History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]


*gets Brat by the ear and drags him out of this thread*

*scolds him*

"I can't turn my back for a second, can I?"

*rolls eyes*

Life / Poles are not racist [873]


We DO have that! hehe (Goths aren't so bad you know!) :D
The ad says......"no one wants her little black dress to turn into a little grey dress"!

Life / Poles are not racist [873]

I dunno......I think now the focus is on keeping clothes looking new, so we have detergents that won't fade your colors! :P

Life / Poles are not racist [873]


I just check the box that says "other" and write in "so white that I glow in the dark" :P

UK, Ireland / Warning to British people visiting Poland!! Don't get drunk and smash the place up! [447]


Sometimes? More like "most of the time"! :)
People don't like to change things....not even their mind! :(

UK, Ireland / Warning to British people visiting Poland!! Don't get drunk and smash the place up! [447]

How about a lifetime supply of sushi and shiny new surboards? :)

UK, Ireland / Warning to British people visiting Poland!! Don't get drunk and smash the place up! [447]


That gives me an idea! Can the Americans take back Hawaii from the Japanese? How do we go about doing that, exactly?

Genealogy / I am 1/8 Polish on my mother's side - not Polish enough / Lithuania and Zmudz in Poland's ancestry [110]

I'm not Polish enough either. :(

Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]


He just seems that way when he's p*ssed off.....he's really a nice guy. But he is easily provoked, I'm afraid. And if you look back at your first post....you started something with your name calling :)

Let's all try to play nice, ok :)

Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]


Actually....there are a lot of non-Polish people here. One does not have to be Polish to have a connection.....I'm not Polish and I love Poland, the people, and the language!

Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]


and that's my Brat :)

I like the hat though, can I keep it? :)


I'm not sure you would want to claim him, though!

Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]


Elvis had German heritage? :)
I had no idea......

Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]


Wow, Puzzly. Your view of him really surprized me......not what I would have expected. He wrote of life under oppression, and what that does to the pysche. Interesting. You have thrown me your first "official curve ball"... :D

Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]


And lets not forget where your family heralds from.....my little Bratski :)

(can you accept this comment without getting angry at me? Bitte?) :)

Travel / Photos from Poland [258]

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


Ahhh, the "sardine instinct". You can also witness this at Disneyland :)

Travel / Photos from Poland [258]

FISZ, in your post #123,
the sixth photo (black and white shot of a street):
Can you tell me where that was taken, please?

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

I think BubbaWoo is probably joking with you...

But then again, guys can be like that sometimes, especially around their friends.
Pay attention to how he says things...you might get some clues there :)

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


I think that would be like "wierdo" in English, but it might have a more subtle meaning.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


"smarka" is "snotty brat"

Were you being naughty? :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

At least you are one Pole who never seems to be miserable, even if maybe it is warranted! :)

Why are all Polish people like 6 feet tall or more? Because you are probably still growing, and gonna get taller!
It like "land of the giants" or something!

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

You haven't been diagnosed with hyperactivity disorder, have you? :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


See now, that's not a smile! What happened to "kick the ball with all your might", where others might be hurt?

History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]

Witek, maybe the uprisings did not seem worth it to you because the desired result was not acheived. But to the people who stood up and fought, the cause was worthwhile enough to them to lay down their lives for what they believed. I have to respect that.

History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]

library.yale.edu/slavic/slavic.html#archive

This is a link to Yale Library database. Do you have a name or anything to go on?

History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]

Patrycja, were there any records kept of the deportations as a means to trace your family member? Wasn't everyone required to carry "papers" in those times to get through check points?

History / Poland's January Uprisings of 1863 [86]

Back to the uprisings....what brought it about and what went wrong? Need my history lesson for the day....


OK.. I teach myself....Wikipedia says that it was started by young people who were rebelling against being forced into involuntary labor in the Russian army, and that it was the longest uprising-lasting for two years. The article also says that no cities were recaptured and the Poles had to resort to guerilla tactics. Russia retaliated against the Poles with executions and deportations to Siberia.

So I'm thinking that the "will to fight" was there, but there was not enough support, organization, and communication to pull it off. Otherwise, there may have been a very different outcome.

But I also think that the enormous bloodshed described is tragic, for so little to have been gained. But if I were in the same situation, and things were bad enough, I might to choose to fight and be free in death, if necessary, rather than to live in oppression.