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What's the stupidest question asked about Poland?


james  - | 8  
29 Mar 2007 /  #91
i read what i said and its not what i meant realy meant rise above it and show a better way of thinking which i think while we may be proud of the conquests what is it we do and why do we do it the question is answered but the fact of the matter still remains and thus it will take more thaN BRAWN to defeat the single mindedness that the proletariat thinks it is the future you're actions are commendable and did serve a lesson to those around but i do feel sorry for the less learned person if there was a general lack of understanding there but hey i hope there was a lesson there maybe even as basic as closing ones mouth heeeeeeeeeee

and in that i am going to do so...........
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I could try the English way..
But hell. So much slower.
And in that it would i be able to convey to the world what my thought were.
And so you are conditioned as well..
unicornes  1 | 99  
16 May 2007 /  #92
ow about do polar bears come from poland?

yeeee my mom was asked if we hunt them^^ it was about 10yrs ago, when she was in Germany. . . educated well behaved 20yrs old girl, descendant of Strauss lived in Muenchen asked this question when they talked about life in Polska^^
m112  
16 May 2007 /  #93
Do you know Frank Sinatra in Poland
TheKruk  3 | 308  
16 May 2007 /  #94
No but if you hum a few bars I might recognise it
Hueg  - | 319  
16 May 2007 /  #96
No but if you hum a few bars I might recognise it

lol

An excerpt from Budget Hotel Lobbies: Scat Jazz for beginners
dziewuszka  
16 May 2007 /  #97
Is everyone in Poland a Jew?
Zgubiony  15 | 1274  
16 May 2007 /  #98
everyoneinten

a stupid question gets a stupid answer admin

ok fine....move it ;)
LoneStranger  3 | 382  
16 May 2007 /  #99
The most silly question I ever confronted was: Are Polish people racist?
beckski  12 | 1609  
19 May 2007 /  #100
A colleague of mine (with the intelligence of a head of lettuce) asked me what continent Poland was located on. DUH!!!
witek  1 | 587  
19 May 2007 /  #101
did you tell him it was Asia?
scottie1113  6 | 896  
20 May 2007 /  #102
After my trip to Poland last summer a guy at work asked me there was indoor plumbing, electricity, and cars in Poland. He has never been outside the US. When I showed him photos of Warsaw and Gdansk all he said was "oh".
beckski  12 | 1609  
20 May 2007 /  #103
did you tell him it was Asia?

No I didn't tell him that, but I should have. He probably would have believed me!
alice102  
23 May 2007 /  #104
Just two days ago someone asked me if poland wasn't somewhere near Kenya and it was one of the places where they allow cloning and marrying gay....random
ConstantineK  26 | 1298  
24 May 2007 /  #105
Once my friend was in UK and someone asked him to translate something for some Russian guy and when he said that he doesn't know Russian, reaction was like "So you don't have the same language in Poland?".

Really? I thought that Poles have the same language as russian too....

one of my mates came 2 with this silly n cheeky smile on his face and asked me:
is it true u ev got polar bears in poland n that penguins r runnin on the streets?? :P

damn that made me laugh :P

Stay it for us, russians. Everybody (and poles including) in the world knows that bears is running across red square !!!
Nic  - | 9  
24 May 2007 /  #106
There are no stupid questions. The only stupid question is the one not asked.

1. Well Bubba, you managed to step in a bear trap by reacting to a non-
members statement that is out of sync..
2. Also, I thought it was policy that Starter Topics & Reply's to Topics were a
priviledge for members only! That Guests could only browse.
3. If you had looked at the statement long enough for a few en grams to kick in,
you would probably realize that it is a "Power Statement". A tool utilized by
educators world wide to break the ice with their students and get them to open up.
4. As an American of Polish Heritage, I love my country. I don't like Bush or a lot
of other Politicians, however, I am only one voice amongst many. I also believe
that my country isn't being run in a manner set forth accordingly by our
Fore-Fathers.

only an american would say this...
... in the uk we say... ask a silly question... get a silly answer...

5. From now on, when you make a personal judgement of a society of people
that you keep it just that, PERSONAL!
Somerled  5 | 93  
22 Sep 2007 /  #107
What's the official language of Poland.

haha, I've been asked that a few times. Thats what I get for being in the states.

There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

The americans, especially canadians...

Canada is the greatest US state there is.
Shawn_H  
23 Sep 2007 /  #108
And Florida is one of our nicer provinces, rigth up there with Cuba.
osiol  55 | 3921  
23 Sep 2007 /  #109
Poland is situated between Laalaaland and Tinkywinkyland.
PolskaDoll  27 | 1591  
23 Sep 2007 /  #110
Talking about Euro 2008 qualifiers last night, a friend was surprised to hear that Poland had a national team...

We let her off because she really doesn't know much about football...
_Sofi_  
23 Sep 2007 /  #111
There are no stupid questions

I prefer somebody asks a stupid question than believe a stupid misconception
osiol  55 | 3921  
23 Sep 2007 /  #112
There are stupid questions, but it is often better to put the questioner at ease by not making them feel stupid.
Hmmm  1 | 69  
23 Sep 2007 /  #113
Someone said, "Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Like George Bush, who went on National Television day before saying Nelson Mandela is dead, because Saddam killed him. And South Africa's Nelson Mandela Foundation had to issue a formal notice that alleviated all such fears of a very alive Mandela being obliterated by the presidential gaffe.
BubbaWoo  33 | 3502  
23 Sep 2007 /  #114
Someone said, "Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

and you can bet your bottom dollar it wasnt an american
Hmmm  1 | 69  
23 Sep 2007 /  #115
I'm afraid I would lose my bottom dollar if I took that bet. Because it was Mark Twain, an American humorist/satirist, who said it.
osiol  55 | 3921  
23 Sep 2007 /  #116
Wasn't it Mark Twain?

Someone beat me to it.
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Hmmm  1 | 69  
23 Sep 2007 /  #117
Wasn't it Mark Twain?

Osiol. You're right. T'was good 'ol Markie.
Outspoken  - | 19  
24 Sep 2007 /  #118
Russian, reaction was like "So you don't have the same language in Poland?".

Same family of languages

It's like we still have dirt tracks and donkeys.

In a lot of areas of Poland, you do.

One time I was asked if Poland is a part (state) of Russia

If he meant 'Soviet union, he had a point.

What's the official language of Poland.

Historically, a valid question.

shouted to her boss........'Is Poland in Europe?

If EU, then an important issue for the PO.

This guy was talking to me about the war in isreal and lebanon and he said, dam is poland affected?

Indirectly, it is.

All reasonable questions, although probably worded badly.
Puzzler  9 | 1088  
24 Sep 2007 /  #119
Quoting: Wroclaw
It's like we still have dirt tracks and donkeys.

In a lot of areas of Poland, you do.

- What specific areas would that be where we use donkeys?

Speak out, mate.
:)

Wasn't it Mark Twain?

Someone beat me to it.
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

- Some seventy years later Paul McCartney said exactly the same thing, commenting on the speculations about his death in connection with the release of Sergeant Pepper album.
Outspoken  - | 19  
24 Sep 2007 /  #120
- What specific areas would that be where we use donkeys?

Speak out, mate.
:)

In my suburb of Krakow, the fruit and veg man has a donkey and cart.

- What specific areas would that be where we use donkeys?

On holiday in Suwalki, I was collected, by the pension owner, on a horse and cart.

- What specific areas would that be where we use donkeys?

In Iwonicz Zdwoj (Spelling!) I used to see milk and other things delivered by horses, donkeys etc.

Biesady mountain areas, often used.
My friend in Michalowice (North of Krakow) rents out his horses and donkeys for manual work in the fields.

All dirt tracks and regularly used for agricultural work,
mate :-)

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