rybnik
6 Feb 2013
News / Amb. W. Sobków's response to G. Coren's "Today I am make first column in Polski" [59]
when will all this Jew v Pole end????
will it ever end???
when will all this Jew v Pole end????
will it ever end???
rybnik
30 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polish women that go "off the rails" in London [15]
not a good idea
Maybe I should move to Zabrze :-)
not a good idea
rybnik
30 Jan 2013
Love / Polish Catholic girl - do you have the same relationship problem as me? [28]
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ultimately, your parent s will get over it :)
Live your life before it passes you by.
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ultimately, your parent s will get over it :)
rybnik
28 Jan 2013
History / Do Silesia people consider themselves to be Silesians, not Poles nor Germans? [15]
the Silesians I know, and I know a few, live in the Zabrze - Rybnik region. They feel very Polish and are proud, as they have a right to, of their Silesian background.
They feel mostly German and speak an German dialect.
the Silesians I know, and I know a few, live in the Zabrze - Rybnik region. They feel very Polish and are proud, as they have a right to, of their Silesian background.
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]
I just came back from Belgium.
I'm not impressed with the beer.
Sorry
I just came back from Belgium.
I'm not impressed with the beer.
Sorry
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]
my gripe against Polish beers is that they lack depth.
they are shallow, IMHO, as compared to say Slovakian beers (Złoty Bażant) and Czech beers (any of their delicious pilsners).
my gripe against Polish beers is that they lack depth.
they are shallow, IMHO, as compared to say Slovakian beers (Złoty Bażant) and Czech beers (any of their delicious pilsners).
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Love / Annoying sister-in-law of my Polish hubby [30]
i did
Did you know that the tsar Ivan the Terrible killed his son for disobedience
i did
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Love / Annoying sister-in-law of my Polish hubby [30]
seriously, if your in-laws are like my ex-in-laws, you are done!
Poles of their ilk can carry a grudge like nobody's business (my Mom, God rest her soul, included).
What can you do?
Depends
If you want to make peace and bring things back to where they were (more or less), then apologize.
If you don't give a rat's a.., do nothing (as my ex did).
Good Luck!
It ain't easy I know
Wat can I do now?
seriously, if your in-laws are like my ex-in-laws, you are done!
Poles of their ilk can carry a grudge like nobody's business (my Mom, God rest her soul, included).
What can you do?
Depends
If you want to make peace and bring things back to where they were (more or less), then apologize.
If you don't give a rat's a.., do nothing (as my ex did).
Good Luck!
It ain't easy I know
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Life / Question on the average Parish in Poland [6]
known as the Polish National Catholic Church here in the States
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_National_Catholic_Church
It's called the Polish Catholic Church
known as the Polish National Catholic Church here in the States
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_National_Catholic_Church
rybnik
21 Jan 2013
Life / Heroes/heroines of Poland's pop culture [27]
Ojciec Matejusz also shils for a coffee company..."ta kawa kusi mnie"
lol
Ojciec Matejusz also shils for a coffee company..."ta kawa kusi mnie"
lol
rybnik
21 Jan 2013
History / An American studying medicine in the PRL 1978-1985: my story [142]
Every group has its characters and our group of Polonia was no different. Ziutek, or Barry as he like to be called, was an ebullient, fast-talking, used car salesman-of-a-guy, who always looked as if he stepped right out of a "Saturday Night Fever" movie set( open button-down silk shirt replete with thin gold chain nestled in a field of sparse chest hair). This Chicagoan by way of Poland was always happy which naturally made all us Polonians mistrustful of him. "No one can be this happy, this consistently and be worthy of trust" was the prevailing sentiment. I suspect Ziutek, pardon me, Barry was well aware of what people thought of him but as all "naturally high" people of his ilk do they keep on being happy. To hell with the rest of us! He kept on smiling, laughing and slapping backs. This thickly-accented Windy City refugee would have made a superb political operative (perhaps he is).
Despite his efforts to make us all comfortable in his presence, Barry had one disquieting feature which he was utterly powerless to control namely his one prosthetic eye. Speaking to someone with a glass eye is a very uneasy exercise. Anyone who has done it knows of what I speak. You don't know which eye to focus on! It really keeps you off balance. But you know what? As in all uneasy situations in life, one gets used to it. And so it was with us in DS Piast: we all got used to it.
The month was December, the year 1978. Both PT, my roomate, and I were stressing over the fact that neither of us had a place nailed down to spend Sylwester (New Year's Eve). "What were we going to do" we mused? "For God's sake we can't spend it here in the dorm" moaned PT! "We've got to figure something out" I remember saying nervously.
So it was like a scene from a movie. I remember shortly after saying those words, our short-statured, monocular, Slavic-accented genie-of-a-man came into our room and said " any of you kurwas want to spend Sylwester with me and my family"? Unanimously, PT and I answered "sure where does your family live"? The answer floored us. "Bukowina" he said.
My God, we're going to a Góralski Sylwester!!..............................
Every group has its characters and our group of Polonia was no different. Ziutek, or Barry as he like to be called, was an ebullient, fast-talking, used car salesman-of-a-guy, who always looked as if he stepped right out of a "Saturday Night Fever" movie set( open button-down silk shirt replete with thin gold chain nestled in a field of sparse chest hair). This Chicagoan by way of Poland was always happy which naturally made all us Polonians mistrustful of him. "No one can be this happy, this consistently and be worthy of trust" was the prevailing sentiment. I suspect Ziutek, pardon me, Barry was well aware of what people thought of him but as all "naturally high" people of his ilk do they keep on being happy. To hell with the rest of us! He kept on smiling, laughing and slapping backs. This thickly-accented Windy City refugee would have made a superb political operative (perhaps he is).
Despite his efforts to make us all comfortable in his presence, Barry had one disquieting feature which he was utterly powerless to control namely his one prosthetic eye. Speaking to someone with a glass eye is a very uneasy exercise. Anyone who has done it knows of what I speak. You don't know which eye to focus on! It really keeps you off balance. But you know what? As in all uneasy situations in life, one gets used to it. And so it was with us in DS Piast: we all got used to it.
The month was December, the year 1978. Both PT, my roomate, and I were stressing over the fact that neither of us had a place nailed down to spend Sylwester (New Year's Eve). "What were we going to do" we mused? "For God's sake we can't spend it here in the dorm" moaned PT! "We've got to figure something out" I remember saying nervously.
So it was like a scene from a movie. I remember shortly after saying those words, our short-statured, monocular, Slavic-accented genie-of-a-man came into our room and said " any of you kurwas want to spend Sylwester with me and my family"? Unanimously, PT and I answered "sure where does your family live"? The answer floored us. "Bukowina" he said.
My God, we're going to a Góralski Sylwester!!..............................
rybnik
19 Jan 2013
Love / Family Friend Daughter from Poland and I started talking (long distance) [11]
don't mind if I do
you're overthinking this.
I guarantee that you will forever regret the fact that you never got to know her.
It will haunt you.
go ahead
talk to her some more.
maybe she's got similar reservations about you (you being older; you being an American; you living so far away)
go ahead.
śmiało
na przód!
Please let me know what you guys think
don't mind if I do
you're overthinking this.
I guarantee that you will forever regret the fact that you never got to know her.
It will haunt you.
go ahead
talk to her some more.
maybe she's got similar reservations about you (you being older; you being an American; you living so far away)
go ahead.
śmiało
na przód!
rybnik
19 Jan 2013
Travel / My impressions from Poland [26]
I know. I know.
fried cheese and marmalade???
never, ever heard of it.
possibly a Góralski thing?
I know. I know.
fried cheese and marmalade???
never, ever heard of it.
possibly a Góralski thing?
rybnik
18 Jan 2013
Travel / BIGGEST MOSQUE IN POLAND! - Gdansk [42]
couldn't care less Paulina
my point is the great religions of the world all preach peace and love
it's the corrupt leaders that lead some astray.
She isn't a Roman Catholic, rybnik, she's an atheist ;)
couldn't care less Paulina
my point is the great religions of the world all preach peace and love
it's the corrupt leaders that lead some astray.
rybnik
18 Jan 2013
Travel / My impressions from Poland [26]
the OP's account blew my mind!
In the PRL-days the station and the area aroung the Pałac were uber safe
Hahaha! I thought the same thing!!!
the OP's account blew my mind!
In the PRL-days the station and the area aroung the Pałac were uber safe
-Polish president and prime minister
I had no idea they were the identical twins! Dear God! :)
I had no idea they were the identical twins! Dear God! :)
Hahaha! I thought the same thing!!!
rybnik
18 Jan 2013
Travel / BIGGEST MOSQUE IN POLAND! - Gdansk [42]
now there's a quote, Des Essientes, I can 100% embrace
++1
don't believe it!
Muslims arrived in Polish-Lithuanian territory centuries ago
now there's a quote, Des Essientes, I can 100% embrace
We must do everything to contain religious warfare in Poland.
++1
Most Poles that Ive encountered are racists
don't believe it!
rybnik
18 Jan 2013
Travel / BIGGEST MOSQUE IN POLAND! - Gdansk [42]
an example of a religion that's bad for us?
please do not include religious fanatics. If you do, then you must include the ones of the Roman Catholic persuasion also.
I think it's important to remember that all religions are not equal.
Some are worse for the rest of us than others.
Some are worse for the rest of us than others.
an example of a religion that's bad for us?
please do not include religious fanatics. If you do, then you must include the ones of the Roman Catholic persuasion also.
rybnik
17 Jan 2013
News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]
really?
obviously someone who is ignorant of Poles and their history
my family certainly thought this
Just on this forum some guy asks why he receives blank stares in Poland when he speak Russian to people
really?
obviously someone who is ignorant of Poles and their history
That you are all rich there?
my family certainly thought this
rybnik
17 Jan 2013
News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]
yes it is
by the same token, we Americans were exhausted after awhile dispelling all the nonsense the PRL-propaganda machine had fed the Poles
yes it is
by the same token, we Americans were exhausted after awhile dispelling all the nonsense the PRL-propaganda machine had fed the Poles
rybnik
16 Jan 2013
rybnik
16 Jan 2013
News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]
when I was going to school back in the day these were the ones that always raised an eyebrow whenever I told my fellow Americans that I study in Poland:
1)where's Poland?
2) they have medical schools there?
3) they let Americans in? (maybe in hindsight not so stupid)
What's the stupidest question asked about Poland?
when I was going to school back in the day these were the ones that always raised an eyebrow whenever I told my fellow Americans that I study in Poland:
1)where's Poland?
2) they have medical schools there?
3) they let Americans in? (maybe in hindsight not so stupid)
rybnik
13 Jan 2013
News / Lustration in Poland: Should Polish ex- SB officers get big rents? [42]
Oh no.
Say it isn't so.
Oh no.
Say it isn't so.
rybnik
13 Jan 2013
News / Lustration in Poland: Should Polish ex- SB officers get big rents? [42]
Ironside
I mean what I said earlier.
Get it all out - one big purge.
We all know this really needs to happen.
I don't understand what do you mean
Ironside
I mean what I said earlier.
Get it all out - one big purge.
We all know this really needs to happen.
rybnik
13 Jan 2013
News / Lustration in Poland: Should Polish ex- SB officers get big rents? [42]
I'm talking "truth and reconciliation'!.
I'm talking "truth and reconciliation'!.
rybnik
10 Jan 2013
News / Lustration in Poland: Should Polish ex- SB officers get big rents? [42]
he's dying of cancer
yes we should care
I've always maintained that Poland would do very well by following in South Africa's footsteps
by creating its own "truth and reconciliation commission"
air out all the dirty laundry; remove all the skeletons from all the closets.
and then forgive and get on with modern life
Poland and Poles need to exorcise these demons now and be done with it for good.
(one long, big purge would be good for the country's soul)
What's the worse that's happened to Jaruzelski
he's dying of cancer
Should we still care for what happened n 1981/1970?
yes we should care
I've always maintained that Poland would do very well by following in South Africa's footsteps
by creating its own "truth and reconciliation commission"
air out all the dirty laundry; remove all the skeletons from all the closets.
and then forgive and get on with modern life
Poland and Poles need to exorcise these demons now and be done with it for good.
(one long, big purge would be good for the country's soul)
rybnik
10 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]
I just ordered it myself!
I love this book:)I can fully recomend it.
I just ordered it myself!
rybnik
10 Jan 2013
Life / sweet words to use in Poland with shopkeepers [14]
Is this true???
Has it really gotten like that?
Back in the day it was omnipresent, the "Dzien dobry" and "Dowidzenia" spoken in shops.
Normal people usually only say "Dzień dobry (Good day)", but as being already said - this is not so common in Poland
Is this true???
Has it really gotten like that?
Back in the day it was omnipresent, the "Dzien dobry" and "Dowidzenia" spoken in shops.
rybnik
10 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]
you're kidding right?
huh?
why would you think that?
it is for the benefit of perverted gynaecologists who want to control the dangerous vagina
as part of the patriarchal system?
as part of the patriarchal system?
you're kidding right?
show me a male gynaecologist and i will show you a weird pervert...
huh?
why would you think that?
rybnik
21 Dec 2012
Life / Where have all the carollers in Poland gone? [9]
that's nice
did they do that during PRL-days?
In my part of Wrocław and Zielona Góra they never did :(
Kid carollers still roam around my block of flats each Christmas. :):):)
that's nice
did they do that during PRL-days?
In my part of Wrocław and Zielona Góra they never did :(
rybnik
11 Dec 2012
News / PiS wants symmetry for minorites living in Poland [71]
Yes.
Very well said
Remembering history is one thing, being stuck in the past and needlessly living in fear of your neighbors is another.
Yes.
Very well said