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pawian   
29 Jan 2025
History / Why didn't Britain declare war on USSR for invading Poland in 1939? [103]

tbc

The remaining stanzas of that amasing anti communist song above
It is he who forces us not to believe in God
by overwhelming us with the power of red rags,
so that the humanity in your heart would extinguish,
so that you would not know what a brother means.

After all, he stole your property
and seeps the blood of your heart from our wounds.
After all, he values ​​the dog more than you
because you are a Pole - therefore an enemy and a Polish lord.

It is he who, preaching slogans of brotherhood,
pushes the flower of our youth to prisons.
So that humanity in your heart would fade,
so that you would not know what a brother means.

So, throw the veil from your eyes, dear brother.
Let the golden horn of the forefathers thunder again.
Beat the Bolshevik in every form,
because he is your greatest enemy today.

pawian   
29 Jan 2025
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

The story is set in early 1960s and shows a secondary school with single sex classes only for boys.

Also depicted in the film Satan from 7th Grade made in 1960.

Watch from 4:15. Professor comes to class, wants to test students and big trouble breaks out. English subs though a bit messed however intelligent people will guess the meaning.


pawian   
29 Jan 2025
History / Differences between Poland and Russia [78]

a russian will fight until the final

Russians fight till the end to save their family from oppression back home by the brutal authorities led by a crazy dictator. Today Putin, in the past Stalin or Ivan the Terrible. Those Russians are really miserable.

A joke from Cold War times:
US and Soviet military organise a meeting. Officers decide to test their soldiers` discipline and loyalty.
An American soldier is told by his superiors to leap off the cliff into certain death below in the name of Ronald Reagan. He refuses: I can`t. I have a wife and kids.
A Russian is told the same by Soviet officers to die in the name of Leonind Brezhnev. He quickly climbs the cliff and is going to jump when Ams stop him and ask. Are you crazy?? Go down and back to the camp!
He replies: I can`t. I have a wife and kids.
pawian   
29 Jan 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

they donated them, or RD supplied them Iron Curtain a non-profit foundation to promote western values.

Who knows?? Quite possible.......

British edition,the African ones? the joke pages and the inspirational quotes ?

I didn`t but jokes and quotes by famous people could be also found in Am version.
pawian   
29 Jan 2025
Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]

It is sad how some priests abuse the teachings of Jesus, thus further putting decent people off the RC Church.

During a meeting of Ciechanów residents with Karol Nawrocki, the parish priest of one of the local parishes spoke up and supported the PiS candidate. - As for Professor Dudek, I advise you to give him a right jab or a left jab when you meet him - advised Father Jan Jóźwiak in his speech and blessed Nawrocki. Professor Antoni Dudek recently assessed that Nawrocki is "one of the most dangerous people" in the public space. - God bless you, Reverend Dean. Thank you for these words and for your support - the PiS candidate replied to the priest.
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Off-Topic / Serbia etc. thread 3 [437]

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pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Off-Topic / Serbia etc. thread 3 [437]

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pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Work / Teaching English in Zakopane, is it safe? [53]

in Pcim.

Please, stop disparaging Pcim. Its inhabitants have had enough of mockery from whole Poland about a shythole where dogs bark with their asses. hahahaha
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
USA, Canada / Will Americans flee from the US to Poland? [186]

Let's invite the Chinese army to catch all illegals

No!!! Still a better idea! Invite North Nigerian army and rename Washington DC into New Moscow!!!! hahaah buhahaha Ale witz!!! hihihi
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
History / Why didn't Britain declare war on USSR for invading Poland in 1939? [103]

Thank you, dear Staff!!! You are so quick. My jaw always drops low down when I see your immediate reaction. :):):)

An anti Soviet song composed by patriotic Poles/Polesses during WW2. It mentions Katyn Massacre.



Fight the Bolshevik!!!

Fight the Bolshevik in every form,
because he is your greatest enemy today.
After all, he paved the network of his countless roads with the bones of your brothers.

It was he who drove your children to Siberia,
and composed a joyful song from their groans.
It is he who today oppresses our fathers,
and makes them bear the yoke of communism.

It was he who, in the dark forest of Katyn,
suddenly plunged a sharp knife into the Polish chest,
murdering there the best Polish sons
like a vile thug, a vile traitor, a coward.

It is he who worships Stalin like a deity,
not sparing your priests severe torments.
It is he who turned churches into cinemas
and tramples on the cross, worshiping the red star.

tbc
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Po polsku / Dyrdymałki o Niczem 2 [312]

nie życzymy mu tego

Czego dokładnie? Kule mają różne znaczenia w polskim. :):):)
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Work / Teaching English in Zakopane, is it safe? [53]

It preyed on sheep so he is made of them. Simple. Alien, why are you such a troublemaker about the white race???? It is amasing what you are doing. ):):)
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Work / Teaching English in Zakopane, is it safe? [53]

Please, abstain from saying such superfluous things like Novi or Iron. I showed you the picture showing the white race. Didn`t I ????
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

Done at 18 usually,

Yes, coz British kids start education 1 year earlier than Polish ones. They aka Polish kids thank rightist PiS for that. :):):)

Sometimes it can be overkill. Better understanding deeply rather than memorising.

Exactly. That is required at the exams here. I have a Polish class exam before my eyes coz I am working on it with my youngest kid. Soon I will post some excerpts in another thread.
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

Bimbarding them with information.

Exactly. However, that`s the way it has to go. It is a high school exam students take at 19 years old which is comparable to Advanced exams in British system. Students who do well can enroll at elite universities to study popular courses like Law or Psychology.
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

(and the ads in them)

I used to buy Reader`s Digest and Newsweek magazines in antykwariat antique bookshops at the time. I still keep them on the shelf today, with my notes and highlighted words and phrases worth memorising.
They were quite up to date, just a few weeks older than the content. I suppose American embassy workers sold them to that antique bookshop.
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

It means that people often like to boast

Exactly.
This saying reminded me of 1980s when I used to read excellent magazine Fantastyka which published s-fi stories by Polish and foreign authors. In one foreign story, I read : A success is like a fart. Only your own smells nice.
The story`s title was sth like: Invasion from the past.
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Off-Topic / God and Religion Talk [298]

Oh la la, johhny, so many posters are ganging up on you now that I feel the need to come to your rescue as I always do in such situations at school.
Thank you for starting this thread, it is really valuable food for thought and don`t mind my remarks about Paul coz I am a perfectionist who doesn`t have to be taken so seriously after all. :):):)
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

Nobody guessed these riddles so let me offer you the solutions

to be a pebble/stone/rock in the shoe/boot.

Sb or sth that pinches, tires, irritates, distracts and gives no respite.

with soul on one`s shoulder.

Feeling scared.

to have/look for hooks on sb

To know discrediting info about sb and be ready to use it against that person.

How abou this one:

each magpie praises its own tail.
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
History / Why Poland is not Russia [260]

That is a true patriot of Poland.

Yes, my idol in Polish literature. When young in 1980s, I learnt his poems by heart to woo female students at the university. And it worked excellently! Thank you, Adam. ):):)
pawian   
24 Jan 2025
History / Differences between Poland and Russia [78]

thanks:-)

It`s OK, glad to be of service. :):):)

we never appreciated Rasputins. Only foreign bands sing about them:

Ra Ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra Ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the tsar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze

pawian   
24 Jan 2025
History / Why Poland is not Russia [260]

speaking with Russians, You speak with the couriers of God. Russia has a mission - the sanction of the Lord.

19th century anti Russian Polish insurgents` song:

Zemsta, zemsta, zemsta na wroga
Z Bogiem i choćby mimo Boga!!!

Vengence, vengence, vengence on the enemy!!
With God or even against God!


I first heard in at the theatre watching a patriotic play by Adam Mickiewicz called Dziady as a kid. It was communist time.

With English subs:

pawian   
24 Jan 2025
History / Differences between Poland and Russia [78]

Now you are speaking like possessed Rasputin!!!

The difference is that in Poland we never appreciated possessed Russian Rasputins.

Only foreign bands came to Poland to sing about them:

Sopot International Festival, 1979, communist times: