News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


Currently, temperatures in the Arctic are 20C above normal (-5 instead of -25). And if 2016 is confirmed as the hottest year ever, it will mean that 16 out of the 17 hottest years ever recorded would have been in this century

News / Jesus Christ is Now Officially the King of Poland [164]

Maybe they are taking their cue from the French surrealist Alfred Jarry and his play "Ubu Roi" . It is a parody of Shakespeare's Macbeth with bits of Hamlet and King Lear tossed in. "The action is in Poland, meaning anywhere" . Here is the plot.

Ubu kills Venceslas the King of Poland and all the nobles; " I have the honor to let you know that in order to make the kingdom richer I will kill all the nobles and steal their money". Ubu's henchman gets thrown into prison; he then escapes to Russia, where he gets the Tsar to declare war on Ubu. As Ubu fights the Tsar, his wife tries to steal money that Ubu has stashed in the palace. Ubu has, in the meantime, defeated the Russians, and has also been attacked by a bear. Ubu's wife pretends to be the angel Gabriel, in order to try to scare Ubu into forgiving her for her attempt to steal from him.

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


Crow, are you out of mind? . Everyone knows Mugabe is a racist dictator of the worst kind.

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


Do you seriously believe that the entire US (or western) media just wrote whatever the Clintons told them to?


Defended Europe and Poland against whom?

News / Poland And the Pope: Not Happening, Apparently [58]


A priest I knew drove around in one of those sporty Alfa Romeos. Used to generate quite a lot of gossip in the parish !

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


How will killing 100 mios people stop global warming?

News / Poland And the Pope: Not Happening, Apparently [58]

@Atch

+2, on the spot, Atch! Plus of course Pope Francis is not a Pole..

History / German history of my new home in Poland [30]


I do admire your precision Ziemowit; but then where was Silesia before 990??

News / An EU army. Impact on Poland [155]


except in Mali, Liberia, Congo, Centrafrica, Guinea, Lebanon, Syria, Irak .. where French (non medical) troops are on the ground

Genealogy / Create gene bank of Slavic and therefore Polish people? [44]


yes, and since history is facetious (or God, depending on your inclination), you have the exact mirror with the Gagaouzes, who are Christian Turks.

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


From Trump to Tramp, just one letter.. A reminder that the Tarpeian rock is not far from the Capitol?


Not sure I get it..

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]

Crow

You don't think that Merkel (and many others) not liking Trump as President has more to do with values he defends than with Serbia or Silesia?

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]

The nomination of General Flynn as national security advisor to D Trump is interesting and maybe a little worrying for Poland. He used to appear regularly as an analyst on RT and attended in 2015 a gala dinner in Moscow in honor of the channel, sitting at the same table as V Putin..

USA, Canada / Has anyone with a US or CDN passport recently been subjected to the "Passport Trap" in Poland? [29]

@mafketis

Indeed, and that is the rule applied by many other countries apart from Poland

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]

Heavy petting might even be possible but further is unthinkable, the Bear does not recognize same sex wedding!

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


That's because they are newcomers and therefore the only ones who walk.. Longtime Angelinos only travel by car !!

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


Unfortunately, you're right.. Still, the Trump-Putin show will certainly be fun to enjoy watching!

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


Looking forward to the first meeting of the quatuor of "strong men" (Trump, Putin, Xi Jinping and Erdogan), it will be fun. Is Merkel now the real leader of the free world?? And what is the reaction by the Polish govt to the US election outcome?

News / What impact will Donald Trump's election have on Poland? [331]


But Polonia (especially US based Polonia) pushed for a Trump victory. Are you saying that they were desperately misguided?

Love / Do Polish guys understand subtlety? [8]


You are onto something there. While Poles (certainly the older generation) have manners and finesse, more than in the West, it is also my experience that that things need to be said more "in their face" for them to understand.

UK, Ireland / How might Britain`s withdrawal from EU affect Poles there and here? [474]


Maybe he is a little hard of hearing?

News / Visegrad Battle Group under the command of Poland [261]

My universe is the real one, where Russia is a country with a deep and admirable culture, but where unfortunately the individual counts for nothing. A country that only knows one type of behaviour, that of the bully; a country that only knows one type of relationship with its neighbours, a relationship based on fear/ force. Does this answer your question??

News / Visegrad Battle Group under the command of Poland [261]

Crowie You are the living proof that the latest theories about multiple/parallel universes are true, you live in one such universe!

News / 10 year prison sentence for Polish lorry driver who killed 4 people while driving and using his mobile phone [90]

@smurf

Yes and no. In fact their concern extends to the family (the clan) but the wider community they do not care about. I see exactly the same situation here in Turkey; if you're in the clan/family great, but outside of this they don' t care

News / 10 year prison sentence for Polish lorry driver who killed 4 people while driving and using his mobile phone [90]


Where are you living NoToForeigners??

News / Hypocritical PC dictatorship bans Polish film in Berlin [26]


I am not at all in favour of the conspirationnists' theories (either that the crash was caused by the Russians, or Crow's very own, that the crash was caused by Poland's NATO allies) but I find this 1.1/10 score way too low not to be suspicious, especially when the lowest ranked of IMDB bottom 100 films scores 1.5..

imdb.com/chart/bottom

News / 10 year prison sentence for Polish lorry driver who killed 4 people while driving and using his mobile phone [90]


And 40% of accidents by Brits abroad are caused by them driving on the wrong side of the road on the continent

mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/motorists-who-forget-drive-right-7608231

News / 10 year prison sentence for Polish lorry driver who killed 4 people while driving and using his mobile phone [90]


Are you saying that British drivers never use their phone while driving?? This is unfortunately a habit seen in every country and punishment should be much harsher for people caught phoning/texting and driving. They could for example be banned from driving and also from having a mobile phone for a period of time.


Or rather impulsivity which is unfortunately a part of many Poles' character..

Travel / In Poland, Can I cash an American Check? [14]

If it's a check for 80 USD, leave it at the bottom of your suitcase. Chances are that if you deposit it with a Polish bank, they will charge you a substantial portion of the face value in fees for processing and clearing it!