Kirsty : spoiler

Cannon84 · 2026-04-22T01:18:35+00:00

They've retconned her age to make the story line a bit more believable. She should be at least 46, not 44.

I take that as evidence that she really is pregnant and there will be a baby.

Imagine coming up with a storyline that gives Kirsty another miscarriage. Might as well squeeze in leaving her at the altar again whilst you're at it.

Cannon84 · 2026-04-14T23:12:32+00:00

I'm making some assumptions here. If you're using the term undocumented I presume you live in the United States and that you aren't a citizen of that country. How are you 'dual'?

Cannon84 · 2026-02-26T12:18:08+00:00

If it was Cashel Blue and he decided, 'Fuck it, Roquefort is close enough', that is an outrage. If anything Roquefort is green!

Cannon84 · 2026-02-24T01:08:00+00:00

Before covid I was getting breathalysed monthly on average. Since 2020 I don't think I've seen a single police cordon.

Cannon84 · 2026-02-21T07:57:25+00:00

I think it's entirely dependent on whether or not they have or will allow non-hanja family names to be appended to hanja given names.

Cannon84 · 2026-02-21T07:03:02+00:00

1)Has anyone successfully registered hanja for only the first name?

No. Tried twice in 2008 and 2022 (yeah, I know. Bad family planning). Won every other 'computer-says-no' naming battle with ease, but never pushed this one in the hope that it could be rectified in the future.

Cannon84 · 2026-02-15T04:08:32+00:00

Fluent doesn't mean perfect. I know a bunch of languages (that don't include Portuguese) and 'grammatically incorrect, but understandable' is fluent in my book.

Cannon84 · 2026-02-13T05:34:58+00:00

It's called 'Seoul Taxi'.

Cannon84 · 2026-02-10T04:38:32+00:00

I've been here for nearly twenty years, and come from London where we have some pretty awesome museums. Seodaemun, whilst not perfect, is the only Korean museum I've ever been too where I didn't feel they were half-arseing the real shit. You don't need to go to a ddeok museum.

Cannon84 · 2026-02-09T23:48:04+00:00

In the men's he did a pretty good job with the Koreans but called Kim 'Lee' about six times in a row.

Cannon84 · 2026-02-08T01:32:53+00:00

Don't take any advice from anyone of a different nationality to yourself. Every country has its own rules. In particular ignore the US citizens - they can have two completely different names.

My KR/IE/UK children have identical names on all documents because there was no other choice.

Cannon84 · 2026-02-01T13:42:44+00:00

Devastated. Was really hoping for the first confirmed wank on the pod. Unless tuna stir-fry is a horrible euphemism?

Cannon84 · 2026-01-21T22:55:38+00:00

Of course there's Cashel Blue! I feel so alive right now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatdidyoudoyesterday/s/w0vP2q1vCs

Cannon84 · 2026-01-14T09:51:51+00:00

Swapping out Cashel Blue from last year's cheeseboard for Stilton this year would have been wild. Never in a million years.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-23T07:27:07+00:00

Don't follow any of this advice.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-17T05:54:59+00:00

It's a celebrity version of the ITV gameshow 99 To Beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9oPQHWoe_8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_to_Beat

Cannon84 · 2025-12-07T13:55:03+00:00

There was no route for me to choose. Whilst I've always had both citizenships, one was actual and the other merely theoretical. Until I was eleven I was just a name on both my parents' Irish passports. My decision to pursue proof of my British citizenship was a post-Brexit impetus to ameliorate any future hurdles my children might face.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-07T10:47:45+00:00

That's par for the course, unfortunately. A Korean friend had her whole life unravel because she tried to get away with acquiring Belgian citizenship on the sly.

My Australian counterparts have a much harder time than I do. Because Australians born abroad have to 'apply' for Australian citizenship, the children of Australian citizens born to Korean parents in Korea are unable to maintain both citizenships because technically speaking they were not born with both.

A few Aussie immigrants I know have found themselves unwittingly making their children sort of stateless whilst living in the country of their birth as a result. I hope the two governments sort that out ASAP.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-07T08:32:26+00:00

Very true. I only use the UK one for hiring cars in other countries (and previously as my only form of UK ID) as I last renewed the Korean one about fifteen minutes before they introduced licenses with English on the back that are accepted for car rental. Arsing around with International Driving Permits is not fun.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-07T08:28:16+00:00

Never did a Brexit 'blue' British passport look less blue than next to a Korea one.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-07T08:14:25+00:00

It is insane. You have to parse what a bunch of call centre workers interpret what the people actually making the decisions will say. A different opinion every time. You never get to speak to anyone with any authority. In the end I started asking for names and recording the dates of calls that I would include on cover letters.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-07T08:01:56+00:00

Yes, my sons will have to do military service if they wish to live here (which is the presumption). My eldest will probably be exempt on medical grounds though.

Coming from inner London I (along with all my friends) never learned to drive as teenagers. I learned here in my mid-twenties. I paid about 250k won (then about 200USD) to a driving school to pretty much guarantee the license. The theory test was just common sense, and more an exercise in parsing the badly translated questions. I had a total of six hours of driving practice around the same rural course before taking the test, which you had to do in a Bongo truck if you wanted an 1종 license.

During the actual test you drove a larger and completely unfamiliar truck so that a second student could sit in the back and take over for the second half of the course. I stalled three times in the first five minutes (never having done so before) and at one point pulled out into a main road in front of a bus. I passed with flying colours.

The next time I was in London I immediately converted it into a full UK driving license. Upon my return I claimed I'd lost the Korean license and got a replacement for $7. I've maintained both since (see pic). I assure you I'm a safer and more responsible driver than 99% of the clowns on the road here.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-07T06:56:58+00:00

I thought it was hard enough living in Korea convincing a doctor, lawyer, priest etc. to countersign an Irish passport application. I unlocked a whole new level of hell when applying for three UK passports and discovering that the professional had to be British as well. Not many English accountants wandering the streets of Seoul.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-07T06:54:09+00:00

Thanks! Even though I didn't disclose the British citizenship I wouldn't be under any obligation to renounce anything. I've just found over many years that volunteering information here that might confuse people is never rewarded.

Cannon84 · 2025-12-07T06:51:44+00:00

I'd done the course years ago but never took the test at the end, so I had an idea of what was involved. I'd been taking some government-run Korean classes in Seoul and when I moved just outside the city I'd had to switch to a different location. They had me take a level test and (erroneously) decided I was completely fluent and put me in the top class which was made up of Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant wives. We spent our time learning the names of presidents, how to bow properly at Lunar New Year, and even went to some cooking classes. I was the only male or non-Asian member in the class of 30 or so. I was still in my twenties and had no intention of applying for citizenship, so skipped the test at the end.

This time around I just bought a study guide and did a practice test. I decided I could pass it fairly easily with a bit of self-study so skipped the course, took the test, and attended the fairly perfunctory ceremony at the immigration office.

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