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Posts by pawian  

Joined: 30 May 2008 / Male ♂
Last Post: 19 Mar 2025
Threads: Total: 226 / Live: 154 / Archived: 72
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From: Poe land
Speaks Polish?: Yes, but I prefer English
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pawian   
22 Jul 2023
Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

Nie, trzeba pacana aresztować i wsadzić do niewoli awiniońskiej na 70 lat. Pastorał mu w oko.
pawian   
22 Jul 2023
News / Despicable Ukrainian lies [144]

you'll make his day!

It is one of Iron`s old nationalist beliefs that I remember opposing as long ago as in 2009. I thought Iron has changed but it was a futile hope. :):)

No, he was only joking. :):)

Give our land back first!

You shouldn`t joke in that way, especially if we still remember your ardent disputes against Ukrainian ownership of ex Polish lands from decades ago. Somebody might think you were serious.
pawian   
22 Jul 2023
Language / Will Germans be able to understand Polish enough? [77]

And we all (or almost all) learnt German at school as the third language.

In my primary school times, there were more teachers of German than of English. That is why I learnt German at a state school while English at after school courses. Amasing.
pawian   
22 Jul 2023
Law / Statistics of crime rates in Poland [44]

Poland is the third safest country in the EU,

Yes, it is good to live here. The last time they broke into my car was in mid 1990s. The last time I was attacked in the street by a young drunk was in late 1990s.

though I have only been there three times. :;-)

It must have been in the pre-photography era coz you never post any pics. :):):)
pawian   
22 Jul 2023
News / Despicable Ukrainian lies [144]

IF they choose Bandera as their hero,

Just like some Poles, quite many on the right and nationalist side, choose some cursed soldiers , who murdered innocent people. We already talked about it many times.

accepted 4 million Ukrainian refugees, giving them all social security benefits/health services that Polish citizens get

More than half of them have already returned to Ukraine. Right now there are about 1.2 million Ukrainian war refugees in Poland.
pawian   
22 Jul 2023
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

.I liked "communism" for my tuition-free MSEE and no-charge healthcare.

No charge meant that they didn`t charge you for a visit when you had a flu and needed a prescription for some antibiotics. However, more serious disorders required huge bribes. My uncle had a heart attack in early 1980s. Doctors brought him to life but found out his veins were completely clogged. The vein cleaning operation could be performed only by specialists in Warsaw at the time, but you had to pay for it, otherwise you were kept on the waiting list for ever.

There is not a single Polish object in my house.

You are really tough!!! :):):)
pawian   
6 Jul 2023
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

What were the famous words of presenter Bronisław Pawlik during the program for children, "Bear from the window"?

"Now, dear children, kiss your mother goodnight."
"Now, dear children, wash and sleep."
"Now, dear children, kiss the bear's ass."


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pawian   
6 Jul 2023
Life / Are Polish Women very promiscuous towards foreigners and refugees? [197]

@Alien, is there a reason why you're digging up such old threads? Are you so bored that you decided to become another PF troll?

Exactly, Alien,. stop this resurrection azholing, :):):) it is useless, you can`t provoke me, I am very busy dealing with weed right now, I am going to return next week.
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
Language / Will Germans be able to understand Polish enough? [77]

Oh pleeeaaaase.....german is like the softest music.

I like it coz it sounds so dynamic and most of the time I have a dynamic approach to life. :):)
However, most Poles think different. One of my female students, whose mum is a teacher of German in our school, said once she hated German coz even the word butterfly in German sounds like an execution order. Schmetterling!!!! :):))
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
Language / Will Germans be able to understand Polish enough? [77]

Between Germany and Poland there is a language barrier as deep as the Marian Trench.

After all, Niemcy - Polish expression for Germans, comes from niemy which means dumb, ie. not speaking any language that humans can understand.
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

PiS are masters in such tricks,

Tricks of political corruption which PiS has used dozens of times - they use well paid positions in state owned companies to buy the support from politicians of other parties.
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
Love / Cheating from spouses. Is cheating very common in Poland ? [116]

Like here you don't know what it is all about

While you always know everything. ;):):)
Good we have you here to explain things to us. Blessing. :):):):)

woman's real respect of the man.

Which is heaven sent, in your opinion. :):)
No, a male must earn this respect first. Nothing is given just like that.
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

Sigh! I have made it at last - another school year is over. Now I need to recharge the batteries for a new one.

When it starts in September, I am usually full of energy and optimistic but I run out of it in late winter months, especially March. Then I function like a cyborg - performing my duties in a purely mechanical way without giving much thought. If I did, I would go crazy. :):):)

the government is loathe to shut down schools and fire teachers (who's gonna vote then?).

The gov doesn`t need to get involved in taking decisions about closing or opening schools. That`s what local authorities do.
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [470]

A mysterious incurable disease is decimating cats in Poland. Scientists fear it might be a variant of H5N1 bird flu virus.
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
News / Famous Poles die - your memories [112]

At Harvard he studied mathematics,

Exactly. I always claimed too much maths is bad for people. I knew two maths teachers who went crazy and had to undergo therapy due to excessive mental strain they put on themselves by trying to work out hard math problems.
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

Why on earth would Konfederacja make a government with PiS?

Even if not whole Konf, PiS will buy individual konfederates and make them support PiS gov. PiS are masters in such tricks, they have been practising it a lot. :)
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
Love / Cheating from spouses. Is cheating very common in Poland ? [116]

But when approached by someone who is open and calm, the horse is more likely to respond in kind.

They should put horses in front of various institutions and test people who desire to find employment there.