News / Dealing with constant insults against Polish [323]


The problem is, when they do turn up and find there is no 6'6 ex basketballer unicycling down High St rubbing coke into his gums whilst attempting to shoot glass bottles of the head of the scallies he chained to the lamposts earlier, they might be a bit disappointed.

I know I would be. :)

News / Dealing with constant insults against Polish [323]


Even if they did, which I doubt, i don't think anything would happen apart from it being filled under B and never seen again.

Seriously, I was talking to a mate of mine last week and he said he was watching some little scroat breaking into his car and proceeding to reverse engineer the stereo system. (obviously some kind of YTS initiative)

He naturally called the police who gallantly turned up a few hours later and told him to forget it, no chance of finding the little darling etc and as a parthian shot (as he'd asked what had taken so long) they told him that they only responded quickly if it was violence or drugs related.

News / Dealing with constant insults against Polish [323]


woah there Neddy.

Who is this "we" to which you so mysteriously refer, in order to make your statement seem more impressive than: I hate you poles; cunjuring up one man stood in the street shaking his fist, Blakey style, at the lamposts, which are the bane of his life.

Ok, you have a problem with Poles, but please don't bring us into it. :)

Love / still looking for another polish girl - i wont give up :) [48]


So by that logic, that means I can say poles are all thick, after all look at their leader, he's Polish and looks like a potato. :)

I know your man was a scumbag, but he was an american and as far as i'm aware, having a striking resemblance to something or someone does not actually allow you to explain anything, except your own prejudices of course. :)

UK, Ireland / Irish Thoughts on Britain and the British and vice versa [53]


I'm anti Irish, coming over to England with your theme pubs and special dark beer, getting all Michael Flatley on our collective arses. Then there is the whole fecking priest thing...don't get me started! Just who do you think you are? :) What, don't you think we have enough of our own culture with hankey throwing and cheese rolling and drunken brawling! :) We didn't build an empire by singing about life being one big rollercoaster, no we did not!

I know you got it daffy, but for anyone who doesn't get my jokes (who is that solitary fgure over there?) please don't take offence. I love the Blarney and all things Irish (with the possible exception of Paul Rankin)

USA, Canada / POLISH PEOPLE IN CT.... [21]


Wish I could take credit, but it was a google find. :) It does look taped up, perhaps that is actually lala's keyboard, now that would explain everything. :)

USA, Canada / POLISH PEOPLE IN CT.... [21]

Hi lala, it's great that you're here, but I have a quick question. Can you see the Cap Locks button on your keyboard?

like this one

Please, please, please press it once. Thanks in advance. :)

USA, Canada / POLISH PEOPLE IN CT.... [21]

CT isn't that Counter Terrorism?

So you want to meet operators in Grom? :)

Language / "polish pig" - is it offensive? [41]


So cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel. Also BA. :)

Language / difficult English words for Polish speakers? [119]

oh god, the one that gets my goat and any other dairy animals in the vacinity at the time is the <insert expletive of choice here> could care less.

That means you COULD be more worried, annoyed, bothered about something. I could NOT care less however, means there is no single topic that interests you less than the one you are talking about. How hard is that?

Oh and coming in a close second is write me. Write me what? A letter? A poem? What? I demand to know, you have to tell me!! But if you just want to say write me, then PLEASE for the love of god and all things English, use the little word to. :) Write to me.

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]


Hey, when you've got it, you've got it, dawg...

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]

That was the one... :)

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]

Ruddy Shel duck! It's from Stoke :)
You mean they don't have ducks on 30 minute standby during brush season? Man, they've been lucky so far...

No smoke without foul play etc

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]


I'd guessed. :)


Hmm, they're a serious bunch, to the point of leaving you thinking they must have had a collective humour bypass, so I guess they thought I was pretty outrageous, what with me cracking jokes left, right and centre and nothing being off limits for a bit of ribbing. (I try not to take too much seriously, as i'm sure you've guessed!)

It was just a question of getting used to each other really. Some got it straight away, while others took a while before they stopped taking me literally and stopped trying to work out what I might be talking about. (Always good hearing them say 'So, this must be the world famous British humour' with a bewildered look on their faces)

Now though, life is grand and we're cooking on gas. :)

But, I still don't find the "why is Canada called Canada" joke funny, no matter how much I try. :)

What about Poland? They cope with your dry wit ok?

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]

The Austrians have an odd sense of humour Bubba, that's for certain, but once you get your ear in, it's not that hard to laugh in the right places. :)

@a German.

ist gut, dass du dich hier registriert hast. Willkommen bei Polishforums :)

Food / Is there McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut etc in Poland? Food survey. [222]

You want a girl that works in McDonalds? Fast Food, fast love eh? :) No George, don't apply, he said Women only. :)

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]

What is it with this forum and it's anti German feeling all of a sudden?

Ok Babylon. You want to analyse the text Deutschland über alles then you HAVE to understand the time it was written in


You say that, but that is exactly the point.
THAT IS WHY IT WAS WRITTEN!
There was, at the time of the composition of that hymn, NO Germany.
No emperor, no central government that first verse attempted to instill a sense of unity and aspiration to become better and one nation.


Germany, Germany above everything
Above everything in the world
When, always, for protection and defence
Brothers stand together.
From the Maas to the Memel
From the Etsch to the Belt,
Germany, Germany above all
Above all in the world.

Now before you start saying being above all in the world is being rascist, it means in the sense of being esteemed above everything else (I love my country above all else; ya know Patriotism.) That is after all what they were trying to inspire.

Yes, the words got twisted and used by some to promote their own ends (rather like you just tried to do) and that's why in 1950 it was replaced with the current anthem. Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit... (which was the third verse of the original song)


Really, like the French anthem?

Sacred love of the fatherland, cherished liberty, strenghten our arm of vengence.... victory come to your male calls, let your dying enemies, see your triumph and your glory. To arms, citizens! Form your battalions! Let us march, let us march may impure blood soak our fields' furrows!

or perhaps the British one?

O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
Oh, save us all!

Or perhaps the the American one?

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save
The hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

I could go on but i'm not going to labour the point.

Love / Foreigners in relationships with Poles - do your in-laws accept you? [66]

My ex was a Pole, her mum absolutely hated the fact her daughter was with a Brit. She tried everything to split us up. Telling her that our culture was too different, that I probably had a wife and kids and wasn't telling her about it...the list goes on and on. She won in the end.

Australia / Famous Australians [97]

Excellent. :)

Clive James of course and where would we be without Steffan Dennis?


Too right blue, you can't forget the Thorpedo! :)

Others I guess would be Germaine Greer and Skippy, who did his kangerooing in the bush. :)

Love / Help me! I fell in love with a Polish man! [137]

Stairs can be lethal. :)

Australia / Famous Australians [97]

I assume Warney and Ponting are pretty famous, along with the Minogues and Bouncer. :)

Anyone who even thinks of mentioning the name Russell Crowe, will be banned from any further participation in this thread. :)

Life / The World of Polish Soap Operas [14]


pssst. What's your favourite tv show? Unless it's the news, or a documentary then that's fake and isn't real either. :)


pssst. All human endeavor is ultimately pointless, as we're all going to bite the big one. As you said yourself in another thread:


That even applies to people who make soap operas. :)


Probably: reference Eastenders. :)


Lucky it's all pretend then. :)


TV is meant to dull the senses, it's obviously not working. Do Poles have to pay a license fee? I'd ask for a refund. :)


See above.

Nah, seriously, soaps are like belly button fluff. Absolutely no purpose, but keeps you entertained and stops you navel gazing. :)

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]


Now there is a magazine that needs to be seen to be believed. Germans, I ask you!! :)

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]


Really? In what way.
I mean, I know that there are known knowns. Is this one of them? That is to say, that
do you actually mean, it's a known known or was this more a known unknown. :)

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]

I'm with you mate. Deutschland did keep their labour market closed to the 2004 accession countries, that does not however equate to poles are illegal aliens in Deutschland. Ola's trying to make it sound a lot worse than it actually was.

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]

Don't forget Daffy, this forum works to the Rumsfeld principle, unfortunately. You're piddling into the wind.

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]

hehe ASk and you shall receive. :)
"I lurve the Germans" (Piefkes is Austrian slang for Germans, derogatory before you ask) :) and "they make great cars."

Polonia / Germans: Do Poles like them or dislike them? [217]

Ich liebe die Piefkes. Sie stellen tolle Autos her. :)

Genealogy / Anyone Else 1/2 Polish??? [58]

hehe I think i've been reading to many text messages. I read the title of your post in my head as "Anyone else want to polish" (as in cleaning something shiny, not the nationality)

Hmm, think I should go to bed. Anyway, Hi there. :)

Language / Should I learn both Polish and German [147]

phonetically regular.

That'll be all the fibre then. :)

Hope you're right Marek, I'm sure it'll click one day but as it is, i'm still struggling to pronounce the number 3 properly in Polish where as in contrast, I was forming conditionals in German after the same amount of study time.