teflcat
22 Sep 2012
Law / Fags going up 60 groszy [13]
They were in a freight train box car.
Dunno how they coild roll 'em omn horseback in the slightest breeze,
They were in a freight train box car.
teflcat
21 Sep 2012
News / Children licking cream off a Polish priest's legs "inappropriate" says NGO [116]
Still feel like defending this, goofy?
i will not write about all you sick perverts that can think only about one thing
Still feel like defending this, goofy?
teflcat
21 Sep 2012
Law / Fags going up 60 groszy [13]
That's what I thought all my life, and of course it's true, but I've just finished reading Bound For Glory by Woody Guthrie, where I found, in chapter thirteen,
'"Schwartz, my name. Goddam this bull tobaccer!"
I told the other three men, "Believe I'll roll me one of them fags, if ya don't mind, an' then go out on top an' watch the tourists go past." '
btw Polonius, you use British English spelling (sort of) and British expressions. What's your UK angle?
SeanBM,we call them cigarettes.
That's what I thought all my life, and of course it's true, but I've just finished reading Bound For Glory by Woody Guthrie, where I found, in chapter thirteen,
'"Schwartz, my name. Goddam this bull tobaccer!"
I told the other three men, "Believe I'll roll me one of them fags, if ya don't mind, an' then go out on top an' watch the tourists go past." '
btw Polonius, you use British English spelling (sort of) and British expressions. What's your UK angle?
teflcat
21 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / Polish Biker condemned over 103mph wheelie in the UK [15]
In Poland, too.
In one of his books Stephen Fry tells the story of a lady in Moorfield's eye hospital in London who is waiting for corneal grafts. Her consultant tells her that they don't have any at the moment but becomes more optimistic when he looks out of the window and notices that it's raining. He was thinking of the certainty that one of the then many motorbike messengers would be along soon.
In Belgium we categorize them as "organ donors",
In Poland, too.
In one of his books Stephen Fry tells the story of a lady in Moorfield's eye hospital in London who is waiting for corneal grafts. Her consultant tells her that they don't have any at the moment but becomes more optimistic when he looks out of the window and notices that it's raining. He was thinking of the certainty that one of the then many motorbike messengers would be along soon.
teflcat
21 Sep 2012
News / Children licking cream off a Polish priest's legs "inappropriate" says NGO [116]
You can be absolutely sure of that.
At times I do wonder if this is the tip of iceberg as has been seen in other countries....
You can be absolutely sure of that.
teflcat
21 Sep 2012
News / Children licking cream off a Polish priest's legs "inappropriate" says NGO [116]
The fact that this could have happened at all worries me. The fact that some are shrugging it off, and even accusing those of us who are worried of having dirty minds is even more worrying.
That you can make such a comment is, frankly, worrying.
The fact that this could have happened at all worries me. The fact that some are shrugging it off, and even accusing those of us who are worried of having dirty minds is even more worrying.
teflcat
21 Sep 2012
Travel / Lublin ruined by arrival of Ryanair [33]
A brother of mine recently stayed at a hotel in Chester, in the UK, and was very pleasantly surprised that a beer cost him only 2.50GBP. He said that in, e.g. a trendy London pub you can pay as much as 5.00GBP for a pint of Stella Artois.
Perhaps this is one reason why some silly boys misbehave when abroad. There's also the tradition that everybody absolutely must get sh1t-faced on a stag night, wherever it is celebrated.
a question for the Brits- why do Brits go completely apeshit when on a stag week end?
A brother of mine recently stayed at a hotel in Chester, in the UK, and was very pleasantly surprised that a beer cost him only 2.50GBP. He said that in, e.g. a trendy London pub you can pay as much as 5.00GBP for a pint of Stella Artois.
Perhaps this is one reason why some silly boys misbehave when abroad. There's also the tradition that everybody absolutely must get sh1t-faced on a stag night, wherever it is celebrated.
teflcat
20 Sep 2012
USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]
To tell the truth, I think I went to a Mac Shack, where Russians were still filming each other eating (the days of having wedding receptions there were, I think, over by then).
could you pretend you were eating something else?
To tell the truth, I think I went to a Mac Shack, where Russians were still filming each other eating (the days of having wedding receptions there were, I think, over by then).
teflcat
20 Sep 2012
USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]
The owner had bought the display from somewhere and put it up over the counter to make the place look pretty. In fact, the restaurant just served the usual awful Russian food. "Is only for beautiful" could be back translated as "This display is just to make the place look pretty. Do you want borsch or fish with dill?"
What did you understand by that?
The owner had bought the display from somewhere and put it up over the counter to make the place look pretty. In fact, the restaurant just served the usual awful Russian food. "Is only for beautiful" could be back translated as "This display is just to make the place look pretty. Do you want borsch or fish with dill?"
teflcat
20 Sep 2012
USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]
Moscow, ca. 1996. Hungry and tired of fish with dill I spy a modern-looking fast food place. Above the counter they have the usual meal deals illustrated by back-lit photos. I ask for number one and the lady starts telling me something I don't understand. After a while she calls her colleague from behind the scenes. This lady has obviously been coached by her boss in a very useful English phrase, which she no doubt has to say many times every day. She clears her throat, gestures towards the display photos and says, "Is only for beautiful; is only for beautiful."
Then I saw the real menu and chose fish with dill.
I cracked up laughing and left.
Moscow, ca. 1996. Hungry and tired of fish with dill I spy a modern-looking fast food place. Above the counter they have the usual meal deals illustrated by back-lit photos. I ask for number one and the lady starts telling me something I don't understand. After a while she calls her colleague from behind the scenes. This lady has obviously been coached by her boss in a very useful English phrase, which she no doubt has to say many times every day. She clears her throat, gestures towards the display photos and says, "Is only for beautiful; is only for beautiful."
Then I saw the real menu and chose fish with dill.
teflcat
20 Sep 2012
News / Children licking cream off a Polish priest's legs "inappropriate" says NGO [116]
Love the headline: "Probe launched into Polish priest..."
Sounds like a good idea. Where the sun doesn't shine.
Yes I know it is the Mail
Love the headline: "Probe launched into Polish priest..."
Sounds like a good idea. Where the sun doesn't shine.
teflcat
18 Sep 2012
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]
So much so that I've walked out of shops a hundred times because of it. Hudders lives, so he says, in a nice seaside town where everyone is pink and life is peachy. Why, then does he... you know the rest.
if you actually had ever been to Poland, you'd know that the 'banter' here is far more natural and prolonged than in the UK.
So much so that I've walked out of shops a hundred times because of it. Hudders lives, so he says, in a nice seaside town where everyone is pink and life is peachy. Why, then does he... you know the rest.
teflcat
18 Sep 2012
Food / The great British teabag hunt thread [66]
Thanks for that image.
Delph, you should read The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo. We haven't given up on you yet.
black tea (especially in the morning) makes me projectile vomit
Thanks for that image.
That's like crime in a multi-storey car-park: wrong on so many levels.
Delph, you should read The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo. We haven't given up on you yet.
teflcat
18 Sep 2012
Life / Typical for the Poloniandists [171]
Nice one. OK Polonians! How much does a loaf of Baltonowski cost?
They live in a Skansen
Nice one. OK Polonians! How much does a loaf of Baltonowski cost?
teflcat
18 Sep 2012
Food / The great British teabag hunt thread [66]
Bleugh! Don't tell me you put UHT milk in tea. I stopped putting any dairy products in my cup decades ago, and now, when I'm back in blighty, I take my tea as nature intended there, too. Once you go black, you never go back. Or something like that.
I have no doubt that the excellent people at Twinings take the water into consideration. Their tea tastes great where I live, anyway.
this is a thread for us Brits who take our tea white!
Bleugh! Don't tell me you put UHT milk in tea. I stopped putting any dairy products in my cup decades ago, and now, when I'm back in blighty, I take my tea as nature intended there, too. Once you go black, you never go back. Or something like that.
Isn't that made near Poznan these days?
I have no doubt that the excellent people at Twinings take the water into consideration. Their tea tastes great where I live, anyway.
teflcat
18 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]
So shut the **** up and find another forum to pollute.
I live in a nice town by the sea, vast majority of the people are British, crime is low, streets are clean and tourists are aplenty ;)
So shut the **** up and find another forum to pollute.
teflcat
18 Sep 2012
Food / The great British teabag hunt thread [66]
The tea is only one component in a good brew. The water is the other. You have to find a tea that goes well with your local water. That's why blenders blend tea for particular areas. I've posted here before about the excellent 'Yorkshire Tea' brand, which tastes great in the north of England but awful in London.
The tea is only one component in a good brew. The water is the other. You have to find a tea that goes well with your local water. That's why blenders blend tea for particular areas. I've posted here before about the excellent 'Yorkshire Tea' brand, which tastes great in the north of England but awful in London.
teflcat
17 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / British - Stupidest nation in Europe [127]
hudsonhicks. It's not going to change, is it? The England you would like to see is never, ever going to happen. Are you going to let this bitterness eat you up for the rest of your life, or are you going to find a way of dealing with how you feel? If it bugs you so much, why not emigrate? I'm not kidding.
hudsonhicks. It's not going to change, is it? The England you would like to see is never, ever going to happen. Are you going to let this bitterness eat you up for the rest of your life, or are you going to find a way of dealing with how you feel? If it bugs you so much, why not emigrate? I'm not kidding.
teflcat
17 Sep 2012
Life / Polish Hiphop priest, Father Jakub Bartczak, releases video [9]
Like watching your dad disco dance at a wedding. All adults should know that kids regard anyone over 25 as extremely uncool (unless they are famous).
Pure embarrassment for all involved. Nothing worse than a priest or any member of any religious mumbo-jumbo trying to be down with the kids.
Like watching your dad disco dance at a wedding. All adults should know that kids regard anyone over 25 as extremely uncool (unless they are famous).
teflcat
15 Sep 2012
teflcat
15 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / British - Stupidest nation in Europe [127]
As far as I know the Dyplom folder is for their degree certificate. btw the Indeks is history now. First years last academic year were not issued with one. It's all done online now (nightmare).
As far as I know the Dyplom folder is for their degree certificate. btw the Indeks is history now. First years last academic year were not issued with one. It's all done online now (nightmare).
teflcat
15 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / British - Stupidest nation in Europe [127]
Do you mean the Indeks?
Ask to see their Indeks. It's a semester-by-semester record of their grades for each subject on their course. If they say it's in Poland, don't believe it. The degree and the Indeks go together when Polish graduates apply for jobs. As for cheating, don't get me started...
the "dyplom" (which is a little book thing)
Do you mean the Indeks?
She brought in a degree certificate
Ask to see their Indeks. It's a semester-by-semester record of their grades for each subject on their course. If they say it's in Poland, don't believe it. The degree and the Indeks go together when Polish graduates apply for jobs. As for cheating, don't get me started...
teflcat
15 Sep 2012
teflcat
15 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / British - Stupidest nation in Europe [127]
4. Mods will close this silly and pointless thread.
4. Mods will close this silly and pointless thread.
teflcat
15 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / British - Stupidest nation in Europe [127]
A British person is a Briton.
Great Britain is the name of the bigger island. British is the adjective.
I am also confused by a person being called a Britain
A British person is a Briton.
Great Britain is the name of the bigger island. British is the adjective.
teflcat
14 Sep 2012
Food / Where can I get free yeast to bake with in Poland? [11]
SpoĊem sell it. Look where the cheese is.
Should I try convenience stores on residential estates or Spoem etc? No luck so far locally.
SpoĊem sell it. Look where the cheese is.
teflcat
14 Sep 2012
Life / Do Poles drink before noon? [95]
It's a village where people either farm or commute. There are quite a few dairy cows and, yes, people keep hens. I doubt many of the farmers' kids want to continue farming on a small scale because it's a rotten job. When I'm having my morning coffee at six o'clock I can see people bringing their milk churns to the depot up the road. Who would want to do that? Some of these people have a just couple of cows. How much milk is that? 30l/day/cow?
It's a village where people either farm or commute. There are quite a few dairy cows and, yes, people keep hens. I doubt many of the farmers' kids want to continue farming on a small scale because it's a rotten job. When I'm having my morning coffee at six o'clock I can see people bringing their milk churns to the depot up the road. Who would want to do that? Some of these people have a just couple of cows. How much milk is that? 30l/day/cow?
teflcat
14 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / British - Stupidest nation in Europe [127]
Who's going to tell him?
Stupidest is a word
Who's going to tell him?
teflcat
14 Sep 2012
Life / Do Poles drink before noon? [95]
I live in a village there. Want to tell me more about charming rustics butchering pigs?
Have you recently visited the remote rural areas of Podlasie
I live in a village there. Want to tell me more about charming rustics butchering pigs?
teflcat
14 Sep 2012
Life / Do Poles drink before noon? [95]
Funny.
Their Polish relatives will probably butcher a pig, maybe whitewash the fence and tidy up the farmyard
Funny.