http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2008/01/28/too-many-brits/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2008/01/28/too-many-brits/#comment-135 Bettina Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:18:31 +0000 http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2008/01/28/too-many-brits/#comment-135 Oh those Sydney train cops are a mean breed - I know them only too well! Maybe if all else fails you could apply for French citizenship on the grounds of mixing your recyclables... Oh those Sydney train cops are a mean breed - I know them only too well! Maybe if all else fails you could apply for French citizenship on the grounds of mixing your recyclables…

]]> http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2008/01/28/too-many-brits/#comment-130 Fun Abroad Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:42:25 +0000 http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2008/01/28/too-many-brits/#comment-130 I completely sympathise though I'm afraid it's more of an Anglo speaker's thing than just a Brit thing. At home in Australia for 3 weeks over Chrissie, my boyfriend was harrassed by Sydney train cops for reading a German version of the Koran (German and Islam - that's two strikes) and then I stupidly checked my Aussie passport through in my suitcase at the airport and just held on to my Brit one - figuring I would need it to get back into Europe but surely I wouldn't need an Aussie one to get OUT of the country. Turns out I was held by immigration for an hour until they established that I was NOT a British backpakcer who'd overstayed my visa (you'd think the accent would have given it away) OR a rocket launcher-toting terrorist. Maybe they'd found out about me putting that envelope in the recycling without removing the cellophane window first... I completely sympathise though I’m afraid it’s more of an Anglo speaker’s thing than just a Brit thing. At home in Australia for 3 weeks over Chrissie, my boyfriend was harrassed by Sydney train cops for reading a German version of the Koran (German and Islam - that’s two strikes) and then I stupidly checked my Aussie passport through in my suitcase at the airport and just held on to my Brit one - figuring I would need it to get back into Europe but surely I wouldn’t need an Aussie one to get OUT of the country. Turns out I was held by immigration for an hour until they established that I was NOT a British backpakcer who’d overstayed my visa (you’d think the accent would have given it away) OR a rocket launcher-toting terrorist. Maybe they’d found out about me putting that envelope in the recycling without removing the cellophane window first…

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