Going to the UK

Layabout · Fri 27/08/2004 15:22:30

OK, so I'm catching a plane to the UK on monday, and I will arrive at Heathrow on tuesday night.

For those who may not know, I am from Australia.

Since I have a british passport, this is an open ended working holiday. I do not know if i will return to Australia or what will really happen.

I bought a one way ticket.

Now as there are many UK agsers, It would be interesting to meet some of you. After all the only people I know over there are my relatives and my best friend.

So pm me your mobile phone number, and your location. I will try to visit many of you! And we can get drunk on fosters and find some sheilas and stuff.

I will be staying in london for the 1st week, and if i don't get a job by then, it's off to the relatives.

We should have a Layabrittens in celebration of me!!!

Czar · Fri 27/08/2004 16:44:32

Quote from: The ghost of Layabout on Fri 27/08/2004 15:22:30

find some sheilas

Is that another slang for playing adventure games? like in the I grove Mark Lovelove thread?

I would just like to continue our mentally sane session from #ags (becasue i suddenly quit) and ask you;
What type of job will you be looking for?

Layabout · Sun 29/08/2004 05:15:01

I love how the gen-gen fills up with useless crap and sends my semi-important post to the second page.

hahaha.

Sheilas is aussie bogan slang for women.

dasjoe · Sun 29/08/2004 05:45:49

so yes, it's another slang for adventures.
not specifically computer adventures 8)

BerserkerTails · Sun 29/08/2004 06:14:54

Hehehe, I was just playing Breath of Fire III, and there's one point in which an Aussie Dolphin attacks the main character, and uses the word Sheilas, referring to the girls in the party.

Cluey · Mon 30/08/2004 00:04:07

I live in the UK!!!
Except no where near London.
I live nearer to Birmingham in a town called Stafford, its ok there...
Have fun in London, tell me if you think "The Gherkin" looks anything like a gherkin

DGMacphee · Mon 30/08/2004 00:50:17

Adios Layaboot. You're jetting-off today!

LGM · Mon 30/08/2004 00:57:47

Quote from: The ghost of Layabout on Sun 29/08/2004 05:15:01
I love how the gen-gen fills up with useless crap and sends my semi-important post to the second page.

Welcome to MY world.

Unilin · Mon 30/08/2004 04:31:27

Your world should be shutting up.

auhsor · Mon 30/08/2004 04:47:14

Bah! Don't go to england, you will never see the sun again, you will lose any tan you have and the people there talk in strange accents. They also use some weird currency over there.

I guess you'll be closer to CJ tho, and many other AGS'ers

Gilbert · Mon 30/08/2004 04:50:29

I feel lucky that "MY city" is not under control by YOUR world now, LGM.

shbaz · Mon 30/08/2004 05:48:39

Quote from: Gilbot V7000a on Mon 30/08/2004 04:50:29
I feel lucky that "MY city" is not under control by YOUR world now, LGM.

The British? Isn't LGM American?

mousemat · Mon 30/08/2004 07:26:44

hay i live near heathrow...i watched concord from the once when i was little although i have never flown anywhere from heathrow i coz always use gatwick(in London)

Pumaman · Mon 30/08/2004 11:06:24

Blimey, a one-way ticket to another country, that's quite a life-changing decision. Good luck!

DGMacphee · Mon 30/08/2004 15:25:38

Quote from: shbazjinkens on Mon 30/08/2004 05:48:39
The British? Isn't LGM American?

Pfft, it's all the same thing!!

SSH · Mon 30/08/2004 18:02:09

Quote from: Pumaman on Mon 30/08/2004 11:06:24
Blimey, a one-way ticket to another country, that's quite a life-changing decision. Good luck!

I'll give Layabout the same advice as I gave Kylie. If you want to make it big over here, wear a skimpy outfit and wiggle your bottom. Alhtough,, I must admit, she said "Nah... na naaa nana na na na"

Pumaman · Mon 30/08/2004 19:19:20

Or just say that you starred in Neighbours, that ought to sort you out.

Cluey · Mon 30/08/2004 22:29:14

Every town you visit will have a "great" chippy. a "fair" chippy and a "poor" chippy. Designate which is the best, it shall be the source of all your food.

The cinemas in most Midlands towns are grossly overpriced.

We have two types of weather here, cold, and brass monkey weather. Sun is something that provokes too much excitement in most places you'll go and as such, the word should only be whispered, or you may start a riot, or worst, a debate.
Debating with someone in England (the scottish will tell you where to shove point of view, and the welsh will start speaking in their own language just to annoy you) is an impossible task, we have one rule, we're right, you're not.

Try to remember, we drive on THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD over here, and we have things called SPEED BUMPS every 5 metres in most towns.

PUBS are very popular in Britain, but you'll find most people in them wont want to buy you a drink, despite the image that we like to get hammered in large groups and smash things.

Christmas time over here, should you stay that long. Is like a particulary gruelling Unreal Tournament assault match, the public declares a spending war on the shops in retaliation for the "Sales Strike" they launch 2 months prior, its usually quite bloody with stupidly large queus for almost ever shop in town.

One final word of advice, everything the BBC tells you is a lie, don't trust them, they just want your soul!!!

Mr Jake · Mon 30/08/2004 22:53:48

and dont give beggers money... alot of them own BMWs

LGM · Tue 31/08/2004 01:10:18

Quote from: Unilin on Mon 30/08/2004 04:31:27
Your world should be shutting up.

Am I the only one that notices Unilin's unfair attacks on me.

Also, Layabout.. That's a pretty bold move just flying to England on a one way ticket? Any reason as to why? Or is it too personal.. Since I don't live in Europe, and I only visited one place there.. I don't have much advice... I hear London has pretty high crime rates.. So stay out of dark alleys.