Love / I'm a turkish guy who thinks that polish girls are slutty [113]


yeah, and then catch wlan2 on goat breeders association forum posting threads how slutty goats are.

Love / I'm a turkish guy who thinks that polish girls are slutty [113]


and that makes you a slut.

UK, Ireland / What is in Poland that England doesn't have? [142]


Unless you go to a private clinic, prescriptions are free in Poland and in the rest of the UK.

Real Estate / I have just recently bought a house in Poland... [20]


You were told???
So you didn't go to actually see the place before spending the money?
Hey, I have a bridge I want to sell. Real cheap. Interested?

Travel / Pictures and advice from trip through Poland [18]


we all have a fantasy or two ;)

USA, Canada / How to get american papers after visa expired ???!!! [55]


I didn't realize the US had a southern border.

Life / 'The Pianist' - the movie. What's your opinion? Polanski [59]


The film is very easy to interpret. Any difficulty lies in how you want to interpret it. Some people will read "The Great Gatsby" and they'll see it as a love story. Others will go through the bible and a truckload of other prior literature to show what they see as a "true" meaning of the short thingie.

Same difference with "The Pianist" or pretty much anything you come across in life. Some lick a stamp and send a letter. Others will buy a $100 binders and they'll put the stamp in there. Not even having licked them first ;)

News / What is the future of Catholic church in Poland. [154]


That is obvious, isn't it?

News / What is the future of Catholic church in Poland. [154]


The argument wasn't about who is correct, who isn't. All Christian faiths build up on delusions of previous generations of deluded individuals or masses, and in the end they all dwell on delusions, and then argue that their own delusion is worth more than the delusion they borrow from.

News / What is the future of Catholic church in Poland. [154]


First, the RC is the original Christian church. All others are offshoots.
I can't think of one christian sect without some history of intolerance.

Life / 'The Pianist' - the movie. What's your opinion? Polanski [59]


I agree with your points.
People have been conditioned to see in stories what is right in their eyes. The want action, a hero, a survivor or a villain. All those other people were "just a background". Really?

Did any of those who see the movie that way ever notice the music Szpilman plays? What is shown on screen while the music is played? Any aspiring literary/movie critic on the forum? Here's your chance for a great essay which would show the "background" is far more important in this movie that the Hollywood conditioned types would have you believe.

Heck, you could put together a decent M.A. thesis showing the critical importance of the "background" in "The Pianist". There is more than enough material for that. The trick is, you will probably have to have some Polish background as others would not readily spot, understand and be able to understand the symbols used by Polanski - a director who after all is soaked in Polish culture, history and tradition.

History / Who were European natives? What happened to them? Where they are? [79]


Nothing to correct.
The word slave dates to around the end of the 6th century AD. "Latinians" used "servus" (among others). So a computer network server is a slave. So are waiters since they serve. And of course politicians. They are willing slaves, I mean public servants.

History / Who were European natives? What happened to them? Where they are? [79]


That shows, but still, even reading this "creativity" is somewhat embarrassing.

History / Who were European natives? What happened to them? Where they are? [79]


I dunno where you take these things from.

Calendar came to Latin from PIE kele- "to call, shout". Two words were then in use which are the origin of the word calendar:

- "calends" the first day of the Roman month when debts were due
- "calare" announcements by priests that marked the new moon which, in turn, marked the calends.

Life / Religions in Poland. [64]


I'm not sure if this is a valid claim.
In many religions, a member of a different religion is not considered religious as he or she does not accept the religious customs and beliefs of a particular group. It would then follow, ironically, that none of the religions are actually religions, but cults at best.

Religion: 2. a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices (webster)
Using this definition Deism could be defined as religion.


Are you sure of that?

News / Why the American economy is not going to fail - take a lesson from Poland [48]


And that's what I was answering to. Again, per capita, USA is close to the bottom of the list of donors among the so called rich countries.

History / Why we talk about Nazis not Germans [138]


Like some others, I disagree with your take.
Humans are blood thirsty. Death is in our genes. We kill others for whatever justification we can put in a poem, political speech or religious writing.

Sure, Germans did it and they paid for it. Still the atrocities of WW2 was a collective effort, so to speak, of all mankind, including the ALL victim nations. Of course, this approach is not very usable for lawsuits and financial gain, so individualizing the culprits is but a tactical move.

Other than on a philosophical level, serious mistakes have been made by politicians, which allowed Nazism to thrive, and kept refugees from reaching the safety of some countries. And these were not Germans at all.

Love / Fidelity of Polish women [63]


sometimes it''s HiFi, sometimes it's not.

Life / 'The Pianist' - the movie. What's your opinion? Polanski [59]


If you refrain from "putting words in my mouth" we may chat.



So how different is a word written on paper if you do not seem to have a problem with people risking their lives for it?

Ever watched "Zakazane Piosenki"?

History / Only two countries in Europe did not accept XVIIIc partitions of Poland.. [54]


Weren't they Polish Americans and their trip to Poland was a private affair? I have an impression the US government specifically refused to get involved.


I'm sure they did that in utmost secrecy. The usual quiet, British way :)

Love / help dating polish lady [78]


Yeah, a lot of **** can happen for sure.

Travel / Travel to PL from US w/ dual citizenship - any problems on borders? [26]


Apparently you don't visit too many Arab or muslim countries ;)

When I lived in NYC, tourist agencies included free Canadian flag pins and stickers. Just to be on the safe side, you know.

History / Polish - Soviet Brotherhood in Arms. [35]


But they did.

Travel / Misconceptions of tourists about Poland [14]

Nope. She was from N.Y.C.

But a Texan I knew insisted on calling New York City - Jew York City.

Travel / Misconceptions of tourists about Poland [14]

Not once, have I been greeted with a great surprise in the US that Poles have their own language.

One American (allegedly educated) was surprised when she saw Polish workers reading newspapers during lunch break. She asked me whether they could really read?

Life / 'The Pianist' - the movie. What's your opinion? Polanski [59]

That's gotta be the silliest commentary to a movie on PF yet.

Some things are self evident, I thought.

Imagine a guy. No people around him, no background. He is a pianist. Plays piano, or want to play piano. He's hungry. He lives in one hole or another and stays in hiding. And this for 2.5 hours.

What would a sense of such movie be?

The movie's background is critical to that movie. And while indeed, it is about him, the people around him are critical to the story. Polanski is not Spielberg, therefore Polanski's movie is more subtle than the crude "Schindler's List". The background and the background characters in both directors take completely different dimensions. Spielberg is a cheap thrills TV-commercial style director. Polanski is an artist and a philosopher.

Travel / Travel to PL from US w/ dual citizenship - any problems on borders? [26]


That's not what I wrote. But in Poland, if you are in fact a Polish citizen, your other passports are worth less than last years snow.


They wouldn't let you on a plane to US without it. As a US citizens you won't get an American visa, so how do you imagine could you get home otherwise?

Travel / Travel to PL from US w/ dual citizenship - any problems on borders? [26]

In Canada we have an option to have our birth country stated or not. Check if you can have that option in the US too.

I traveled to Poland using Polish passport, but one time, by mistake, I showed a Polish border guard my Canadian passport while leaving Poland. He just told me this is not the one he needs, unless I was not born in Poland.

Still, the safest bet, with all the border stuff pretty much gone, I would be hard pressed to fly to Warsaw. Instead, consider Berlin or Prague. Lower ticket prices, less interest in the details of your passport, and at times, it's actually closer to home. These are certailny good options for those visiting western parts of Poland.

UK, Ireland / What is in Poland that England doesn't have? [142]


You have no idea what dull and boring means. In Manitoba the land is so flat and empty that if you throw a rock at a dog and you can see it running away for 3 days.

Food / Top food products you'd want to see in a Polish shop [32]

I can buy here pretty much anything I remember from Poland. I even have a selection of Polish manufacturers, and for preserves I always buy Pinczow, as this is where I was born. For pickles it Krakus. Nothing beats that.


You may want to try some Polish Halls or Polish Legions. There is one where I live and the food they sell there is literally home made, and costs less than in stores. That includes golabki, pierogi of all kinds, baked goods and pastry.