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7 Mar 2010
USA, Canada / Dual citizenship - US doesn't care if you don't give up Polish passport [103]

When becoming a US citizen, you are supposed to give up a passport of any other country.
I've been checking around, and US government does not prosecute, or seem to care about those that keep their Polish passport anyway.
But what about that oath you take at the US naturalization ceremony, which starts, and I quote:
"I hereby declare,
on oath,
that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen;..."
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7 Mar 2010
Travel / Poland from a Persian Tourist's Perspective [269]

Would you like me to comment on insignificant things?

Not a single particular example, just generalities... Not like any helpful travel report I've ever seen.
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7 Mar 2010
Travel / Poland from a Persian Tourist's Perspective [269]

call me suspicious, but Traveler sounds like one of our enterprising old posters trying to make a point from a new and "entirely different" angle.
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7 Mar 2010
Life / Doctors taking bribes in Poland [76]

welcome to capitalism, opts, where money talks. Like I said before, at least you know the money goes straight to the doctor, not 15 fat middlemen.
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7 Mar 2010
Off-Topic / ANYONE HEAR A STRANGE NOISE IN WARSAW....? [45]

when space shuttle lands at night in Central Florida, it causes some funny "that was close" moments. The landings are accompanied by a loud sonic boom, and even though the landings themselves are not that common, they have happened enough times so we realize within moments we are not getting nuked. But at night, being awoke from a dead sleep by a house rattling boom like someone just busted through the door, or wall... it's not uncommon to see the manly men running out of their homes with guns. In one case I know personally about, naked, but otherwise ready.
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6 Mar 2010
Life / Typical Examples of Polish Parking Entitlement (post yours) [57]

But why?? Is it because they are not expected to learn, while guys would be ashamed not to? I just don't get it. For me, a flawlessly executed parallel parking is a point of pride.

I know! We have to leave something for you guys to be better at. ;)
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6 Mar 2010
Life / Doctors taking bribes in Poland [76]

I always bribe doctors, as far as im concerned its a neccesity in Poland,

That is pretty depressing, especially since I understand why...
But, on the bright side, at least you know that money goes straight to the doctor, not to some overblown insurance company.
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6 Mar 2010
Life / Typical Examples of Polish Parking Entitlement (post yours) [57]

But that art of parking between two lines seems to be impossible for most Females.

you cannot think that, seriously. And if you do, why do you think that is?
I'm on quotes today. This one cracks me up:
“Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?” Artemus Ward
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6 Mar 2010
History / just before the war the Polish/Ukrainian szlachta learned Ukrainian [243]

To make all Poles fled, of course. To have new 'clean' Ukraine, maybe a little devastated, but clean from 'alien' elements: Poles, Jews, Czechs, Armenian. It was inspired by Nazi ideology.

And now every nation the the 1st world it trying to figure out how to control immigration. I see parallels.
We got the evil (Muslims) we all seem to agree on.
Right or wrong, it does present history in a different light.
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5 Mar 2010
Life / Typical Examples of Polish Parking Entitlement (post yours) [57]

mean how much of a complete dick do you really have to be

we have much bigger asses here, and SUVs are too common...... but this might amuse you - an official Hummer H2 salute!

fuh2.com

(check out some of the submissions)
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4 Mar 2010
News / Mass immigration to Poland - article and response [479]

Of course immigrants can be repatriatred in large numbers. Deportations take place on a daily basis.

I just keep reminding myself that if I want the right to live and work in a different country, I have to allow this right for others as well.
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4 Mar 2010
News / Mass immigration to Poland - article and response [479]

Immigrants are not gonna go away and those countries need to find more creative solutions to ease up the situation between the host country citizens and the immigrants.

I agree.
One thing that sticks in my memory, Dariusz, is one time I asked you if you can find anything positive about Muslim population in Norway, and you answered categorically no.
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4 Mar 2010
Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]

I really should not argue about Polish jokes, because I have a hard time thinking of any funny ones.
OK.. how about this one:
A Polish guy is walking along the beach in France. There are many beautiful women lying in the sun, and he really wants to meet one. But try as he might, the women don't seem to be at all interested. Finally, as a last resort, he walks up to a French guy lying on the beach who is surrounded by adoring women. "Excuse me," he says, taking the guy aside, "but I've been trying to meet one of those women for about an hour now, and I just can't seem to get anywhere with them. You're French. You know these women. What do they *want*?" "Maybe I can help a leetle beet," says the Frenchman. "What you do ees you go to zee store. You buy a leetle bikini sweeming suit. You walk up and down zee beach. You meet girl very qweekly zees way." "Wow! Thanks!" says the Polish guy, and off he goes to the store. He buys a skimpy red bathing suit, puts it on, and goes back to the beach. He parades up and down the beach but still has no luck with the ladies. So he goes back to the Frenchman. "I'm sorry to bother you again," he says, "but I went to the store, I got a swimsuit, and I *still* haven't been able to meet a girl." "Okay," says the Frenchman, "I tell you what you do. You go to zee store. You buy potato. You put potato in sweeming suit and walk up and down zee beach. You will meet girl very, very qweekly zees way." "Thanks!" says the guy, and runs off to the store. He buys the potato, puts it in the swimsuit, and marches up and down the beach. Up and down, up and down he walks, but the women will hardly even look at him. After half an hour he can't take it anymore and goes back to the Frenchman. "Look," he says, "I got the suit, I put the potato in it, and I walked up and down the beach-- and still nothing! What more can I do?" "Well," says the Frenchman, "maybe I can help you a leetle beet. Why don't you try moving zee potato to the *front* of zee sweeming suit?"
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4 Mar 2010
Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]

origin of Polish jokes came from when the Nazis invaded Poland and Hitler thought the Polish people were not not smart enough

This is not 50 years ago! We travel more, have TVs, computers. Chances are that all of the listeners had a chance to meet a Pole personally, and he probably was not an idiot, that's why these jokes are not so funny any more. Or, if they are funny, it's not because they are about a Polish person.

Cripes, I laugh at blond jokes all the time!
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4 Mar 2010
Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]

Guess you guys never heard of Howard Stern, huh? I think this is taken way too seriously. Doth thou protesteth too much?
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4 Mar 2010
Life / You are Polish if... [433]

So we have: Russians, Germans, Jews, gays, Ukrainians, Pakis, blacks, gypsies, Arabs and Martians.

Oh, and Kurdish, and Greeks and Turks!
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3 Mar 2010
Life / You are Polish if... [433]

Russains are top of that list

That's right! I forgot!
So we have: Russians, Germans, Jews, gays, Ukrainians, Pakis, blacks, gypsies, Arabs and Martians.
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3 Mar 2010
Life / You are Polish if... [433]

You've forgotten Martians and rainbow alliance...

yea, I was going to add: feel free to add on.
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3 Mar 2010
Life / You are Polish if... [433]

if you hate Germans, Ukrainians, Jews, blacks, Pakis, Arabs, gypsies...
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3 Mar 2010
UK, Ireland / Scotz barszcz magazine [10]

um.. because I don't have much to do with Scotland? BTW, is there any base to all the Scottish jokes in Poland being about extremely... frugal?