Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

You raised the issue of acceptance in the last part. What if I was a Jew born in Iran? Not accepted by mainstream Muslims from Iran. I was raised in Iran but see myself as Jewish. Wouldn't I be an Iranian Jew?

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

All I've known over the last few years has been Polish and things Polish. I've read a lot and know the language. Does that make me Polish?

UK, Ireland / Polish girls 'too pretty' for British schools [150]

If you live with this nonsense, tornado, it's much worse. They are like broken records with brown noses and fingers.

Life / 800 thousand Polish women are victims of domestic abuse yearly [180]

Distortion is active, withholding is passive. One is the conscious changing of sth to bend the truth and the other is merely to keep information from people without acting.

Are you still in elementary school, Randal? ;)

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

Why is it redundant? OK, let's say I know the language and culture like I do Japanese. Does that make me Japanese? So you prefer to give their race, fair enough. We prefer to state their country for the most part.

Life / 800 thousand Polish women are victims of domestic abuse yearly [180]

Well, distortion is not the same as withholding, now is it?

Life / 800 thousand Polish women are victims of domestic abuse yearly [180]

Not stating the full truth is not lying at all. It is just withholding one part, that's hardly lying. If that were the case, newspapers would never have a true story.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

HB, if you are born in China, are you Chinese?

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

CAucasian, BLack, INdian and ASIAN. This is what the American Tiger Woods regards himself as.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

That's what I was thinking :) We are Caucasians, they just cocked Asians ;)

News / Poland..wake up to a multicultural world [1059]

Violence by the IRS, LOL. More likely to be American then. I think he meant the IRA.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

HB, what's a Cablinasian? Please tell me

BB, Tiger is part African-American and part Native-American Indian. He also has Dutch blood in him.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

I agree, BB. You need to get into other classifications such as citizenship, nationality and habitual residence. For example, I regard Tiger Woods as half-Asian as that what his 'bloodlines' lead to. Still, he is regarded as an American citizen. From his father's side, he is. He was also born in America. That still doesn't change the fact that he has mixed bloodlines and is half-Asian (Chinese and Thai).

Travel / Katowice night life for 22-28 year olds. [11]

When the beer gardens open up and the parasols come out, that's when it gets nice. K-town has a wider scene but not as classy as here in Gliwice I think.

News / EU a beacon of light for the World to follow [85]

It can appear that way, like one big happy family :)

News / EU a beacon of light for the World to follow [85]

Truth be told, many parties sign up to the EU Treaty out of comity or being part of a club. Many aren't fully aware of the broader repercussions of joining. There are many legal provisions and technical aspects which are 'tricky' but capturing the spirit of brotherhood is the positive thing. Only the best lawyers are aware of the raft of changes over the years and the fuller ramifications of joining.

Life / Sexy underwear Polish style [37]

Yeah, the thongs will be out in force in summer. The only stringi (stringy) I liked was cheese before I came to Poland :)

History / Irena Sendler, a Polish wartime hero, dies at age 98 [15]

I've read about her. Credit where credit is due!! Spielberg succeeded in making Schindler's List a hit but this woman was just as instrumental in her own way. Saving innocent people is almost always a noble cause.

Language / What's the difference between 'swoje' & 'moje'? [35]

This is worthy of more discussion. Aren't there some hard cases where the choice isn't always so clearcut?

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]

Yeah but there was a time when being a new-age man was thrust upon us by a whole host of magazines. You are right, Osioł, but there was a concerted drive to convert some men into being more considerate and aware of the needs of their feminine counterparts.

News / EU a beacon of light for the World to follow [85]

This is another good thread of WB's. On a superficial level, I'm bored by the sight of Merkel, Brown and Sarkozy. The strength of the EU doesn't always lie in the apparatus which it operates under but more the continued ratification and accession level to such apparatus.

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]

One of the downsides of being conditioned to be a new-age man. It's almost like being PC to an excessive level. They over accommodate and let all manner of sins take place. Yes, PC has its plusses as does being a sensitive guy but when guys go against their natural instincts and try to consciously be considerate of a range of things, they overdo it and end up in shtook. The key to life is balance!

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]

I feel the same. I'm always clear on finances. The groundrules have been laid and those around me know where they stand. I don't share the Polish view on money at all, what they consider good and what I do are 2 different things.

Bleeding others dry can be seen on a heinous scale. Like Bush killing his own people to make profits and increase his sphere of influence.

When you start down the path of generosity, people come to expect it of you and will actually grow to dislike you when you throttle back on the handouts. It's like smoking, when you are on that road, there's often no looking back. Celts know this well, 'you have to be cruel to be kind'. I was a soft touch but no more.

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]

This is despicable, I see it everywhere. Wishing sb dead or otherwise positioned so they can steal in and swipe the cash. You are rich perhaps because you worked your ass off for it. Keep what you got and let others pave their way.

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]

You just have to be firm and snap them out of it. We have more of an influence on the behaviour of others than we imagine.

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]

Because they are princesses, didn't you know? ;)

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]

I met her here. She is a hard-working individual who is perfect wife material. Young Polish women who go abroad have a lot of growing up to do. The problem is, men like princesses all too often.

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]

Have you lived in Polish villages, sister act? A lot have no personalities, it's true. Ah well, not everyone can be like my sweet little angel :)

Life / Funny pictures from Poland [23]

We told the guy at Smakosz that kapusta was tits in English. Mushrooms were pussy and bigos was cock. I could only imagine some foreigners walking in and him offering cock and pussy, LOL.

We were cruel but it was hilarious. He believed us!

Life / Funny pictures from Poland [23]

Kutas, LOL. Probably Hungarian :)

Ach, there was a building supplies shop in Budapest called Arucha Cipa, LOL. No joke :)

What's wrong with kutas, Justy? ;) Don't knock it until you've tried it :)