News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


They are flaming socialists in all but name, they should just come out and admit it. Sadly their voters do not know what socialism is.

It looks as though Platforma is haemorrhaging to Ruch Palikota, but on the actual day, I doubt that Palikot's supporters will actually turn out to vote. Hopefully the turn out is going to be somewhere in the mid-fifties.

Life / Do Polish parents let/encourage their kids to **** outdoors? [40]


I understand that it is quite common in France, personally I haven't ever come across in Poland or France, and it is not common in Australia.

Law / Benefit entitlement in Poland for foreigners [37]


Are you having a laugh, based on all your other posts on this forum surely you hate Poland, don't you?

History / 1920 Battle of Warsaw - English trailer and film [55]


Bad luck i guess, if they did show it at the Polish club i am sure it would be worth seeing, even without 3D


Too bad.

History / 1920 Battle of Warsaw - English trailer and film [55]


A fantastic review indeed! This movie should be worth seeing, if only for the cinematography. This little excerpt caught my interest: Cinematographer Slawomir Idziak (who shot Harry Potter And The Order of the Phoenix, and was Oscar-nominated for his work on Black Hawk Down) uses 3-D effectively.

Apparently there is something in it for all those folks with a little penchant for bloodlust. Although I still question whether Szyc should have been the lead actor, personally i think he does not measure up.

History / Are Poles grateful to the Russians for winning the war? [120]


No they are not, because Russia was Germany's ally, and they attacked Poland together in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Ever heard of Katyn-why would anybody be grateful for that?

UK, Ireland / Culture shock (my neighbours in the UK are Polish and Slovak) [88]


I don't ever recall coming across a Polish person who actually says 'give me a piece of paper', it's usually give me a piece of paper please (prosze), unless they are familiar with you they always ask.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


I totally disagree, family members should not be employed as point of principle: that is the code of conduct in the UK and Australia, and I totally agree with it. Politics is not for those wanting to feather their own nests, it's about helping others not your family members.


Maybe, but it is public money. If she had owned a private business she could hire who the hell she wanted, but with public money it's a different matter for obvious reasons.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


It's Nepotism pure and simple, so I guess I am not surprised to see you supporting PIS-whose members have quite questionable moral values to say the least.

Staffers working in an MP's office are paid by the taxpayer, and not the MP. I worked in an MP's office here in Auss-and my wage was paid by the department of Treasury and finance. I am 100% sure that is the case in Poland as well.

And not only that according to the articles you provided she also tried to have her son get the number 1 ticket in her region, that's truly disgusting nepotism.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


I think you made a mistake, I am pretty sure that the title of the documentary is "Our Dear Leader And The Long March".

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


Nepotism is the opposite of honesty, seems like your moral compass is askew.

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]


That is a very socialist view of the world.


lol.

On a more serious note, these investments couldn’t have come at a better time for Poland. The economy is injected with some much needed stimulus that does not overburden the budget and creates growth and employment. Now had these investments taken place during an economic boom, I am guessing that in all probability the inflation rate would be sky high and the government would be forced to cut back somewhere else.

Instead the government is getting maximum bang for it buck. Given the economic situation, the competitiveness between construction companies must be huge, which means that they can't simply jack up the prices, and in all probability they have to compete on price as well.

I believe this can be described as Poland's Goldilocks moment(:

Language / How hard is it to learn Polish? [178]


Yes, I am not surprised. I would be pretty damn disheartened to that you chose Russian over Polish. Have you ever been to Poland and Russia? If the answer is no on both counts, and you do get the chance to visit the aforementioned countries you will realise your mistake.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


I am not so sure, that would be suggesting that they possess a bit of intellectual acuity, which i just don't believe they have. To mix my metaphors, i think that they like a desperate man who is drowning and willing to grab hold of any short term political advantage, no matter how stupid it is in the broader perspective. They are going about the country trying to set everything to light, that is their only tactic and that is the only thing they are capable of.

And that silly woman Gilowska, is still hurting after being caught out by the media for nepotism, that is the only reason why she is siding with Kaczynski.

Life / Can any young Poles can still speak Russian [25]


No, only a few can in fact. And hardly any young people in Poland speak Russian or understand it.


Which makes it worse.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


That is the least of their problems, the fact that they have stupidity written all over their faces is more of a serious problem. As for the guy with the Ireland Shirt-there is no way I wold want Poland to resemble Ireland at this point in time. To borrow a Polish phrase, they look like "głupie bydło które morde krzyczy" you can substitute bydło with knury or ziemniaki. I hate this agression that has cret into Polish politics, which will contradict my next sentence which is, if i were Tusk, whilst speaking to them i would have an image of myself splitting a saber on their thick oval skulls-because they are the type of stubborn morons that will never mentally develop.

does anybody else share my feeling or is it only me {blushes}


Yes that is the one(:
I think it is really brave of Tusk, and hopefully it will pay off. It takes a lot of stamina, I think after only three meetings like this, and he would feel physically and mentally exhausted-the nervous strain must be unbearable. This is not something a person of a nervous disposition can do.

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]


Well I suppose it is not, and well done to him for doing so. However a true Christian gesture would be to reconcile with him and not tell anyone about it.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]

lol. I am thinking of somebody a bit more recent.

News / Has there been an influx of Polish people into Germany? [21]


There has always been a huge number of Poles in Germany, even before the restrictions.


There wouldn't, because they would be to lazy too learn the language.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


Perhaps you are right. Maybe i should follow Kaczynski's flaming torches (pohodnie) to lighten the way, so I can see a bit further into the distance. Wait a minute wasn't there once a guy who was a huge fan of torches-I think his name starts with an H?

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]


And don't forget the other part of the Lord's prayer

Taketh they camera
maketh sure that thy taketh a photograth,
to showeth to the rest of the world
Be sure to stroketh thy vanity once in a while
So that the world seeth what a good person you are.

Vanity of Vanities.

UK, Ireland / Why do so many Polish guys in the UK have a crew cut or buzz cut? [106]


For someone who feels inordinately disinclined to all things Polish, you do seem to be spending an awful lot of time on this forum. And the reason for this post is? Are you a hair stylist, or thinking of setting up a barber's saloon(: ?

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


The proper name is National Socialist.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Its horn is broken?

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]


They are funny and sad at the same time time. In Poland you are much more likely to find old drunks-with plenty of other problems besides drinking, they generally tend not to be as well dressed as some of the individuals in the photos, i think younger people tend to be a rarity.

When I was in Poland a few moths ago I did see an old unemployed fool pissing into the street. The reason I noticed this was because all the traffic in front of us suddenly went in to crawling speed, naturally I was wondering what was the reason for the holdup-and no it wasn't some road maintenance up ahead, it was the above mentioned man pissing from the pavement into the street (in broad daylight). And the cars slowed down to swerve around his *****

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


The guy is a total cokc.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


Yes she can work int he UK, she doesn't have to be married with you for that to be the case. And yes you can move to Poland if you want to.

History / 1920 Battle of Warsaw - English trailer and film [55]

I am hoping it is going to be shown in Australia, I would really like to see the movie in 3D instead of watching it on dvd):

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


Indeed he doesn't.

On a more serious note, for all those who constantly complain and find the Polish bureaucratic system very frustrating. this article is for you-very interesting and no BS: I fear the current government's approach would not be replicated by PIS if it were ever to win power, and the process of reforms would come to a halt. I think that Adam Szejnfeld is definitely one of this government's stars.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


I am looking, bit I can't tell-everything seems to be were it is supposed to be.