The wheel of time is a carney's wet dream. So, yes, come on up, folks and place your bets. Round and round and round she goes - and where she stops ...
Well, we'll just take it right from the top - and in alphabetic order, no less. So, here's our top ten of weird and wonderful expats, brought to you, from the bowels of time and all the contrary points of the compass.
Hell, let's make it a very odd eleven - with no extra charge!
Adam
Father of the species - which explains quite a lot, in fact. He had to move away from where he was created, following a dispute with the local grocer. Something to do with the price of fruit.
Werhner Von Braun
German born rocket scientist. Made a rather smart career move in the mid-forties and left Germany for the USA. Made himself very popular with his new bosses. Hence: Braunie points.
Christopher Columbus
Nitwit. Went out for a curry, ended up with a big Mac.
Dorothy
Left Kansas for a better place. But then again, who doesn't?
Flipper
Left a shark-infested ocean for a steady job in the shark-infested world of TV. Where he had to put up with an obnoxious, red-haired, Australian kid - and lots of reruns. Smart move, Flipper!
Hannibal
Moved from Africa to Italy, by way of the Alps, riding an elephant. There truly is one born every minute.
Adolf Hitler
Austrian-born house-painter, turned Führer, turned stark raving mad.
Ayatollah Khomeini
Born in Persia. Lived in France for a while, sipping Anisette on the boulevard Champs Élysées, watching the lovely Parisiennes go by. Then went back to install Islamic rule in Iran. Maybe better known as book critic and incidental sales promoter for Salmon Rushdie.
Sylvia Plath
American poet who moved to England and was exposed to the English weather, all types of disgusting, English food and an English husband. Subsequently committed suicide.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian-born muscle model, turned thespian. Moved to the USA, when the European Union started to seriously crack down on the illegal administration of steroids to live stock animals.
Superman
Migrated from planet Krypton to the USA, where he changed his name and, like so many other hapless immigrants, came to grief. In the end he practically lived out of phone booths.
He came from another planet for crying out loud!!