Every ejit going to Australia

JDunphy

It seems to me that every ejit is going to australia now because its the trendy thing to do.

Celly Smunt

If you have the money to emigrate (holiday visa ehem) you're not too bad off.

Birneybau

Where have you been for the last few years?

Jeez.

PirateShampoo

Trendy = Better?

El Guapo!

JDunphy wrote: »

It seems to me that every ejit is going to australia now because its the trendy thing to do.

Ok

Nodin

JDunphy wrote: »

It seems to me that every ejit is going to australia now because its the trendy thing to do.

If this was true, should ye not be glad of the great eejit exodus?

Max Power

When you going OP?

Senna

If I was young free and single I would have left long before now, but I wouldn't choose Australia.

Latchy

So people have only traveled to Australia in the last few years , not for the last 5 decades or more ? Why would you even think somebody should have to make an excuse to go to Australia or any place

Chavways

Or maybe because they're tired of being on the dole for the last 3 years and they want to go somewhere where they can get a decent paying job and a new life.

latenia

I just don't get why they all want to go to Australia. If I was 22 and unemployed it would rank about 40th on the list of countries I'd choose to spend a year or two in.

B.A._Baracus

I personally think there are pro's and con's by moving to australia, canada etc:

Pros:
- get a job. make some money.
- see the world.
- experience life.

Cons:
- you have to come home after 1 or 2 years. Its not a long term solution to finding work.

But added pro:
what would you of been doing in those 1 to 2 years anyways?

So if people want to go to australia or canada then so be it I dont think its for me. But hey, thats me.

martic

JDunphy wrote: »

It seems to me that every ejit is going to australia now because its the trendy thing to do.

April 1791 all over again

Latchy

I wouldn't mind visiting Sydney and a few other places like Alice Springs and I might do yet but it would only be because it's on my list of places to visit for the last 20 odd years .I wouldn't give a **** if it was populated by young GAA , shirt wearing Irish people either .

tan11ie

JDunphy wrote: »

It seems to me that every ejit is going to australia now because its the trendy thing to do.

Why do you consider them ejits?

Boombastic

Oz is so last year, everyone's heading for canada now don't ya know?

JDunphy

Going to australia is not really expeiering an new life and seeing the world though when you hang out with other irish people drinking beer in your gaa jersey.

Latchy

Boombastic wrote: »

Oz is so last year, everyone's heading for canada now don't ya know?

Yeah , my friend headed over to Canada in 1979 and never came back .

Boombastic

Latchy wrote: »

Yeah , my friend headed over to Canada in 1979 and never came back .

Hipster alert:D

Where To

Not every eejit is going. I'm staying where I am.

dd972

I'd go to Oz time and money permitting for a look around, however I'd rather spend two hours on a plane and get off in Paris or Berlin as I find them infinitely more interesting than the anglosphere.

Xavi6

The amount of eejits heading over is definitely on the increase so the OP is right in a sense.

And the scumbags, they've also discovered the WHV now.

Latchy

Boombastic wrote: »

Hipster alert:D

Canadians (generally speaking ) were never as fashion conscious as we are over this part of the world ... even the Irish ones

Skullsri

Some say ejit for going I say ejit for staying

Boombastic

Latchy wrote: »

Canadians (generally speaking ) were never as fashion conscious as we are over this part of the world ... even the Irish ones

Your friend is the hipster, he went before it was cool and mainstream:D

Cookie_Monster

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Cons:
- you have to come home after 1 or 2 years. Its not a long term solution to finding work.

only if you're lazy enough to only bother getting a temp visa, you could of course get a longer term one, or a permanent one...

Celly Smunt

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

only if you're lazy enough to only bother getting a temp visa, you could of course get a longer term one, or a permanent one...

it's not exactly that easy.

tan11ie

JDunphy wrote: »

Going to australia is not really expeiering an new life and seeing the world though when you hang out with other irish people drinking beer in your gaa jersey.

Sure they do that wherever...we have some inbuilt radar for Irish pubs.

Cookie_Monster

pmcmahon wrote: »

it's not exactly that easy.

took me less than 6 weeks. (NZ, not Aus)
it's not difficult either, unless you've no qualifications of skills

javagal

From the shows I've seen about people my age going over.
They go on giving out about how awful it is to live in Ireland on the dole and how great the money is in oz.
Yet,still about 12 of them live in one house and they drink wine from boxes.
No thank you!!
Pikeys in the sun!

Custardpi

Xavi6 wrote: »

The amount of eejits heading over is definitely on the increase so the OP is right in a sense.

And the scumbags, they've also discovered the WHV now.

Hmm, I dunno about this. If that were true surely the amount of eejits & scumbags here in Ireland would see a corresponding decrease. Haven't noticed any change myself, there still seems to be as many of both about the place.

lou the wrench

its not as bountiful as people say i have plenty of mates who have went and came home through lack of work another was working as a brickie for few months hes now picking melons in the outback sleeping in a shed with lads from asia he wants to come home too i would like to go for few months for the experience but thats it its not all its made out to be

humbert

If your in Oz you can have a dead-end job and get drunk six days a week without considering yourself a waster because your ABROAD! Ideal for some.

PizzamanIRL

Why are they eejits for going to Australia to earn a living?

Fair play to them I say.

tan11ie

Xavi6 wrote: »

The amount of eejits heading over is definitely on the increase so the OP is right in a sense.

And the scumbags, they've also discovered the WHV now.

Nah they're still here procreating

Latchy

Boombastic wrote: »

Your friend is the hipster, he went before it was cool and mainstream:D

She ( my error) never was hip to begin with and she went for the same reasons people are going now but then she bagged herself a Canadian ...game over

Jacob T

Will it's terrible Joe, the young people have no options left in Ireland Joe, except for emigration, a lost generation Joe!

Capt'n Midnight

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sock puppet

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I personally think there are pro's and con's by moving to australia, canada etc:

Pros:
- get a job. make some money.
- see the world.
- experience life.

Cons:
- you have to come home after 1 or 2 years. Its not a long term solution to finding work.

But added pro:
what would you of been doing in those 1 to 2 years anyways?

So if people want to go to australia or canada then so be it I dont think its for me. But hey, thats me.

I'd actually love to emigrate for a few years and then come back.

Nailz

Given that I know quite of a few of these "eejits" who are making there way to Australia, I must say... I agree with you — partially.

One of them, who is a very good friend of mine, was actually working a well paid job as a chef at a very famous restaurant owned and managed by a popular celebrity chef, who had his rented accommodation for work organised and paid for by the management, this being his career of choice which he pursued since he left secondary school. Now it's not exactly like he didn't have a choice is it?

The rest of them fall into one of two categories;
1. Lazy fucks who could but wouldn't work while they where here who just wanted to go to Australia because they wanted to for the craic.
2. Lads who had work here or could work here, but decided to leave because most of their mates were out in Australia.

Now I can understand why they went, and that's fair enough depending on what they want to do, but it's not like these boys had to go, far from it actually, and to be fair most of them would probably be the first to admit that.
There probably are people who went off to Australia because they really had to, it's just that I haven't met them yet.

MakeEmLaugh

Senna wrote: »

If I was young free and single I would have left long before now, but I wouldn't choose Australia.

Where would you go Senna?

tan11ie

lou the wrench wrote: »

its not as bountiful as people say i have plenty of mates who have went and came home through lack of work another was working as a brickie for few months hes now picking melons in the outback sleeping in a shed with lads from asia he wants to come home too i would like to go for few months for the experience but thats it its not all its made out to be

I agree not everyone is lucky but if you're young it's an experience and you never know what might come of it.

Two brothers I know went over, one was picking cotton and the other landed a job driving some machinery, he had experience behind him from working on the farms here....earning a great income and on his second year now.The brother is home.

Jacob T

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Where would you go Senna?

Not San Marino anyway

somefeen

Nah Australia sounds like a **** hole.
I'd go to Siberia

Thrill

Ejit has become our biggest export. Once they're all gone then Ireland will only be populated by us geniuses that stayed behind.

With only non-ejits left, we'll soon sort out the debt disaster the ejits caused.

Boombastic

It's amazing how many people go to travel around and have never ventured as far as Nimbin or any other places apart from the usual cities. I got the frick out of bally bondi after 3 days.

BillyMitchel

Done it around 2000 or so for an adventure. Good craic but no way would I do it again. It's good out there but don't think it's as good as everyone says. Have lived in much better countries.

To the poster about all the scummers going over. It's true, I'm know of some serious clowns who have gone and came back or others that have stayed there. No idea how they got visas though.

Essien

I think the OP is right, now while he might not be referring to the same type as me, there are an alarming number of Irish ejits out here. The majority of Irish I've met out here fall into the one category of greedy, selfish, spoiled ***** who don't appreciate the opportunity they have.

The amount I've times I hear people whinge about how little they earn despite some of them taking home up to 1.5 - 2k a week is sickening. I'm not bothered meeting new Irish people when I out anymore because it's the same thing over and over again...What do you do? What's the money like? Ah sure Ireland's ****ed.

daRobot

There were plenty of tools there in 2003, so i'd imagine it's way, way worse now.

Ando's Saggy Bottom

Boombastic wrote: »

It's amazing how many people go to travel around and have never ventured as far as Nimbin or any other places apart from the usual cities. I got the frick out of bally bondi after 3 days.

If they ventured as far as Nimbin they probably wouldn't be able to move for weeks if they brought a little bageen of something home with them.

Jimoslimos

JDunphy wrote: »

It seems to me that every ejit is going to australia now because its the trendy thing to do.

Someone's visa application got rejected, eh?!

Latchy wrote: »

I wouldn't mind visiting Sydney and a few other places like Alice Springs and I might do yet but it would only be because it's on my list of places to visit for the last 20 odd years .I wouldn't give a **** if it was populated by young GAA , shirt wearing Irish people either .

Advice: Avoid Alice Springs, it's a sh1thole