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Typical Polish house and family [46]
This seems to me to be as good a thread as I can find to bring up this subject.
Let me state that I am UK born first generation Pole.
Both my parents were Polish.
I have been to Poland many times and love Polish people, culture and history.
But every culture, nation, race has it's problems.
We need to face up to them.
In another thread we discussed terrible Polish drivers causing too many deaths.
Only pawian disagreed, but he was playing "devils advocate".
This is about Poles and alcohol.
Hey, I love a drink, don't get me wrong.
But Poles tend to drink too much.
The only T total Poles I have ever known were women.
My parents were virtually T Total except for Polish parties.
Dad would drink with the rest of them and then find a sofa to kip on for 2 or 3 hours....he couldn't handle it.....
Me, I can drink, but not to excess.
I remember when one of my cousins got married, warning another cousin not to drink with the older Poles.
Of course, he was young and ignored my advice.... ended up in a fight and he got thrown outl
Most of my uncles and aunts were like my parents.
Only drank at parties.
But I did have one alcoholic uncle.
And you can't blame communism for Polands love affair with alcohol because none of my parents generation ever lived under that vile doctrine.
My son is virtually T Total, at most he will drink one pint of beer, my daughter prefers tea to alcohol, but when she drinks she can match me......must be the Polish blood.....
So, what is it with Poles and alcohol?
