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You've been in Poland a while if .... [49]
Falling apart on my plate is wrong visualisation. A better one is: melting on my tongue. It is a Polish saying about sth deliciously soft.
all meant in good humour
Naturally. :):):)
and let's say just medium rare, so pink but not bloody, is just so much nicer??
Sorry, no.
I am a perfectionist. Either raw or burnt. No intermediary states. :):):):)
- You get a check book in the mail from your new bank, and you look at it as if it was a relic!!!
What do you mean? I don`t get it. Sorry for taking your time.
* You spend 300zł on window netting to prevent an invasion of mosquitos during the summer.
Yes, I thought about it many times. But I am too lazy to design an anti-mosquito net which would resist my cats` claws.
I am thinking of training my cats to catch mosquitoes instead.
* You start calling your toes 'fingers' and assigning genders to inanimate objects. "Oh that's a nice phone" - "Yes, he's really good"
Yes, it is a real nuisance. I can`t make my younger students say
it about unfamiliar animals and objects. The toothbrush is she and Plesiosaurus is he.
* Entering an occupied elevator without saying "dzień dobry" imparts that you are either (a) mute or (b) the spawn of the devil himself.
And saying it would impart that you are a pervert who is planning an attack. Or a conman who is planning to borrow 5 zlotys from the other pasenger.
That is why I very rarely say dzień dobry in the lift. Thus, I care about other people`s good mood.
* You grow a fondness for flavoured bottle waters - a la Żywiec
We don`t buy them.
Ok, twice or thrice a year at most. Especially during holidays.
* You appreciate that it's probably better to treat your serious medical condition or injury at home, rather than take your chances with the Polish emergency services
I rarely fall ill, but when it happens, yes, I examine myself and apply the treatment on my own. I don`t need any doctors because I know myself the best. And it isn`t about Polish doctors, no. I would do the same in Germany or France.
But my wife likes taking our sick children to a doctor. Such a hobby. I close an eye.
* You think it's normal that if there are multiple cash-places but only one queue of 10+ people, it's fair to bypass them.
Hmm, probably it is too strong a satire. Things are different, of course.
You'd have a pleasant surprise in Poznań then. There a few stations notorious for being "difficult to leave the tram" at. For the Poznanians here, they would be: Małe Garbary, Most Teatralny, Kórnicka and Półwiejska. You have to be very strategic about your positioning on trams to avoid being in situations where you have to ram people out the way like an American football player, or where you could be the one being rammed, crushed or pushed by babcie frantically trying to get off or on in case the tram left without them.
Sorry, it is hard to imagine. It sounds like a science fiction story from a galaxy far far away. Yes, you are probably telling the truth, but it is still unbelievable to me.
