News / PIS and PO - what is the difference in their programs? [35]

As I see it, Poland will be more or less OK, as long as no party have the majority. When ANY party feels "we are strong", they get too bold, they start some stupid "reforms" that invariably turn sour for the Poland.

Well, SLD seemd be exception to the rule, even having majority, they did nothing (too lazy?), thats why I liked them.

I no longer believe that any politician party is able to do anything good. So, as long as they just squable among themselvs, I am glad, as they dont have time to ruin everyone's life.

Life / Doctors taking bribes in Poland [76]

Now the damned bastards are demanding theirs bribes officially.
Recently I tried to find the doctor for my mother, for tarczyca (thyrod gland?)
They will not see anybody at this year. The first term I'd be able to find without giving the bribe would be at the December.

And at every registration boxoffice there is the piece of paper saying something like "Private visit=100 zl" If you pay, you can have the visit right away!

If you are polish endocrynologist and you read this post, I therfore spit in your face.

Travel / Poland from a Persian Tourist's Perspective [269]

So why change to the name of the country if they are not ashamed of it?
If someone wanted to change the name of Poland I would want to kick that someone... Hard.

Travel / Poland from a Persian Tourist's Perspective [269]

I have thought that Persia no longer exists?
Isnt it called Iran now?

Life / Do you think a smoking ban would be a good thing in Polish restaurants and Bars? [217]

If owner of the restaurant choose to ban smoking, it is his right, I'm OK with it.
But some goverment's almighty ban is just plainly wrong. And how it is that one nonsmoker can terrorize entire room? How so the right to nosmoking is more important then the right to smoking?

Life / Do you think a smoking ban would be a good thing in Polish restaurants and Bars? [217]

I gave up smoking almost 10 years ago, after 17 years of smoking, and the only times I'm tempted to start smoking again is when I hear about some new ban on smokig. Just to show government a finger. I mean HOW DARE THEM! Who they think they are? ;-)

Food / Polish culinary dislikes [83]

Cordial do not seem to sound right...
I used to buy her several liters of a spirit, she put cherries inside, and maybe a little sugar, and after weeks or months, not sure, I got wisnowka na spirytusie. When next time I visit my mother I intend to ask about the whole process :-)

Food / Polish culinary dislikes [83]

Well, it is not I had some aversion to Whinskey, but if I want light alcohol I drink beer, if I want something stronger I drink vodka.

Whinskey is somewhere in between, somewhat pointless, unless you feel snobish today.

History / Life in communism vs democracy in Poland [234]

For me that fatman looks like some communist party lider.

On topic: as one who experienced both systems, in capitalism it is possible for someone who works his posterior off and enjoys at least a little luck to move from the lowest income brackets to a position of comparative affluence.

In comunism, it is pointles to even try.

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]

The estern doors? I can believe that! ;-)

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]

And humans tastes like chickens. Or was that lizards?
Now, that I call foreign cuisine.

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]

Well, golonko IS delicious. But horses should not be eaten. It would feel almost like eating human being. As a matter of fact, some horses are more humanly then men.

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]

Sure. And leeches on sugar or brain of the monky it delicious too. For the right people. I, for one, would rather not find out. Thank you very much :-)

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]

Why I find sea food disgusting? Maybe because I live as far from the sea as possible in Poland (on the south, in the mountains at the south, near Bieslko- Biala). Once I have eaten pizza with sea food, I was competly drunk back then though.

And that hamburger meat had many small legs.... Even owner of the foodstand hardly could stand the smell as she was cooking... But enough spieces and people where standing in lines to buy this stuf.

Maybe today, or in other countries, with new sanitary regulatons, it is different. But I would not bet on that.

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]

Frankly eyeballs, shrimp or crab are the things I would never have eaten. It has nothing to do with Polish food, these things are just digusting (for me).

And I would never have eaten anythig from foodstand. Polish or American, or whatever. I was working at hamburger foodstand as a student, and I know what kind of meat they are using. It moves on it's own.

Life / Russian Language - is it offensive if I speak it to Polish people? [69]

Offensive? Hardly.
But not too many people will understand you. Even "the older ones".
I, for one, will hit 40 in couple of days, and I cannot even remember all letters of the Russian alphabet. Sure, I had to lern it at school, but it was long ago.

Maybe it is becouse my school years was taking place at the eighties, at the time one tried to get the lowest possible grades (that still let you to graduate to the next class) of "the language of the enemy", least one would be considered a "komuch" (commie) and face some serious ostracism.

Maybe people in theirs sixties or so will understand Russian language better, not sure.