jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
Don't assume anyone is interested in it.
but I have an opinion
Don't assume anyone is interested in it.
jon357
12 May 2024
News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [83]
He defected.
There was nothing to "seek asylum" from since he wasn't being persecuted.
He defected.
There was nothing to "seek asylum" from since he wasn't being persecuted.
jon357
12 May 2024
News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [83]
We're talking about a treasonous PiS supporting judge who defected to Belarus.
May he rot.
I talked of Britain
We're talking about a treasonous PiS supporting judge who defected to Belarus.
May he rot.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
Yet so many do.
And the viewing figures are massive.
So there you go. I'm sure the organisers are weeping tears of pıss.
Don't watch it, don't comment, don't even notice
Yet so many do.
And the viewing figures are massive.
I didn't watch it
So there you go. I'm sure the organisers are weeping tears of pıss.
jon357
12 May 2024
News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [83]
Poland isn't an island.
If it was, it would have been harder for that traitor to defect.
the island
Poland isn't an island.
If it was, it would have been harder for that traitor to defect.
jon357
12 May 2024
News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [83]
Difficult to k ow why you mentioned them. Poland has its own intelligence service, and part of their role is to investigate traitors like this creep.
mi6
Difficult to k ow why you mentioned them. Poland has its own intelligence service, and part of their role is to investigate traitors like this creep.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
Is not yours.
If you don't like the TV show, why did you sit up and watch it all?
Their business
Is not yours.
If you don't like the TV show, why did you sit up and watch it all?
jon357
12 May 2024
News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [83]
Which he certainly is.
Interesting that he had financial trouble. Hopefully the intelligence services will be carefully looking at anyone he had contact with.
Everybody regards him as a traitor and scumbag
Which he certainly is.
Interesting that he had financial trouble. Hopefully the intelligence services will be carefully looking at anyone he had contact with.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
Their business, not yours.
If you don't like it, don't watch it.
Their business, not yours.
If you don't like it, don't watch it.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
Jim, we're talking about Eurovision, not your inanity.
Jim, we're talking about Eurovision, not your inanity.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
'Bury' or reply.
And you missed the point completely.
Anyway, this thread is about a song contest that you aren't party to. One won bybSwitzerland who had an excellent entry.
rattled you
'Bury' or reply.
And you missed the point completely.
Anyway, this thread is about a song contest that you aren't party to. One won bybSwitzerland who had an excellent entry.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
I remember a few years ago that Ireland put a deliberately bad entry in. They'd won twice and were worried about forking out a third time.
It's good for hotel and restaurant revenue though.
You missed the point as usual, troll.
if it wants to pay the bills for putting the shindig on
I remember a few years ago that Ireland put a deliberately bad entry in. They'd won twice and were worried about forking out a third time.
It's good for hotel and restaurant revenue though.
Then who are
You missed the point as usual, troll.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
No thanks. Anyway, they left centuries ago and are doing nicely as they are.
Gaza however is contiguous to the most populous part of Egypt from whence come most of the residents of Gaza. In 1948 the Gaza Strip had a tiny population.
Do one fat cherry boy.
they should return to England
No thanks. Anyway, they left centuries ago and are doing nicely as they are.
Gaza however is contiguous to the most populous part of Egypt from whence come most of the residents of Gaza. In 1948 the Gaza Strip had a tiny population.
defending ethnic Russians in Ukraine
Do one fat cherry boy.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
Don't be so stupid.
Anyway, you post links to Adolf Hitler and neo-nazi stuff so don't come all moralistic over a singer you don't like.
You were destroyed long ago.
a Satanic orgy
Don't be so stupid.
Anyway, you post links to Adolf Hitler and neo-nazi stuff so don't come all moralistic over a singer you don't like.
they will destroy everything
You were destroyed long ago.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
@Crnogorac3
That's no answer.
The Irish performer seems great.
That's the point of it.
The Swiss entry was a good oen, and excellent that the Israeli entry won the piopular vote.
@Crnogorac3
That's no answer.
The Irish performer seems great.
all mindless Pop tunes
That's the point of it.
The Swiss entry was a good oen, and excellent that the Israeli entry won the piopular vote.
jon357
12 May 2024
Food / Panga Fish (available in Polish stores); I'll never eat it again. Alternative? [68]
I don't eat either. And no river fish except for salmon.
Tilapia can equal the panga
I don't eat either. And no river fish except for salmon.
jon357
12 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
And why not?
Most aren't, however you are in every sense.
BE makes them appear more educated
And why not?
Is every Polak a moron?
Most aren't, however you are in every sense.
jon357
12 May 2024
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]
Why?
Because the people squatting in the Gaza Strip are Egyptian and Egypt uses them as a pawn.
Great that Switzerland won; it was a good entry.
The Irish song, the performance, and the freak who performs it should be in a lunatic asylum or locked up
Why?
Why does Egypt maintain a blockade with Gaza?
Because the people squatting in the Gaza Strip are Egyptian and Egypt uses them as a pawn.
Great that Switzerland won; it was a good entry.
jon357
11 May 2024
Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]
People say that in Yorkshire too.
I do and don't give a damn if they look askance.
dingleberries
People say that in Yorkshire too.
I probably shouldn't dunk when around Polish people. I don't know if it's more acceptable now.
I do and don't give a damn if they look askance.
jon357
11 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
Yet used by millions in preference to any other. Millions who do actually learn and do pass their exams.
A local form of English?
That's far from reality. English English is by far the most widely used and understood. Even people who watch foreign stuff on TV like Breaking Bad prefer to study using textbooks in standard English and of course the exams they sit are Cambridge ones.
You should see some of the current ones. They change often of course and the newest ones are amazing.
mostly awful for actually learning anything
Yet used by millions in preference to any other. Millions who do actually learn and do pass their exams.
and is the most widely understood variety
A local form of English?
That's far from reality. English English is by far the most widely used and understood. Even people who watch foreign stuff on TV like Breaking Bad prefer to study using textbooks in standard English and of course the exams they sit are Cambridge ones.
I had great experience with them as a student
You should see some of the current ones. They change often of course and the newest ones are amazing.
jon357
11 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
Millions disagree with you.
Standard English (the clue is in the name) is 5he dominant form of English and is vastly preferred by learners and speakers worldwide.
objectively easier to understand
Millions disagree with you.
Standard English (the clue is in the name) is 5he dominant form of English and is vastly preferred by learners and speakers worldwide.
jon357
10 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
And not standard English which is spoken by second language speakers worldwide who often struggle to understand them.
Their non-standard textbooks (the few that exist) don't sell well outside their own country and the few that are available elsewhere are just versions of U.K. ones printed primarily for South Korea and not big sellers. Even Mexico prefers textbooks in Standard English.
American English is just SIMPLIFIED English.
And not standard English which is spoken by second language speakers worldwide who often struggle to understand them.
Their non-standard textbooks (the few that exist) don't sell well outside their own country and the few that are available elsewhere are just versions of U.K. ones printed primarily for South Korea and not big sellers. Even Mexico prefers textbooks in Standard English.
jon357
10 May 2024
UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [286]
No it isn't. Where did you get that from?
A Quick Look shows that it's 0.7 in Poland, 1 in the U.K. and 6.4 in the U.S.
You said you were 75 yesterday.
The homicide rate in the UK is about 11%
And in Poland 0,6%
No it isn't. Where did you get that from?
A Quick Look shows that it's 0.7 in Poland, 1 in the U.K. and 6.4 in the U.S.
I am a 67 year old man
You said you were 75 yesterday.
jon357
10 May 2024
Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]
Quite.
Interestingly men's knickers are called kecks in Sheffield, Rotherham, Leeds but down the road in Doncaster they're called kegs.
I'd try one. Maybe there's a historic connection with Lincoln.
cack
Quite.
Interestingly men's knickers are called kecks in Sheffield, Rotherham, Leeds but down the road in Doncaster they're called kegs.
Lincoln Creams
I'd try one. Maybe there's a historic connection with Lincoln.
jon357
10 May 2024
Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]
When I first moved to PL I was amused to see a brand of cakes labelled as "keks". Where I'm from, the word keks means underpants.
sponge cakes
When I first moved to PL I was amused to see a brand of cakes labelled as "keks". Where I'm from, the word keks means underpants.
jon357
10 May 2024
Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]
I think they're sometimes called boudoir biscuits. For trifles or for people so infirm and toothless that they can't manage wafers.
Sort of 'civil service' biscuits. When I worked at the Legal Aid Board back in pre-computer days when there was still a tea lady who called at each floor in turn twice a day there were always that sort of biscuits. Hobnobs eventually took over in offices.
I've never seen them. There were also Gypsy Creams which people mention but I'm not sure what they are.
A biscuit I don't like is Goosnargh Cakes, a Lancashire thing. Very plain with caraway seeds in.
Ours are oblong in shape and they're used for making certain kinds of cakes or desserts like trifle
I think they're sometimes called boudoir biscuits. For trifles or for people so infirm and toothless that they can't manage wafers.
herbatniki
Sort of 'civil service' biscuits. When I worked at the Legal Aid Board back in pre-computer days when there was still a tea lady who called at each floor in turn twice a day there were always that sort of biscuits. Hobnobs eventually took over in offices.
Lincoln Creams in the UK?
I've never seen them. There were also Gypsy Creams which people mention but I'm not sure what they are.
A biscuit I don't like is Goosnargh Cakes, a Lancashire thing. Very plain with caraway seeds in.
jon357
10 May 2024
Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]
There are lots of religions in the world and they pretty well all say much the same sort of things. The religion someone follows is generally the one around them.
So were witches.
And healing is generally present in most belief systems.
it's the religion of wise people from the beginning of time
There are lots of religions in the world and they pretty well all say much the same sort of things. The religion someone follows is generally the one around them.
in fact they were targeted, killed and burnt for
So were witches.
And healing is generally present in most belief systems.
jon357
10 May 2024
Off-Topic / thinking of writting a book about myself [219]
And much more mythology, and of course the NT was written many years after the events it describes/invents and written by believers writing with a purpose.
Nevertheless, healing of different forms done by people with any religion or none does seem to be a real phenomena.
the bible has many facts
And much more mythology, and of course the NT was written many years after the events it describes/invents and written by believers writing with a purpose.
Nevertheless, healing of different forms done by people with any religion or none does seem to be a real phenomena.
jon357
10 May 2024
UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [286]
Maf, as far as I know, none of those things are suspected.
There's something I've been holding back from saying and will continue to do so. All I'll say is that it isn't about what has been said, it's about what hasn't been said. Something that might make it harder for a parent to accept their child's death.
A reason why the police might consider that there weren't any suspicious circumstances and why the mother's comments in the Polsat article and elsewhere don't mention the Coroner's verdict.
Which makes it especially sad and even less appropriate to rake over details.
I'm certainly not saying that's a strong possibility, however it's certainly a tragic one.
Unpleasant grifters hoping to extract cash donations from bitter, unintelligent and underachieving suburban boomers.
drug use, ties to dodgy suspicious people, sex work, random hook ups
Maf, as far as I know, none of those things are suspected.
There's something I've been holding back from saying and will continue to do so. All I'll say is that it isn't about what has been said, it's about what hasn't been said. Something that might make it harder for a parent to accept their child's death.
A reason why the police might consider that there weren't any suspicious circumstances and why the mother's comments in the Polsat article and elsewhere don't mention the Coroner's verdict.
Which makes it especially sad and even less appropriate to rake over details.
I'm certainly not saying that's a strong possibility, however it's certainly a tragic one.
By the way, what do you think about the Reform Party?
Unpleasant grifters hoping to extract cash donations from bitter, unintelligent and underachieving suburban boomers.
jon357
10 May 2024
UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [286]
Paulina, arguments do sometimes happen on PF. Perhaps yes, it's better to leave that sort of stuff to the American trolls.
As for "calling a truce", that isn't a phrase I'd use since it implies battles, and life is too short to have online battles with people we don't know, especially about topics which are at best sensitive.
Having said that though, your last paragraph is essentially very practical and decent. It's sometimes (even usually) better to stick to positive things rather than matters that we can't influence. Basically things like that when discussed by third parties tend to generate far more heat than light. And yes, as you say, we've said all that we're going to. I'd also add that we agree better than we disagree.
So yes, let's stick to positive things like the invasion of Ukraine, devastating climate change, the rise of fascism in Europe, hyperinflation, Chinese espionage, the threat from AI, and Donald Trump ;-)
Paulina, arguments do sometimes happen on PF. Perhaps yes, it's better to leave that sort of stuff to the American trolls.
As for "calling a truce", that isn't a phrase I'd use since it implies battles, and life is too short to have online battles with people we don't know, especially about topics which are at best sensitive.
Having said that though, your last paragraph is essentially very practical and decent. It's sometimes (even usually) better to stick to positive things rather than matters that we can't influence. Basically things like that when discussed by third parties tend to generate far more heat than light. And yes, as you say, we've said all that we're going to. I'd also add that we agree better than we disagree.
So yes, let's stick to positive things like the invasion of Ukraine, devastating climate change, the rise of fascism in Europe, hyperinflation, Chinese espionage, the threat from AI, and Donald Trump ;-)