Was that a send up?
I overheard a conversation at work the other day.
Irish engineer to Yank engineer.
"This place is ****, but I have to work here for 12 moths to get promoted to go to Kuwait."
"Yeah it's a bit of a backwater but I managed to get my grandmother here on a visa and she's getting all her medical treatment for free"
"Ha Ha HA, dumb aussies"