I think the British Embassy is tired of all the whinging

[Durian Gray]

They admittedly haven't been great... but they are damned when do and damned when they don't.
There are a number of Brits​ who aren't heeding advice then bitching to the embassy when things don't work out.

Get to PP...
No, I don't feel like it...
(1 week later, lockdown)
Why aren't you helping us get to PP???

Well, in fairness, they all have excuses for not going to Phnom Penh. Like "I have premenstrual dysmorphic depression so being in Phnom Penh away from my friends would me me too sad."

[Lucky Lucan]

Time for a sing-along.

[Fred Edwards]

fudgels

That's not one I've heard before!

Fudgel: an eighteenth-century term meaning "Pretending to work when you're not actually doing anything at all."

Is similar to or from the same root as to 'fudge something '?

[Lucky Lucan]

fudgels

That's not one I've heard before!

Fudgel: an eighteenth-century term meaning "Pretending to work when you're not actually doing anything at all."

Is similar to or from the same root as to 'fudge something '?

I don't know, I never heard the term before.

[Petrol Head]

Not really novel insults, but this site has seen its fair share of crackers over the years:

KiR described an expat methhead as resembling "what you'd see on a poster for the royal society for the prevention of neglected whippets".

He also described an idiot user named "walk towards the light" as "wank towards the light" - simple, yet effective.

He hated one expat so much that his somewhat obscure surname was auto-corrected to "cuntflaps"; no-one noticed anything until someone posted an article in which said expat was quoted.

Hanky once questioned how a proposed gay cruise along the Mekong would work, suggesting all the glory holes would cause the boat sink.

Playboy has come up with some zingers about NGO staff. His best description of a generic NGO worker was Professor Weird Beard, which somehow holds more true today than when it was coined circa 2006.

Approximately on topic, these are my top 3 440-isms from the last 8 years:

3. Larry's Bar: GSM with sleeves.

2. Ballsack Lane.

1. Cambodia: A Sunny Place For Shady Characters.

[kungfufighter]

fudgels

That's not one I've heard before!

Fudgel: an eighteenth-century term meaning "Pretending to work when you're not actually doing anything at all."

Is similar to or from the same root as to 'fudge something '?

I think to fudge something means to fuck it up. Pretty much like the dynamic duo are doing right now.

[gavinmac]

Many of them in the Stranded in UK group are claiming to be disabled in some way or have mental health issues. And they are still refusing to travel to Phnom Penh.

[Stokely]

All this talk about expats stranded in Cambodia, reminds me of those Thai kids or the Chilean miners all those years ago, I didn’t give a fuck about them either.

[johnny lightning]

Actually I have far more time for the Thai kids and Chilean miners than these broke fuckups whinging about their (or should I use "there" as it seems to be the most common usage) lack of brains or funds.

[Hanno]

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I think to fudge something means to fuck it up. Pretty much like the dynamic duo are doing right now.

Not really.

Have some fudge:

[kungfufighter]

Many of them in the Stranded in UK group are claiming to be disabled in some way or have mental health issues. And they are still refusing to travel to Phnom Penh.

The German embassy in India laid on busses to to collect their citizens and flights. They even managed to fit a few Brits on too.
Meanwhile, Bozo refused a donation of EU ventilators.

[Lucky Lucan]

1. Cambodia: A Sunny Place For Shady Characters.

I believe that was coined by Luke Hunt for NYT in 2012.

[Playboy]

Many of them in the Stranded in UK group are claiming to be disabled in some way or have mental health issues. And they are still refusing to travel to Phnom Penh.

The group has gone covert ...

[violet]

pity the people having to deal with the likes of them. they must be wishing they could just ignore them entirely.


sheesh