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What's the stupidest question asked about Poland?


adrian11224  7 | 41  
2 Aug 2009 /  #301
when I was in NY, one guy asked me where I came from. I said, from Poland, and he looked very confused, so I asked him: do you know where it is?? and then I heard the most stupid answer ever:
- I'm not sure but I think it's an island near by Australia...

defenetly the most stupid thing about Poland, Ive ever heard

lol people ask me what language do we speak in Poland all the time. and is it like russian.
regular stuff.
and sometimes I get the did Polish people really charge tanks with horses and swords ?
z_darius  14 | 3960  
2 Aug 2009 /  #302
I was asked why Poles have pink flamingos (the plastic, ulgy looking things) on their front yards.

The first time in my life that I saw such an ugly, pink flamingo was in Buffalo NY. The front yard belonged to an American of Norwegian descent.
Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11820  
2 Aug 2009 /  #303
Why? War propaganda (I think it was a German one) trying to ridicule Polish armed forces often did spread that crap where in fact Poles used the cavalry to charge against vulnerable against that attack German artillery.

I still wonder why especially german war propaganda is still charged for all polish woes.
I mean Germany was the axis, the main enemy...where is the logic that the allies should listen and believe in german war propaganda, repeat the stories and the jokes decades after the wars end???

Is that some kind of "polish logic"??? :)
The allies believed nothing else from this propaganda but "loved" the anti-polish things??? :)
Nika  2 | 507  
2 Aug 2009 /  #304
I was asked if there are polar bears in Poland!
That was in USA and the people who asked (it happened twice!) were Americans...hmmmmmmm
welshguyinpola  23 | 463  
2 Aug 2009 /  #305
My wife was waiting in the queue for a club in Ocean City MD and was speaking Polish on the phone. I ws with her and one American guy asked me what language she was speaking. I told him Alaskan and he was totally convinced
PlasticPole  7 | 2641  
2 Aug 2009 /  #306
its just aggrivating to correct someone a million times when they cant get my name right and the worst part of it is they really do insist!

Yep. The Americano tends to think all Polish last names are Jewish ones and they can't pronounce any of 'em, either. Lol.
Nika  2 | 507  
2 Aug 2009 /  #307
Oh yeah, i have something else - do you have chocolate in Poland, that was in France :)
lowfunk99  10 | 397  
2 Aug 2009 /  #308
I agree, I didn't see many microwaves in Poland.

Why question about microwaves was stupid? It's actually a good question.

pavel2  - | 5  
3 Aug 2009 /  #309
what's the precentage population of granny's in poland??

the stupidiest i could ever imagine...
ona  2 | 17  
5 Aug 2009 /  #310
If the national language was English....
LAGirl  9 | 496  
5 Aug 2009 /  #311
Oh my God how stupid is English national language in Poland now thats the worst one I heard.
szarlotka  8 | 2205  
5 Aug 2009 /  #312
I was asked if there are polar bears in Poland!

Not any more - I was asked to leave;)
Ajb  6 | 231  
5 Aug 2009 /  #313
My dad asked me if we have Mc Donalds in Poland......... Doh!
Mr Grunwald  33 | 2133  
8 Aug 2009 /  #314
Well in Norway there are no KFC or that coffee thing... Starbuckler? Swashbucket? What was it again!

Ah now I remember it Starbucks!
Ajb  6 | 231  
8 Aug 2009 /  #315
Starbucks... to be honest you rarely see Starbucks in the UK!!......

..Only joking of course., the home of overpriced coffee!
joepilsudski  26 | 1387  
8 Aug 2009 /  #316
What's the stupidest question asked about Poland ?

Is there indoor plumbing?...Should we bring toilet paper when we visit or is it sold there?
queenjlo2003  
31 Oct 2009 /  #317
My wife once asked me if poland was in Asia.
wildrover  98 | 4430  
31 Oct 2009 /  #318
asked me if poland was in Asia.

Oh...so its not then....? where is it.... i am lost...!
andrewwright  8 | 65  
31 Oct 2009 /  #319
After me meeting my fiancee my family ask me! so where is poland? I told them 2 hours away :-)
wildrover  98 | 4430  
31 Oct 2009 /  #320
When organising aid convoys to Poland the most common question i got from people wanting to join us was....where exactly is Poland...? I think for a lot of English people the civilised world ended at the Berlin wall...what was beyond it was all Russian badlands full of evil commies...
BrutalButcher  - | 386  
16 Nov 2009 /  #321
The most stupid question?

"Ah Poland! Yeah, isn't that the country where they shot "Hostel?"

"Poland? the capital of Russia?"
Piorun  - | 655  
16 Nov 2009 /  #322
"Poland? the capital of Russia?"

Take the question marks away and you have a prophesy.
Piorun  - | 655  
16 Nov 2009 /  #324
Oh yes, we conquered them.
BrutalButcher  - | 386  
16 Nov 2009 /  #325
Piorun

Russians conquered Poland....

Well, who cares..Poland is free..for now.

Go attack asian countries no one cares about.
LAGirl  9 | 496  
16 Nov 2009 /  #326
My boyfriend said that some people when he told them he was from Poland, people would ask him what state is Poland now how stupid is that.
Raijin  1 | 20  
19 Nov 2009 /  #327
Some japaneses asked me

-Where is Poland?

-Is warsaw one of city in Russia?

-Does poland still exist?

They did not know poland is one of Eu, so I taught truth:-)
Seanus  15 | 19666  
19 Nov 2009 /  #328
The Japanese are very insular so that doesn't come as a surprise.

What next, 'does Poland have a Parliament?', LOL
Raijin  1 | 20  
19 Nov 2009 /  #329
Mr. Seanus,

Cocerning 'does poland still...' the japanese thought still poland is communistic country:-) so, she asked 'does poland...?' i did not describe detail of the question on a previous commemt. Sorry:-P

Of course, it is minority to have such stupid question even in jp, but sometime i see such japanese:-(

>japanese are very insular

I agree.
frd  7 | 1379  
19 Nov 2009 /  #330
Of course, it is minority to have such stupid question even in jp, but sometime i see such japanese:-(

I'd say if you were to ask random polish people about Japan you wouldn't get many sensible answers either... (although there are probably more people interested in Japan in here taking many manga and anime fans into consideration)

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