News / Brown's 'Bigotgate' and the debate about Poles [63]

I know what you mean, but I thought of you as of a person that condemns generalizations. I gues I was wrong.


We would all hold hands and dance in circless to emphisize our love and european unity.

News / Brown's 'Bigotgate' and the debate about Poles [63]


Have you seen Flower888 making any nasty remarks about other ppls?

History / Should visitors to Auschwitz pay an entrance fee? [82]


Just like Wrocław said, I think it already has boceme a tourist destination. Cracow - Wieliczka - Auschwitz are top must see-ers when it comes to Polish tourist atractions.

As for the initial question:


I don't think that we Poles have the right to point fingers and demand who should pay for the up-keep of the camp. I mean, why should todays germans pay for it? The only people, however, that should pay for it are those that still take profit from it's existance. And it should be done valunteerly. If Polish or Israeli government have the desire to build their nations national identity on this tradegy than they should pay...

Love / Are Polish men romantic and caring or... "plain"? [85]


Judging from the size of your reply he also hit a nerve, innit? :)

News / GERMANS WANT TO GERMANIZE KOPERNIK (COPERNICUS)! OUTRAGE! [1016]


Not at all. He was the one exception to the rule. ;)

News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]


Certainly, to die as a result of overdoing gherkins is nothing to be proud of. ;)

More seriously though, I found this decision to bury Lech at Wawel to match Jarosław's overblown ego, but the die was cast and there is nothing we can do about it. Plus, there are a lot of people that were allowed to be buried there purely because they were head of Rzeczpospolita, just like Lech Kaczyński was.

News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]


I wouldn't say that all of Poles are like that, but some definately are. Just check the news about a group of Polish workers demanding a right for 2 min of silence during their working hours, as if they couldn't mourn Kaczyński in their free time. But I agree with you that most of those putting flowers by the shrines really mean it.

As for Lech being burried at Wawel,... Well, if King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, whose greatest achievement was to stuff his mouth with food until he kicked the bucket, could be burried there, then why not Lech?

History / Why did Hitler kill so many Jews in Poland? [261]


"Kto się lubi, ten się czubi". :)

News / Sikorski or Komorowski for president? [32]

I bet that every morning Sikorski looks into a mirror and thinks "Jesus Radek, how do you do it that you look so damn good!"

UK, Ireland / Which country is more corrupt - Poland or the UK? [35]


But that means that people in Poland that had zero contact with the previous system are 20 years old and that the vast majority grew up in an enviroment where everything was a deficit product and where you really had to be rude, use your elbows and cut into the queue if you wanted to bring something back home to your family. These people won't change over night. They might even not change at all. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks or old habits die hard and stuff... ya know.

Life / Proper dose of life in Poland... the harsh realities. [64]


There are tons of things that need a serious work here, no doubt about that. After all, Poland is in a state of a transition... but WB is not just pointing them out. He sounds like a man on a verge of a mental breakdown. This place wears him down to much. But if he is destined to stay here at least for more several years he might as well focus more on the good things and ignore some of the petty things like dog **** or delapetated mercs on overflowed car parks. It will only serve him good and make the time spent here pass faster. Constantly repeating "I hate it here, I hate it here, I hate it here" will make this experiance a long and painful nightmare and a waste of his youth.

Life / Proper dose of life in Poland... the harsh realities. [64]

Wrocław Boy, life in Poland isn't a puff with custard, granted, but wouldn't it be better for you to focus more on the good than on the bad and ugly? You said it yourself that you will be out of here in few years... Why would you want to lose those years being negative about everything? I mean, we will never be again as young as we are right now. Make the best of what you have and in few years time you will be laughing about it in Ottawa or somewhearez....

Life / Doctors taking bribes in Poland [76]


Actually, according to some survey I stumbled uppon few weeks ago, the only nations that have worse teeth than Poles in the EU are Hungarians and Estonians. Maybe this myth should be changed? :)

Life / Doctors taking bribes in Poland [76]

I have never bribed a doctor, but than again I have never been in a sitution in which I would need to. I did hear a lot of stories about it though.

And when my wife got discharged after she gave birth to my daughter I did give the hospital staff some chocolates and coffe... Could we consider it a bribe or not? It was definately sooo PRL. :)

Genealogy / If your ancestors were in the "Wehrmacht"... [217]


Well actually I am not sure. It's from my father's side of the family. They could have been from all over the reich, it's just that every descendant of German setlers that moved to Wielkopolska in the 18 century were being called Bambry.

Genealogy / If your ancestors were in the "Wehrmacht"... [217]


Yeah, your family were die Polen, and mine were Bambry. :))

Genealogy / If your ancestors were in the "Wehrmacht"... [217]


Technically you are right. However it still leaves a lot of place for interpretation of the word German. Here where I live there are a lot of Vogels, Szulc's, Heagenbart's, Neuman's, Sperling's, etc and none of them actually can speak German. It's the same as it was during WWII. If you had a German name, you were asked to sign volkliste. Not signing it could mean future deportation to the Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete or a trip deep into the Reich to work as a slave labourer. It was a risk many would not take. Of course this doesn't mean that every wehrmacht soldier from Poznań or Nowy Tomyśl was actually drafted against their will. There were many that once captured by the allies told those stories just to save their own skin.

Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]


What? Do you really find that joke about ironing hilarious?

Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]


That might be true. But than again, most of them are not funny at all.

Food / Mother of all hangovers....Polish Beer! [71]


It's only sold in Wielkopolska. It used to be quite good back in the days, but since then the quality went down hill. All products made by Kompania piwowarska taste like bloody Carlsberg anyway. It's still better than Stella though. :)

Delphian, if you really want to try a proper beer from Wielkopolska, try Fortuna Czarne. This is where its at. :)


Welcome to the corporate world! There are still small breweries in Poland though, have no fear!

Isn't Pollock a fish?

Food / Polish culinary dislikes [83]


A Brit on a night out? ;P

Life / Why are Poles in other countries called "Plastic Poles"? [168]

The first time I came across this expression was on this very site. I think Harry was the one to use it first to belittle and offend some pol-am poster... but I may be wrong.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]

He does at times give a different impression, though.

History / WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? [900]


You repeat this over and over again, BBoy. Unfortunately, Treaty of Versailles can explain the outbreak of WWII and what the Nazis had done during it, but it certainly cannot justify it.

News / GERMANS WANT TO GERMANIZE KOPERNIK (COPERNICUS)! OUTRAGE! [1016]


Actually, I think it has very much to do with choosing. If it was only about blood ties than prince Charles would be German.

Life / BMW Poznan cutomer service is surprisingly good! [8]


Rome wasn't built in a day and stuff ya know.. :)

Life / 80% of Polish people are boring or can't party, why? [179]


Like 1993?

Life / 80% of Polish people are boring or can't party, why? [179]

I don't know guys. He openly aproves swimming naked, not considering the effect in may have on ones health. That's like one of the craziest things I have heard in my life.

He's one of them nutters, I tell ya! Crazy nutters!

Life / 80% of Polish people are boring or can't party, why? [179]

I bet that freebird can party like it was 1996!

He is no match for us boring polish gits. :)

Life / Why is cheating at schools in Poland accepted?! [155]

Yorkshire?