Bratwurst Boy
22 Feb 2011
Food / Eat goulash from a cat and a steak from a dog in Poland! [114]
Well...you can not really cuddle a pig, can't you?
yup
Well...you can not really cuddle a pig, can't you?
Bratwurst Boy
22 Feb 2011
Food / Eat goulash from a cat and a steak from a dog in Poland! [114]
We cuddle with them?
True!
But then...we don't cuddle with them...
What puts a dog's or cat's meat above a cow's or a chicken's?
We cuddle with them?
Have you seen how factory hens live? now that is cruel.
True!
But then...we don't cuddle with them...
Bratwurst Boy
17 Feb 2011
Bratwurst Boy
17 Feb 2011
Bratwurst Boy
17 Feb 2011
Bratwurst Boy
17 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
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What dodge?
Interesting theory but you’re forgetting one thing, those were the first Poles tp leave Dodge,
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What dodge?
Bratwurst Boy
17 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Yeah...must'n mix up ethnicity and nationality...not so easy these days!
Germans have problems with that I admit...
Ach scratch that...I only know the tidbits you tell the forum and you always make sure that everybody knows that your family is not really German at all and does everything to stamp that heritage out...being double proud Poles...extra strong!
Sorry if I misinterpreted that.
I mean you can hate the Nazis but be still german...where is the sense in changing your ethnicity after politics!
One can still be ethnically German and consider himself Polish by nationality! Polish nationalism is a bit more open then the German one BB.
Yeah...must'n mix up ethnicity and nationality...not so easy these days!
Germans have problems with that I admit...
Well thank the Nazi's... After ww2 anybody even reminding anythign about Germans were a bad thing! + add nobel roots! The commie party WERE NOT fond of my family AT ALL!
Ach scratch that...I only know the tidbits you tell the forum and you always make sure that everybody knows that your family is not really German at all and does everything to stamp that heritage out...being double proud Poles...extra strong!
Sorry if I misinterpreted that.
I mean you can hate the Nazis but be still german...where is the sense in changing your ethnicity after politics!
Bratwurst Boy
17 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Polonization!
As Poles who lived in Germany got germanized in time, so were Germans living in Poland better polonizing.
Utter BS! My family is quite a good example of en "pre-German" family that became Polish! Why do you think so many Poles have German surnames?
Polonization!
As Poles who lived in Germany got germanized in time, so were Germans living in Poland better polonizing.
Bratwurst Boy
17 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Well...that must be the USians in them then..
Polish/eastern Jews for sure.
But western/german Jews was a different case. They were integrating totally...so many Germans who intermingled with Poles had also their ounce jewish heritage in them..ergo... ;)
I feel many Polish-Americans on this forum respect productivity and efficiency more than the finer things in life like idleness and aesthetic contemplation and that is why they are Crypto-Germans.
Well...that must be the USians in them then..
Jews being a very proud people, wanted to preserve their Jewish culture, so they generally kept to themselves. That was there choice.
Polish/eastern Jews for sure.
But western/german Jews was a different case. They were integrating totally...so many Germans who intermingled with Poles had also their ounce jewish heritage in them..ergo... ;)
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Heh:)
Nah...we will mingle and mix happily as we did for millennia now! :)
Especially now as close working neighbours without any borders whatsoever...
I remember a joint venture agreement between two companies, one Polish and the other German. The board of the German company all had Polish surnames and the board of the Polish company all had German surnames.
Heh:)
No, sweetie pie, you stay lovely as you are at your place and we will stay as we are at ours.
Nah...we will mingle and mix happily as we did for millennia now! :)
Especially now as close working neighbours without any borders whatsoever...
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Boy, you really have to observe yourself!
Do you really think someone changes its ethnic heritage just like that???
Nobody else clings to his heritage even afte centuries but only the Poles do???
And that's why you trying to tell me all Germans can't wait to shed their german heritage to become part of the great, phantastic Poland????
You sweared allegiance to the US voluntarily I read? No more Pole in you now, isn't there?
You still have no proof that the majority of Germans living in Poland felt that way, maybe wealthy people or noble how did the majority, the common people feel?
Boy, you really have to observe yourself!
Do you really think someone changes its ethnic heritage just like that???
Nobody else clings to his heritage even afte centuries but only the Poles do???
Poles are a proud people we are proud to be Polish, we're proud to be Slavs your problem is BB that you believe we want to be like you we really don't,
And that's why you trying to tell me all Germans can't wait to shed their german heritage to become part of the great, phantastic Poland????
You sweared allegiance to the US voluntarily I read? No more Pole in you now, isn't there?
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Ummm....he could by why should he?
Do you know that towns like your beloved Krakow were re-settled and re-build almost exclusively by Germans, don't you?
Why do you think it came to a large scale polonization? Do you really believe all that warm fuzzy I-love-to-be-polish crap?
Because Poland didn't partition Germany and persecute it's people, a German didn''t have a reason to hate Poland if he was born there he could see Poland as his true homeland and feel a Pole.
Ummm....he could by why should he?
I'm sure you know Germans began settling in Poland in large numbers back in the 12th century, a generation or two they intermarried with Poles ans saw themselves as Poles.
Do you know that towns like your beloved Krakow were re-settled and re-build almost exclusively by Germans, don't you?
Why do you think it came to a large scale polonization? Do you really believe all that warm fuzzy I-love-to-be-polish crap?
...
The year 1311 saw a rebellion against Poland's King Władysław I. It was organised by Wójt Albert and involved mostly German-speaking citizens of Krakow. The rebellion cost Poland the city of Gdańsk, which was taken by the Teutonic Order, but German-speakers lost their political ambitions and began to Polonize...
The year 1311 saw a rebellion against Poland's King Władysław I. It was organised by Wójt Albert and involved mostly German-speaking citizens of Krakow. The rebellion cost Poland the city of Gdańsk, which was taken by the Teutonic Order, but German-speakers lost their political ambitions and began to Polonize...
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Sounds great for the Poles but why should a German feel polish?
Did the Poles feel german during the partitions???
Because until nationalism became popular in Poland in late 19th and early 20th century Poland was much more tolerant than other European nations we had no ethnic persecutions or religious wars.
Sounds great for the Poles but why should a German feel polish?
Did the Poles feel german during the partitions???
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Aren't you mixing things up? Political resistance and ethnicity???
But sorry for mixing up Denmark with Norway...normally I point only up north.... ;)
But my family felt disgust over the Nazi's and their "lackeys" so they didn't think they really were Germans... They felt more Polish then German in that sort of sense
Aren't you mixing things up? Political resistance and ethnicity???
But sorry for mixing up Denmark with Norway...normally I point only up north.... ;)
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
*nods*
Inspite all regular b*itching our relationships had never been so good as today!
*handshake* :)
If I could have my way, I would like to see today's Jews, Poles and Germans stick together as much as possible, despite past frictions.
*nods*
Inspite all regular b*itching our relationships had never been so good as today!
*handshake* :)
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
A typical cool central european mix....polish, german, jewish!
Congrats MW! :)
Some of the greatest heads in history had been of that mixture! :)
Afterall I found out that I have some Jewish ancestry in me.
A typical cool central european mix....polish, german, jewish!
Congrats MW! :)
Some of the greatest heads in history had been of that mixture! :)
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Ditto! ;)
...butwhoknowsyoumightbeagerman....
*runs very fast*
Well...seems more like a polish hobby to take a random famous and search for anything polish...I don't know anything comparable to these threads: "Is (insert a famous name) polish?" from german talk boards!
Germans really have no need for that...we have famous people in abundance. We don't stay for falsifying though...as don't do the Poles!
Ditto! ;)
Afterall, they had German names, spoke German, and have lived in German cities.
...butwhoknowsyoumightbeagerman....
*runs very fast*
It's a well known German craze - using all possible definitions of ethnicity in order to prove Europeans are Germans !
Well...seems more like a polish hobby to take a random famous and search for anything polish...I don't know anything comparable to these threads: "Is (insert a famous name) polish?" from german talk boards!
Germans really have no need for that...we have famous people in abundance. We don't stay for falsifying though...as don't do the Poles!
Bratwurst Boy
16 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]
Nope....
What makes you think so?
*nods*
The german concentration camps on polish territory they don't want to have..oh how they protest...but other Germans on polish territory they claim as Poles..oh how they fight!
Get a grip people...what is it?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gabriel_Fahrenheit
Danzig was a Hanse town....also Kopernikus father was working for the Hanse...the Hanse was german.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru%C5%84
There was much german in what is Poland these days...doesn't make it polish!
See concentration camps...right? Riiiiight!
....and the other way around...
Most people wouldn't want to exchange their heritage like a hat! Nothing especially polish or german about it!
He belongs to the world.
Nope....
Jesus Christ, I said basically everyone did see themselves as Poles,
What makes you think so?
It's a same like I'm against calling concentration camps Polish.
*nods*
The german concentration camps on polish territory they don't want to have..oh how they protest...but other Germans on polish territory they claim as Poles..oh how they fight!
Get a grip people...what is it?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gabriel_Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit was born in 1686 in Danzig (Gdańsk), the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but lived most of his life in the Dutch Republic. The Fahrenheits were a German Hanse merchant family who had lived in several Hanseatic cities.
Danzig was a Hanse town....also Kopernikus father was working for the Hanse...the Hanse was german.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus
Nicolaus was named after his father, who appears in records for the first time as a well-to-do Catholic merchant who dealt in copper, selling it mostly in Danzig (Gdańsk).[7][8]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru%C5%84
...The Teutonic Knights built a castle in the vicinity of the Polish settlement in the years 1230-31. On 28 December 1233, the Teutonic Knights Hermann von Salza and Hermann Balk signed[3] the foundation charters for Thorn and Chełmno.
There was much german in what is Poland these days...doesn't make it polish!
See concentration camps...right? Riiiiight!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO German would EVER want to be POLISH!!!
....and the other way around...
Most people wouldn't want to exchange their heritage like a hat! Nothing especially polish or german about it!
Bratwurst Boy
13 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
Well...I'm not sure about that one...
poland.pl/news/article,Polish_students_skilled_above_European_average,id,454279.htm
As for the education - it's not good. There are some cases where the education is approaching "good" on a European level, but on the whole, the system is dire
Well...I'm not sure about that one...
poland.pl/news/article,Polish_students_skilled_above_European_average,id,454279.htm
According to latest PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) research, students attending Polish schools have better learning results than their European peers.
Bratwurst Boy
13 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
I don't believe contemporaries can really have a good say about any country's greatness or excellence...they don't have the whole picture!
That to determine is a matter of historians.
They write about a countries "golden ages" or low points from a view several hundred years on...having a much bigger, much broader, complete viewpoint.
Only they know which of the contemporary artists, inventors, politicians etc. really will make a lasting impression.
We ourselves can't do that! It's like staying to near to a huge puzzle..you only see some pieces at once...
But you need to stay back to get the whole image.
But still you can compare some broad cornerstones yourself...is Poland living free and in peace? Is it's economy, it's society developing? Is it's clout in Europe growing peacefully?
How does that compare to it's past? Worse? Better?
I don't believe contemporaries can really have a good say about any country's greatness or excellence...they don't have the whole picture!
That to determine is a matter of historians.
They write about a countries "golden ages" or low points from a view several hundred years on...having a much bigger, much broader, complete viewpoint.
Only they know which of the contemporary artists, inventors, politicians etc. really will make a lasting impression.
We ourselves can't do that! It's like staying to near to a huge puzzle..you only see some pieces at once...
But you need to stay back to get the whole image.
But still you can compare some broad cornerstones yourself...is Poland living free and in peace? Is it's economy, it's society developing? Is it's clout in Europe growing peacefully?
How does that compare to it's past? Worse? Better?
Bratwurst Boy
12 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
According to this statistic Mongolia is better than even Germany....
nationmaster.com/graph/eco_pat_gra_percap-economy-patents-granted-per-capita
So... ;)
I for one as dismayed that such a relatively big country as Poland trails behind Latvia, Romania, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Denmark in terms of inventions.
According to this statistic Mongolia is better than even Germany....
nationmaster.com/graph/eco_pat_gra_percap-economy-patents-granted-per-capita
So... ;)
Bratwurst Boy
12 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
Well...no cats and dogs for me....I would end up cuddling them instead of eating them!
You mean this one?
nationmaster.com/graph/eco_pat_gra-economy-patents-granted
Btw...half of the US-patents are german anyhow... :)
*runs*
Well...no cats and dogs for me....I would end up cuddling them instead of eating them!
BTW, anyone interested might do well to check out the number of patents by country. It will be eye-opening.
You mean this one?
nationmaster.com/graph/eco_pat_gra-economy-patents-granted
Btw...half of the US-patents are german anyhow... :)
*runs*
Bratwurst Boy
12 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
So...now I have to ask...what is a "kundel"? And can I eat it???
So...now I have to ask...what is a "kundel"? And can I eat it???
Bratwurst Boy
12 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
As the communist regimes were totally broke and all this "flourishing" had been on the backs of the freedoms of the people....no...there hadn't.
Nobody said growing up, facing reality and rebuilding your country on firm, serious footing is easy.
Poland is on a good way, your constant overhyping of a skewed image of a long gone past blinds you for the already achieved real progress and for a real bright, proud future.
As a real patriot you should always have the best for your people in mind...not some unrealistic image of it!
It's a crying shame about the shipyards and Cegielski, FSO and Ursus. When I was there 12 or 15 years ago, it was heart-breaking to see the buildings of the once flourishing tractor-maker boarded up and the grounds strewn with rubble and rusting machinery and overgrown with weeds. Was there really no way of saving it?
As the communist regimes were totally broke and all this "flourishing" had been on the backs of the freedoms of the people....no...there hadn't.
Nobody said growing up, facing reality and rebuilding your country on firm, serious footing is easy.
Poland is on a good way, your constant overhyping of a skewed image of a long gone past blinds you for the already achieved real progress and for a real bright, proud future.
As a real patriot you should always have the best for your people in mind...not some unrealistic image of it!
Bratwurst Boy
11 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
Heh:)
I have learned about Polands glory past from Poles themselves...here at this board!
I doubt they needed Nazi-school books for that...
You must have studied history from books made in the Third Reich
Heh:)
I have learned about Polands glory past from Poles themselves...here at this board!
I doubt they needed Nazi-school books for that...
Bratwurst Boy
11 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
As far as I gathered did Poland had it's time in the sun once too...during the commonwealth? No?
Poland had been quite big in Europe back then...
More a missed opportunity or a lack of ambition. Poland had neither.
As far as I gathered did Poland had it's time in the sun once too...during the commonwealth? No?
Poland had been quite big in Europe back then...
Bratwurst Boy
11 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
What's the point?
Not far back in time it was a great source of pride to actually have an empire!
The Brits still harp back to those good 'ol times...And Germany too was once a good deal
larger, so was Spain, France and yes, Poland too...so were the times, either you feasted on your neighbours (and other continents) or they did feast on you.
Never having gained more land through war ever is...what actually? An admission of being a weakling always??? ;)
Religion on the other hand is for sure no source of pride...but then...I'm a heathen! :)
What's the point?
Not far back in time it was a great source of pride to actually have an empire!
The Brits still harp back to those good 'ol times...And Germany too was once a good deal
larger, so was Spain, France and yes, Poland too...so were the times, either you feasted on your neighbours (and other continents) or they did feast on you.
Never having gained more land through war ever is...what actually? An admission of being a weakling always??? ;)
Religion on the other hand is for sure no source of pride...but then...I'm a heathen! :)
Bratwurst Boy
11 Feb 2011
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
Christianity and war mostly???
Things Poles/Polonians can be proud of:
Christianity and war mostly???
Bratwurst Boy
6 Feb 2011
Travel / How to go to Frankfurt from Poland? [16]
"Frankfurt" means something like free crossing over the river (a frank furt)...so there are quadrillions of "Frankfurts" at the many rivers!
But generally the talked about are the one (huge) in the West at the river Main and the (not so huge) in the East at the river Oder near Poland....
frankfurt-airport.com/content/frankfurt_airport/en.html
"Frankfurt" means something like free crossing over the river (a frank furt)...so there are quadrillions of "Frankfurts" at the many rivers!
But generally the talked about are the one (huge) in the West at the river Main and the (not so huge) in the East at the river Oder near Poland....
frankfurt-airport.com/content/frankfurt_airport/en.html