http://gapingvoid.com/2006/11/28/the-ex-pat-manifesto/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Wed, 23 May 2012 20:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://gapingvoid.com/2006/11/28/the-ex-pat-manifesto/#comment-15807 veedub Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:40:37 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3272#comment-15807 7. Only eat Heinz beans made in Hayes, Middlesex. 7. Only eat Heinz beans made in Hayes, Middlesex.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/11/28/the-ex-pat-manifesto/#comment-15806 MG Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:55:25 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3272#comment-15806 Another useful and positive minifesto -- thanks, Hugh! thanks, Ben! -- yet I can't help but quibble about that third point. As a fellow expat, I'd suggest that a) those of us who tolerate being conned or robbed as part of the expat deal risk being complicit in allowing other poor suckers to be shafted; and b) expats (especially longstanding expats) can help change things for the better in their new homes, and expat status isn't always an obstacle to doing so. The trick is to avoid being an obnoxious tool about it. . . . My own 7th point would be "now that I've moved to this splendid new country I will not waste my days (nor tolerate other expats wasting my days) whinging about politics back home." Nice work, Ben. Hope you continue to love being "abroad" as much as I do. Another useful and positive minifesto — thanks, Hugh! thanks, Ben! — yet I can’t help but quibble about that third point.
As a fellow expat, I’d suggest that a) those of us who tolerate being conned or robbed as part of the expat deal risk being complicit in allowing other poor suckers to be shafted; and b) expats (especially longstanding expats) can help change things for the better in their new homes, and expat status isn’t always an obstacle to doing so. The trick is to avoid being an obnoxious tool about it.…
My own 7th point would be “now that I’ve moved to this splendid new country I will not waste my days (nor tolerate other expats wasting my days) whinging about politics back home.“
Nice work, Ben. Hope you continue to love being “abroad” as much as I do.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/11/28/the-ex-pat-manifesto/#comment-15805 Just Mohit Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:21:16 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3272#comment-15805 Thanks Ben for the manifesto. As an expat (Indian living in UK), I could totally relate to it. And a big "Thank you" Hugh, for making this (& all the other manifestos) possible! Rock on! Thanks Ben for the manifesto. As an expat (Indian living in UK), I could totally relate to it.
And a big “Thank you” Hugh, for making this (& all the other manifestos) possible!
Rock on!

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/11/28/the-ex-pat-manifesto/#comment-15804 Srijith Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:46:19 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3272#comment-15804 I am not too sure of point 4. If everything was geared towards making one 'happy', what exactly are the points raised by 1-3? I am not too sure of point 4. If everything was geared towards making one ‘happy’, what exactly are the points raised by 1–3?

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