caning

Good question. I miss the UK, but I don't know why cause I've never been there.:)

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Originally Posted by DunceCap

Good question. I miss the UK, but I don't know why cause I've never been there.:)

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i think you answered your own question

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Made-up bullshit, in the style of people like KK,Lily, Cantona etc. Problem is, people with limited intelligence tend to believe what they read on the internet, hence rumours seem to become facts within peabrains.

Haha, food and women, the two holy grails of Thailand. "Hey, I'm a bottom-feeder who cant afford restaurants or pull nice women in my country so I'm gonna spend the rest of my life in someone else's where I'm seen as something better than I actually am"

Lots of great women and food in Bournemouth for those with the ability to attract/afford...

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yes Smeg, just keep insulting people to get attention, it is your little way

as for Bournemouth, maybe there are a few French students worth mixing with in the summer, but now!!! all wrapped up and nowhere to go?

are you into nice OAPs? I was recently in B and I found it depressing and mundane, but maybe you like that sort of place

Whats it like to miss a place you hate smeggy poo? Poor dude is caught between a rock and a hard place.

I hear there's lots of 14-year-old Norwegian girls on language exchange in Bournemouth. I bet Smeg enjoys teaching them English.