News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1390]


That's surprising given the authoritarian distortion of economy and society there.

Odd that the pond life minority who vote for fascists want that back.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1390]


It really doesn't.

When organisations or political parties promote hate and division, they need dealing with.


Why would they, since her comments are positive?

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1390]


If that impacts negatively on society and causes either a spike in hate crime or discrimination in public life then of course.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1390]


Of course fascists, like 'AfD' and similar do exactly that; they are ruled by emotion, primarily fear, hate and a sense of inadequacy.

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

Gdyby tego chciał, byłby pierwszym Orangemanem w historii, który by tego chciał.

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [758]


That would make sense in the U.K. too.


Very often, but it can also be someone who is secretive about their personal life or has had some big news that they chose not to share.


Mine too. It looks like a senior moment while writing. Always see a man about a dog.

That one reminds me of some of the cruder things you hear in Yorkshire. Sometimes when kids ask their mum what's for dinner or tea, a reply can be "shıt with sugar on".

There are cruder ones than that though....

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [954]

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Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [423]


An interesting combination. I've only ever done hollandaise with fish.

With lamb (especially if it's from a hogget and is nearly mutton) try it with capers or anchovies. The salt in them is part of that but both work well with lamb, especially of the animal is a little older.

That or (if it's a joint) paint it with redcurrant jelly (or pretty well any jam) and put some rosemary on.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [758]


So English, unless England has seceded from Britain (which would be logistically difficult in geographic terms since we would need a very big stonemasonry saw, a large tow rope and more than a few heavy ships) since I was last there a few days ago.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [758]

Too late to edit.

I wonder if that neighbour is still alive. If he is he must be about 85. I was 9 then and he had all the power. Not any more, since I'm now the strong one and he's weak. If he's still alive I can track him down and break all four limbs quickly and easily. It would probably kill him. Tempting....

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [758]


That too. Thanks for posting that phrase; it took me right back to a long-forgotten happy childhood memory about unexpectedly being given a pet kitten. The happiness is tempered a bit because a nasty neighbour put rat poison in his saucer of milk. And they wonder why people end up cynical about life.


The English one of course I know however the Polish one not so much.

As you know, you hear something and understand it because it's in context but don't recall it productively.

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

To właśnie on.

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Maria_Zuppi

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

Ups, właśnie zauważyłem, że jest w części foruma "po Polsku".

Tak więc, powtarzam, kardynał Zuppi byłby świetnym wyborem, nie tylko ze względu na jego pracę na czele Wspólnoty Sant' Egidio, ale także ze względu na szacunek, który darzą go ludzie na całym świecie.

Media mówią, że jest "papabile". Jeśli jego praca w Sant' Egidio wyklucza go ze względu na bliskość do zakonu, kardynał Tolentino, który nie jest jej członkiem, ale jest z nią związany, również byłby dobrym wyborem.

Warto również wspomnieć, że Sant' Egidio mocno popierało wybóra kardynała Wojtyły w roku 1978.

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]


Nice name, however Matteo Zuppi would be an excellent choice. Either him or someone from Africa or Asia, perhaps the Philippines.

Work / We are looking for a business partner - Manpower Agency [5]


Better for firms to actually hire staff, perhaps on a casual basis or in agreement with a friendly government rather than pay part of the workers' wages to a bottom-feeding middleman.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [758]


Yes, I've only ever heard going/been/off to see a man about. Basically a politer MYOB.

Classifieds / Kebab business [43]


There aren't any such thing and never have been.

Not that this is helpful to the poster who wants to open a shop.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [758]


I do, however that idiom does exist in English too; same imagery, same meaning.

So alike that I did wonder if it was a reverse riddle. How I'd say in conversation in Polish is a different matter, in fact I don't have a green idea...

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [423]


Not tonight...

Po polsku / Strefa Wolna od Małpiszonów [46]


Z radością. Jest wyjątkowo paskudny rodzaj owoców.


Nieeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Ogrody zoologiczne są więzienie dla niewinnych


Całe życie chciałem mieć małpkę, która sra haszyszem. To byłoby fajne.


Grzegorz Braun jest debilem.

Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]


Zero.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [758]


The same in English. I have to see a man about a horse.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [423]


Being the birthplace of a particularly unpleasant tyrant.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [758]


Usually the latter.

News / Will Chinese soldiers be stationed in Poland and Europe in 10 years? [63]


They fight for £2,000 a month. Unemployment and low pay in China are worse than you'd think.

China could end this war now by cutting off r*SSia.

Kaja Kallas just said as much:
It is clear that if China would really be against this war they could easily stop this."

She also told BBC Radio 4 that Europe was seen as a "credible and reliable" defence and security partner by countries around the world in light of President Trump's trade war. She said "there are no winners in trade wars", but pointed out that Trump's tariff war had raised the "political power" of the EU.

Her remarks came as John Healey, the British defence secretary, chaired a meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group in Brussels, along with his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius
thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/china-could-easily-end-ukraine-war-says-eu-foreign-policy-chief-pcp26lnjs

Off-Topic / USA and The Middle East. [27]


Iranian proxies.

The world is a dangerous place however Chairman Mouth can't invade the Middle East as well as Canada and Greenland.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [334]


Because.

Anyway, straights run enough things. Certain spheres of life are however ours. And we do them well.

Travel / Visiting Gdansk/Sopot worth it??? [12]

The stations are still the same.

I fancy a week by the beach this year, maybe the strip between Gdańsk and Sopot.