News / UN threatens ''Poland's windows of life" [24]

And don't forget... embracing Catholicism would fix all of society's problems! ;) lol

Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]


if you spent all your time going with Africans before you met your husband, then I think I know you! lol

Language / What has been the hardest language for you to learn? [81]


Cantonese, without a doubt.

Simply because, apart from English-influenced words like "bai bai" (bye!) there's nothing which sounds/looks like any European language. Speaking Polish is no help; but, rather bizarrely, speaking Czech is :0 As I'm heading to my beloved HK again soon, it's out with the CDs and books again. I'll never be fluent (unless I win the lottery tomorrow lol) but I've always liked a challenge :) A lot of European people don't like the sound of it though. And you can console yourself with this: if you think an upset, nagging Polish girl sounds annoying, you haven't lived until you hear a HK Chinese girl go off on one. But it's worth it, because they are so sexy :D

News / Weronika Szmajdzianska crowned Miss Global Teen 2012 [8]


I couldn't agree more. Now, if only the media would promote some real role models (many of whom are also attractive) instead of these chavvy wannabe WAGs like all those useless Corrie "actresses", reality TV "stars", etc.


Indeed! It's like they allowed Rod Stewart to choose the world's best-looking women, "as long as you don't pick any blondes" lol.

Though I must say, if the winner lightened her hair a bit, she would look almost identical to my ex-wife. very hot. :)


It's all subjective though ;)

Just because the world's most beautiful teenager is Polish, it doesn't necessarily mean that Poland has the most beautiful women in the world, or that all Polish women are the world's most beautiful. The first time I went to Hong Kong, I was amazed at how many beautiful women were there, and it made me laugh when I thought about all the "Polish women are the most beautiful in the world" nonsense on here, while I was walking around with my eyes popping out all day long.

That never happens in Poland. In fact, the last time I was in PL (a few weeks ago), the best looking women were Ukrainian or Russian (not sure which, but I understood a little of the conversation, before it turned into incomprehensible speech, which usually means Russian or something very similar to me lol), and another girl, who I was probably Italian or possibly even something a bit more Eastern.

In fact, I've never met a Pole who agrees with all this stuff about Polish women being the most beautiful in the world, so it's not just me. When asked, the vast majority of Poles (in my experience) would say that Mediterranean women (particularly Spanish and Italian) are the world's most beautiful. But if anyone's obsessed with Polish women, who am I to convince them otherwise? lol

Life / You are Polish if... [433]


Four out of five, that's enough for me :)


That's exactly it - if you're not a religious Pole, then you are some kind of evil "destroyer of Polishness and Poland, and promoter of Western decadence" in his opinion. It's nonsense.

Life / Why is Szczecin the most expensive Polish city? [5]

The tags at the bottom say "Polish girls" three times - perhaps that's why :D

No, seriously... it's the same over here - why are bus fares twice as high in low-pay Greater Manchester than in well-paid London? Or why is council tax in scummy Salford higher than in certain well-heeled London boroughs?

The answer is probably to do with the following: lack of subsidies, and fewer working people supporting those who can't/won't pay. Or simply good old fashioned inefficiency.

News / More Poles speak English than French or Spanish! [34]


I'm sure this is the case in many countries; it's certainly the case in Hong Kong, for example - while English is an official language there (unlike in Poland), many people are not confident to reply in English, but often understand the basics (and can reply by typing a price into a calculator, as one example, lol).

Personally, I have no idea how well English is spoken in Poland, because I've never spoken English in Poland, except to a few lost foreigners who needed directions. On the few occasions where passport control have opened my UK passport and asked me a question in English, I've always replied in Polish. Few of my relatives in Poland know much English, though - those who stayed, never felt the need to learn. Those who left, seemed to have learned so they could leave :D

News / Stiffer traffic rules in Poland? [32]


Think like a pr*ck, more like.

The phrase "Darwin award winners" springs to mind.

Love / How do I tell her how I feel? Working with a Polish woman. [24]

Take it as a lesson learned for future reference - remember, the early bird catches the worm ;)

However, as a cynic with many years of experience of Polish women, one could argue that you've been saved the indignity of being dumped when she decides to go home to be nearer to "mamusia", admits that she's actually got a husband back home and wants to give it another go, or offers you the... ahem... "choice" of moving to Poland with her (or it's over if you don't). And you won't have to learn what words like obowiązek alimentacyjny and sąd rodzinny mean :D

Good luck next time though ;)

UK, Ireland / Polish electronic music god Robert Babicz comes to London 23 November [3]

hehe... Rob Acid's back. I think he only plays boring tech-house now though. Not hard enough for me :)

Love / Polish couples living out of wedlock? [108]

Which pretty much sums up your real agenda, doesn't it.

Life / Please help me, with deciding a good Polish name for my baby boy :) [48]


It's like calling your kid "dresiarz" or "blokers" lol :)

Love / Polish couples living out of wedlock? [108]

Oh ffs, not this cr*p again.


It's not a sin unless you're an observant member of a religion!! Capisce???


Are still just as human, and should have the same rights, as babies born to married couples.


Good!

Indoctrinating babies, when they are too young to understand, is no longer considered acceptable by many people. And they are less likely to endure the "Pan Bóg Cię ukarze" threats I had to put up with - which is also a good thing.


I would think that is pretty obvious.

UK, Ireland / 'Drajwować karę' in the UK? [19]

As there are lots of Britons in relationships with Polish people, I wonder how long it's going to be until the reverse happens?

Considering that most of the dumping is likely to be done by Polish women, I wonder if we will soon hear words like aliments, dziwkas, and blacharas on PF and on the streets?

Almost as bad as "pierogies"! lol

UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]


Spoken like someone who has never worked a day in his life. Otherwise, you would understand what the phrase "in the course of one's employment" means, and why you sometimes have to keep it shut if you want to keep your job.


It's also clear that the number of bigoted rants posted on an internet forum are inversely proportional to the amount of sexual intercourse experienced by the offending poster. I should post a formula to demonstrate how this may be proven :D

UK, Ireland / Are Poles in the UK more prone to Thievery? [37]


LOL, pwnage! :)

Sometimes I wonder if this hudsonhicks guy can even read his own language!

Then again, his "own language" probably also means Hindi or Punjabi :)

News / Qatar Airways opens contact centre in Wroclaw! [27]


Indeed. As I'm going to be in HK again soon, I'm seriously considering using the connection from WAW, and combining it with a sneaky trip to PL on the way lol.

UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]

Unfortunately I'm only UK Polonia lol, but I can quite happily watch Polish TV or Polish DVDs all day long.

Polish music, on the other hand... no.

Most of it, to my ears, sounds like a lame copy of UK/US music.

However, when it comes to death metal, there is no-one British who can even try and come close to Decapitated - they are just so great at what they do, it's hard to believe they're from Poland lol.

Language / Weird Polish dialect [15]

This is a start: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwara_pozna%C5%84ska

UK, Ireland / What's the best Polish restaurant in London? [26]


Serve it on top of a large placek kartoflany which has been specially shaped with one of those pastry-cutter things.
Put some thinly-sliced cucumber arranged in a "bonfire" shape on top (you won't eat it, it's just there to make it look posh lol)

Pour some of the sauce around the plate in that stupid "posh restaurant" style.
Throw some finely-chopped fresh herbs around the plate, and you've got posh Bigos.

Then again, I'm just the man who invented balti pierogi, so what would I know :D

UK, Ireland / What's the best Polish restaurant in London? [26]

+1

Hardly surprising for the area though; I worked round there for years, so I'm not surprised that a once fairly cheap traditional restaurant has taken the "poncey" route.

UK, Ireland / What's the best Polish restaurant in London? [26]

Some of the reviews seemed to think it was, lol. I must admit I was a bit surprised.

UK, Ireland / What's the best Polish restaurant in London? [26]


So my favourite Polish plumper is muscling-in on the London market now??? lol, I'm so out of touch! :D Judging by my walk around town yesterday, she seems to own half the "tablecloth" restaurants in Kraków now :0

hehe, I used to go there with my wife, so we're talking quite some time ago (early to late 1990s). it wasn't exactly a Michelin restaurant back then, but we knew what to expect - traditional Polish food, in an old-style Polish atmosphere (i.e., one which anyone who grew up in the UK's Polish clubs would understand).

Not quite the sort of place you would take a new girlfriend to, but definitely OK to go to with 'er indoors :) We always preferred our own respective mum's cooking though.

The best place back then was the Patio on the corner of Goldhawk Road, W12 - wonderful food, a proper Polish "dining room" atmosphere, but (in true Polish style) the restaurant was too hot lol. Judging by reviews, it's gone downhill since then.


Always felt a bit out-of-place there, like we were too young to go. Come to think of it, I probably still feel too young to go there. Mind you, I hardly look like a typical middle-aged Pole, lol

UK, Ireland / Canada targets UK Poles to fill labour shortage [19]


Sounds like Canada is following the UK model: force its workers to accept worsening conditions, reduced pay and increasing hours... but the lazy and useless get everything for free, and don't even have to get up at 6am like I have to!


I've never believed the hype about Australia, either. Way too hot, increasingly expensive, and they don't have any water :D

News / Curb shack-up privileges - black MP John Goodson appealing to the labour minister [21]


Nowhere near as laughable as Christians who believe that non-Christians should be subject to the same rules; and, if they refuse to accept those rules, they are branded as (your words) "deviant". There's nothing "deviant" about sex outside marriage, unless you're religious - in which case, you are free not to break this rule. These rules do not apply to me, as I'm not religious. This doesn't make me a bad person, just a non-religious one. People were having sex outside marriage thousands of years before "modern" religions existed and imposed their pointless rules on everyone.

Besides, if children are indeed a "gift from God", as you Christians often proclaim, then please explain why God chooses to deliver those gifts to victims of rape, or why it's possible to get your sister pregnant? That's a funny interpretation of the rules on so-called "fornication" and adultery, don't you think? Then again, as priests seem to love sex with little boys, it's not just the secular who deserve to be described as "deviant".


+1

It could make me hate Christians as well. Fortunately, most Christians are decent people, and are not represented by some clueless, bigoted PiS-supporting Pol-Am.

News / Curb shack-up privileges - black MP John Goodson appealing to the labour minister [21]


Then it's time they left the Dark Ages and stopped their unwelcome, patronising preaching to those who do not wish to be converted. Some people aren't interested in being "saved" - get over it. If you think you need saving, then fine - go and get saved!

The most ironic thing is, Africans were originally far more spiritual than the colonisers who violently imposed a certain so-called superior religion upon them.


That's a separate off-topic issue, so stop trolling.

Of the most sickening values I can think of, most exist in ultra-religious countries, and not secular ones.

If you want to go back to Old Testament times, then perhaps you should move to somewhere where stoning for adultery or homosexuality is the punishment. I'm not gay or an adulterer, but I would rather live in a country with laws which are too liberal than one where laws are too extreme, particularly if they are backed up by religious beliefs. In case you haven't noticed, these countries are full of people who would gladly escape to a "sick" country like yours.

What people do in their bedrooms is NOTHING to do with you, and it should be nothing to do with politicians, and nothing to do with priests or vicars - unless you are a practising member of a particular religion. In which case, you are free to accept their rules, and accept their punishments. Or is stoning and burning only applicable to members of certain groups/ethnicities, and not offending Pol-Ams? That reminds me of a certain dodgy Austrian bloke with an even dodgier moustache - which certain US Polonia seem to worship. What a coincidence.


Many of us (expats as well as UK Polonia) are still waiting for the reply :D

News / 2012 - 2013 Will be the most severe Polish winter. [38]

Unlucky indeed, lol.

One day, I will eventually see Polish snow - when I get snowed-in and stranded at the airport probably, haha.

Study / Phd Studies in Polish Academy of Sciences or University of Economics Poznan? [5]

lol, this is a wind-up.

Who on earth gets admitted to a university at doctorate level, without knowing anything about the institution's prestige and reputation? Or, more to the point, who would elect to undertake such high-level studies without learning about the above?

Unless it's one of those people you see on "UK Border Force" who claim to be studying for "Business Work Degree" at the "London College of Managerial Management and Science"... while this really means "working illegally in a private hire firm or take-away, because the college doesn't exist or is under investigation" :D

News / 2012 - 2013 Will be the most severe Polish winter. [38]


Like the overused "tired of London, tired of life" quote, this is not strictly correct.

This only applies to colder weather. If it's too hot, and you're already in your birthday suit, it's bad weather, not the wrong clothes :)

Unfortunately, I work with a bunch of wimpy zmarzlaki who think that 23 degrees is "cold" :(


Whenever I've been in Poland in winter, it's always rained! I've still never seen snow on Polish soil (except high up in the Tatry, but that doesn't really count) - we get more "Polish winters" here! lol

News / Kudos to RCC for turning Poland into a laughingstock... again. [38]


Yet they seem to be quite happy to accept a foreign religion, lol.