News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [543]


What "mafia case"? You have no proof that he is working on any "mafia case". It's pure guesswork and probably also wishful thinking on your part.

And do we even have "mafia" in Poland? What mafia? Polish mafia? Ukrainian mafia? Russian mafia? Are you saying that PiS made Poland go back in time to the 90's and it's so bad nowadays that prosecutors have to fear for their life to such an extent that they go full monty in a shop? lol


Neither do you. You have no proof of your claim that he was working on some "mafia case" and that he went drunk and naked outside in public on purpose in order to get suspended :)

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Everything? lol I usually go for the most probable explanations, unless there is some proof to the contrary. Alcohol abuse among men is pretty much a norm in Poland and alcoholism among men has been always (since I can remember) very common where I live. And as you can see such cases like the one with that prosecutor aren't unheard of. The fact that he's a prosecutor doesn't change a thing - anyone can be a drunk or get drunk. And another thing - the Świdnica prosecutor is supposed to work on a case investigating PiS people. So we know about a case that could be (if we want to follow your path of conspiracy theories) the more probable reason for him to go full monty. And yet, you're still on the mafia theory. What mafia? In Świdnica?? lol


First you wrote "townspeople" and now you're writing about "neighbours" - so which is it?


He could simply resign from his position in Świdnica. Now he can even get a ban on being a prosecutor.

I honestly don't understand why some of you think it's so extraordinary and unbelievable that he simply got wasted to such an extent.


It wasn't a claim, it's a fact that the Świdnica prosecutor is a PiS guy. And why do you think I stressed that fact? Are you and Ironside really that clueless?

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Not so new after all - in 2016 a drunk and naked guy after a bachelor party broke into... a theatre:

dzienniklodzki.pl/nagi-i-pijany-w-teatrze-po-wieczorze-kawalerskim-obudzili-go-policjanci/ar/9866787

After making some mess he took down a curtain, covered himself with it and fell asleep on a balcony. He didn't know how he got there.

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Yes, he meant something else.

A drunk and naked guy vandalised a tram in Kraków on Sunday:

wiadomosci.onet.pl/krakow/nagi-i-pijany-mezczyzna-kopal-w-krakowie-w-tramwaje/wmlmr4f

Another prosecutor who "doesn't want to deal with mafia"? lol Or is it some kind of new epidemic?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Ironside, yeah, I was able to identify the holster only:

proshop.targetscreators.com/produkt/kabura-safariland-glock-17-als-coyote-fde-stx-tlr1-x300-optic-prawa/

But it can be used to carry different pistols (FN, Glock, SIG Sauer, Smith & Wesson and STI Intl Staccato), so it didn't help much :P

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]


I'm not saying that this is how people are viewing themselves, but the fact that Americans are a young nation and maybe that's why there's this connection to "the old country" or at least being aware of their roots and, you know, celebrating some traditions, eating some "ethnic" food, those parades, etc.


As in - from which country? Are you still getting such questions in the US?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Maf already guessed this one :) But do you have any ideas which pistol this might be? I wanted to make it part of the riddle, but it was explained to me that one can't make out from this photo which pistol it is exactly (and I don't know the answer myself). Still, we can have some guesses, I suppose... :P


Nice one, I didn't notice that he has something on the other side too lol I just focused on the pistol ;))


Yes, correct (the mountain part of selection)! Well, actually, only the last photo is from GROM selection, the rest is from selection for AGAT, but I used those only because there aren't that many photos from selection for GROM. So, you've guessed Riddle 2 - congrats! :)


No, I just meant that the two photos/riddles are connected since there are soldiers from special forces on both of them, and, obviously, the GROM operator from Riddle 1 had to go through a selection.

So, what do you think happened for the first time 30 years ago (Riddle 3)? :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@maf, nope, it doesn't have anything to do with land surveying - another photo hint :):

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Oh, I forgot, and by the British :)


;D

They aren't eating gravel, they're just caught in a moment while doing something ;) But what you can see in the previous photo is just the beginning, they're going to spent at least a few days there. It's been taking place ever year in spring and autumn for the last 30 years:

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@maf, nope - that's exactly what the hint was about - the faces being blurred :)

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]


And the UK is closer to Poland than the US, so Poles can take a cheap flight back home and eat Malinowa Chmurka made by their mom or grandma in Poland :)


Yes, nevertheless, I've noticed that many Americans like to celebrate their roots (I'm guessing it's because they're a nation of immigrants).

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@maf, nope, it doesn't have anything to do with the Baltics or the Soviet occupation. Although, if we want to play in alternative reality - if the Soviet occupation didn't end, there probably would be no such anniversary, since what happened 30 years ago was modelled on something shown to Poles by... Americans :)

Hint for Riddle 2: look at the faces in both photos. What do they have in common?

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]


No idea, could be, I guess... Maybe Joker will buy one and tell us :D


You mean something like this?:

domowe-potrawy.pl/drozdzowki-z-lukrem/

For me "drożdżówka" is usually the one with "kruszonka" (crumble) on top. I guess I'd be more likely to call a glazed roll "słodka bułka", but from what I can see on the internet it's called "drożdżówka" too.

Where I live glazed rolls are often with pudding on top:

piekarniawiejska.com/media/items/bulka-slodka-z-budyniem.jpg

(I remember them well, because I was quite often buying them for second breakfast at high school lol)


How big? According to info on Wiki there are almost 10 mln people with Polish roots in the US, so that's rather a lot...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yup, correct - you've guessed Riddle1! :))


Nope! There's a link between the two photos, but not through migrants/refugees. All of the men in the photo are in Poland legally (and probably most, if not all, were born in Poland) - if they weren't, they wouldn't be allowed to take part in what's going on. The area in general in the photo is, however, known for human trafficking through a border.


Nope, it isn't a well known anniversary. I don't even know if it's googable, but if you guess Riddle 2 it's going to be easier to guess Riddle 3 :) Hint: It's an anniversary of something that happened for the first time 30 years ago.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Come on, guys, Riddle 1 is easy :) I made it mainly for our PF gun owners, but you don't have to own a gun to find it in a photo (that's a hint already - it's a firearm :)).

News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [543]



There you go, you answered your own question! PiS is like mafia and this is why that prosecutor from Świdnica doesn't want to work on that case described in the article that I linked to in my comment #316. You and amiga500 are absolutely brilliant! :D

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What do you mean?


Maybe it wasn't his first time, but this time someone took a photo and actually had the courage to report it to the police (he's PiS' prosecutor, after all):

wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/amp/full/797944/Polska/Nagi-prokurator-spacerowal-po-ulicach-Swidnicy.-Nowe-fakty-w-sprawie

This is what the witness at the shop said (who called the police):

"Chwyciłam za telefon, a wtedy sprzedawca powiedział, żebym nie robiła zdjęć, bo jest to znana osoba w Świdnicy. Nie obchodziło mnie to. Takie zachowania powinny być karane bez względu na to, kto kim jest."

My translation:

"I took out the phone, but then the shop assistant told me not to take photos, because this person is famous in Świdnica. I didn't care about that. Such behaviour should be punished no matter who the person is."

News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [543]


You know what, you're right - PiS is both mafia and oligarchy in one!:

wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/afera-hejterska-sledztwo-przeniesione-do-bliskiej-ziobrze-prokuratury/f368jpk

I guess this is the case the Świdnica prosecutor didn't want to deal with! You and Cargo are geniuses! lol Brawo Wy! 👏
😂


Are you serious or are you joking? lol


LOL!

This is too funny... 🤣

News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [543]

Something similar happened in the US with... Yeltsin... When he was in Washington he got drunk and ran down Pennsylvania Avenue screaming at taxis to take him to a pizza place while wearing his underwear only. The prosecutor was butt naked though... I doubt it's funny for his family - I'm guessing he's an alcoholic...

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]

@maf, those are plums, not kiwi... I have no idea why they're called "kiwi pączki" :)


Yes, you can :):

kwestiasmaku.com/kuchnia_polska/tlusty_czwartek/paczki_pieczone/przepis.html

Also, I've never seen icing sugar on drożdżówka...


I suspect that it's at least partly because the Polish diaspora in the US has longer history, while the mass Polish immigration to the UK is pretty recent in comparison...

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I didn't know that Wiesław Gołas had such dramatic and tragic experiences early in life - his father was murdered in Majdanek concentration camp and Gołas himself became a member of the Gray Ranks (Szare Szeregi), got arrested (he got locked up in the same cell as his father) and tortured by Gestapo.

USA, Canada / Where can I meet Polish women in Chicago [85]

@Novichok, my grandma has been always slim, including at the age of 40 and 50. And why wouldn't she exist?? Humans tend to have grandmas, you know... ;D

News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [543]

That drunk, naked prosecutor was nominated by Ziobro, btw...

USA, Canada / Where can I meet Polish women in Chicago [85]

@Novichok, my grandma is over 80 and she's slim despite being a good cook and not having cancer.

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@Joker, thanks for more photos :) Wow, they even have Malinowa Chmurka (a lovely name, btw) :))


They don't look like drożdżówki to me, I've never seen plums on top of pączki (and I've never heard of "pączki kiwi"), but it does look like pączki dough.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Btw, I think that I can safely say that besides the mountains and the Baltic Sea, the Masurian Lake District is the third most popular tourist nature-related destination in Poland. It's a beatiful area and a sailor's paradise :)



youtu.be/3CAO8EiIPz4

Ok, next riddles :) Both riddles/photos are somehow connected to a certain today's anniversary.

Riddle 1. (first photo) This is a GROM soldier at the Kabul airport helping out during the evacuation. The riddle is: does he have any weapon at all and if he does then can you see it anywhere in the photo?

Riddle 2. (second photo) What is going on and where do you think it's taking place (the area in general)?

Riddle 3. What's the anniversary about?

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@maf, yes, Giżycko is known as the sailing capital of Poland and the area on the map is called Kraina Wielkich Jezior Mazurskich (Masurian Lake District):

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masurian_Lake_District

That lake at the bottom of the map posted by pawian is Śniardwy - the biggest lake in Poland. Masurian Lake District is a pretty unique area not only in Poland, but also in Europe. There are many rare bird species over there, for example.

My aunt and uncle are on holiday there right now and my aunt sent a photo of a river with a very clear water - you can see many fish near the riverbed :)


Sea holly? I guess in Polish it's called "mikołajek nadmorski"?

Language / Ethnic backround of suffixes of Polish surnames [54]

@Brygida, I don't know Belarusian, but I can read Cyrillic - the surname looks like "Pagarcow" (if you don't know Polish then it would be pronounced "pagartzov").

News / Poland hopes to attract hard-working, trouble-free immigarnts - Ukrainian, Belarusians and Vietnamese [139]


Because every normal person would have a problem with shooting at defenseless kids. And kids cross borders with their parents illegally too.


You would shoot kids too?


Because you post nonsense. Poland is a civilised country and border guards don't shoot at people who are fleeing war, persecution or even just looking for a better life (and Poles were doing the same in the past). Would you like to get shot for getting into the US illegally?

News / Poland hopes to attract hard-working, trouble-free immigarnts - Ukrainian, Belarusians and Vietnamese [139]


Maybe so, but the situation with Belarus is new...


How? And how do you know? Any of them tried to counter reality? With what results?


Well, then they should start doing something - this situation is unprecedented. Belarus is using those people in a cruel, despicable way.


My problem with you is that you're saying that the border guards should be shooting at kids, even though you wouldn't be able to do that yourself.