Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


Looks like Czterdziestolatek, the part where Karwowski is going through the mid-life crisis and playing the guitar.

Ok, two for you, one easy and one not so easy:

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Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


Re-sizing things? Well, yes, that's part of the convention.

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


Both use the fairytale convention :)

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Jan Jakub Kolski "Szabla od komendanta" (in English as Legacy of Steel).
The apple was an instant givewaway ;)
A great watch.

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


Yes, that's it. Congratulations ) I very much recommend watching it when you have a chance.

You've won the right to post the next one :)

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


more or less, although not necessarily for kids :)
It might be difficult, I know. Wonder if anybody else here has seen it.

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


Thanks!


This one is not as popular as Miś ;)

Ok, here it goes:

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Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


That's easy, Quo vadis. According to Kawalerowicz, they had petunias in ancient Rome.

The two guys covered with foam - Seksmisja (obiekt niezidentyfikowany - papieros)

I wanted to put a scene from one of my favourite films but the image link includes the title. How to get around it? Do I need to copy it to some Image Shack or something similar?

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Cybulski and Czyżewska... Giuseppe w Warszawie maybe?

Real Estate / Neighbourhoods in Warsaw - how safe? [23]


Whose? And what?

Language / Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus - a religious greeting? [39]


I wouldn't try it with anyone below 70 and even then you might just get a funny look. "Dzień dobry" is much safer.

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]


oh, ok, I've checked it at last ;)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douche
a very creative use of the word, I must say

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]


are you asking about the literal meaning of the word? I've no idea but have similar associations as you. Anyway, I've picked it up on a F1 forum where it is frequently used, in relation to the drivers, in contexts where a Pole would just call somebody "dupa wołowa", so I've thought it to be an appropriate translation :)

Pipa, pipka or cipa are words for the female sexual organ so "męska pipa" - a male pipa - denotes somebody who's ineffective, undecided and generally shows no character - just like dupa wołowa.


that's an either-or situation, similar to "albo rybki, albo akwarium" - either the fish or a fish tank

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]


a douchebag
or maybe an asshole would be closer

Language / Foreigners speaking Polish - examples. [61]


swędzi mnie dziurka :)

Genealogy / Common surnames in Poland NOT of Polish origin ? [87]


how did it find its way into the list?

A very interesting list, looks almost like the list of names from my elementary school or from my childhood neighbourhood, and I live in south-eastern Poland. Looking at it, I recognized most of the names, I wouldn't have remembered these people otherwise.

Another popular one is Szmit/Szmidt with the polonized spelling.

Genealogy / Common surnames in Poland NOT of Polish origin ? [87]

and General Bem, a Pole, is a national hero for the Hungarians. That's Mitteleurope for you :)

Genealogy / Common surnames in Poland NOT of Polish origin ? [87]


Czech is just Czech - somebody from Czechia. It sounds the same in Polish and the name could have independently originated in many locations. As Magdalena says, it was just describing an immigrant from Czechia, just like the names Litwin (a Lithuanian) or Rusyn (a Ruthenian). Certainly not all Czechs were crested nobility.

Many names ending with - uk or -icz are of Eastern origin (Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Lithuanian, whatever) - Wasiluk, Bohdanowicz, Hawryluk.

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]


That's from the parents, if they're there.


Some do and some don't. It's increasingly popular but nowhere near obligatory.


no, maybe just the wedding cake


Do they have any interests/passions? If not, money is the safest way out.


One thing I can think of is the penny shower - like rice shower but you use pennies. And they're supposed to collect them all.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

JON357: Poland has a lot of countryside and the right summer temperature to grow it.

Not really -we don't get quite enough sun, at least not every year. Hungary is better :)

Travel / What is the ugliest city or town in Poland? [89]


Not trying to sidetrack anything.These factors, combined, largely determine how a place looks today, that's why the ones built in the 70s and 80s are the ugliest. And right, I forgot about Sieradz.

Travel / What is the ugliest city or town in Poland? [89]


Oh yes, it does matter, as well as the materials they had at their disposal. I'm not trying to denigrate the role of the design, or the designer, but even a bad design can hold its ground with good workmanship, and vice versa. And the work ethics - one more factor.

The designers of the concrete osiedla didn't have much say, their role was mostly to arrange a given number of typical blocks over a given area, and the building technology was subject to government regulations.

Anyway, Tarnobrzeg gets my vote.

Travel / What is the ugliest city or town in Poland? [89]


Nowa Huta was built soon after the war, by builders who'd known their trade from pre-war times and used bricks, not the pre-fabricated concrete elements. And that made all the difference. If you're looking for the ugliest place, look among those built in the 1970s and 80s.

Life / Help me find this Polish band and song.... [117]

Chodzi lisek koło drogi
Cichuteńko stawia nogi,
Cichuteńko się zakrada,
Nic nikomu nie powiada.

Chodzi lisek koło drogi
Nie ma ręki ani nogi,
Kogo lisek przyodzieje,
Ten się nawet nie spodzieje.

Chodzi lisek koło drogi
Nie ma ręki ani nogi
Trzeba liska pożałować
Kromkę chleba mu darować.

youtu.be/fzUOAvHXLvU

Language / I would like to make a collection of beautiful and/or funny polish quotes [30]

Kto rano wstaje, ten jest niewyspany - my favourite.

Food / Polish cake with poppy seeds in it. Makowiec [6]


I think it's makowe, not markowe. Mak is poppyseeds.

If you google it this way you'll find a few recipes, but in all of them the poppyseeds go to the sponge layer, not to the cream.

Have a look and tell me if that's what you need:

gotujmy.pl/ciasto-makowe-z-kremem-i-galaretka,przepisy,104245.html

nasze-hafty.pl/networks/groups/Zakrconeinaczej/forum/thread.54653

wino-i-oliwki.blog.onet.pl/Ciasto-makowe-z-Delicjami,2,ID387965418,DA2009-08-08,n

UK, Ireland / Ad from my UK newspaper today : not worth a zloty [13]

And here you can see the pre-1995 money: mmbialystok.pl/artykul/zdjecie-banknot-przed-denominacja-5#photo

UK, Ireland / Ad from my UK newspaper today : not worth a zloty [13]

They could use the pre-1995 banknotes which are no longer valid. In 1995 the currency was denominated by 1:10 000 ratio (10 000 old złotys = 1 PLN, or new złoty), and new banknotes came into use.

The current banknotes:

Anything other than these is a scam.

UK, Ireland / Ad from my UK newspaper today : not worth a zloty [13]


Kantors are fine, they're not going to risk their licence to cheat you on a 100 euro.
You'll be fine too as long as you use kantors, ATMs and banks. The warning is directed to people who might want to change money in a street outside of a bar when they get short of cash for another drink.

Real Estate / Renting in Poland - tenants' rights? [51]


Available now, meaning you can move in even today.