Posts by pawian - page 667

pawian

12 Feb 2013

Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]

Picasso visits Wrocław in a Communist public relations tour-de-force.

Picasso visits Warsaw and draws a mermaid on the wall in one of newly built flats.

Do you know what happened to the drawing?

pawian

12 Feb 2013

History / Churchill and Poland [120]

Sorry, Sir, you are mistaken. Never mind, it was nice talking to you. :):):)

pawian

11 Feb 2013

History / Churchill and Poland [120]

Pact with Stalin? What Pact?

Please, don`t distort my words. I said: pact! :):):)

Yes, but later Churchill replaced Hitler and became Stalin`s greatest ally. How simple. :):):)

pawian

11 Feb 2013

History / Churchill and Poland [120]

? We didn't "get" Greece.?

Don`t be silly and consult the books. If you don`t possess them, try Wikipedia. The British, by Churchill`s order, executed hundreds of communist partisans in Greece in 1944/45 and Stalin closed an eye because he realised Greece was out of his reach.

pawian

11 Feb 2013

History / Churchill and Poland [120]

Does it mean it is high time to change my opinion about you? :):):) Was smurf right but I didn`t believe him because I tend to see goodness in people and I am wrong sometimes? :):):):):):)

pawian

11 Feb 2013

History / Churchill and Poland [120]

Only because you ask me and I appreciate your interest in history although it is still so naive.

he certainly didn't "sell" Poland to Stalin (what did he get in return?), or do any dirty tricks

Yes, he did because Poland meant nothing to him, so when Katyn Massacre surfaced, he told Poles who made fuss about it to shut up and swallow the bitter pill. :(:(:(:

Why?
Because he wanted to win the war against Hitler and to achieve that main aim, he fully cooperated with Stalin and rejected any Polish obtrusion. Read about British and US aid for USSR during WW2.

he hated Communism and the Soviet Union.

Yes, but it was him who made a pact with Lucifer to defeat Satan. Or vice versa. :):):):)

(what did he get in return?),

Greece, for example. :)

Let me remind you the topic of this thread is Churchill and Poland. :):):):)

pawian

11 Feb 2013

News / Incredible news from Poland - The president shaved his moustache! [88]

Never mind, I have always been modest.

Lame Prime Minister in Poland:

Poland minister hurts

Hey, remember the guy? he has just become the head of Stock Exchange in Bucarest, Romania.
Wow!

biznes.interia.pl/gieldy/news/ludwik-sobolewski-zostal-szefem-rumunskiej-gieldy,1933110

pawian

11 Feb 2013

History / Churchill and Poland [120]

Certainly, the knowledge of your country`s history and its historical leaders` actions, let alone the history of Poland, is your very conspicuous Achilles` heel. Unfortunately, I don`t have time to educate you.

pawian

11 Feb 2013

History / Churchill and Poland [120]

America is a really great country, much better than Poland.

Sorry, don`t treat it as a lack of respect, but you are wrong.

pawian

11 Feb 2013

Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]

For instance, whom among you recalls "Poland's James Dean", Marek Hłasko?

I have a few volumes by Hłasko on the shelves right over my head. :):):):)

pawian

11 Feb 2013

Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]

please don't post pictures that already appear in other threads. thank you.

To whom is that addressed? And am I to have an encyclopedic knowledge of what pictures are in other threads?

Relax, it was to me. Yes, after you presented the film posters, I replied with another famous poster which has become legendary today.

But I forgot I had already posted it in another thread https://polishforums.com/history/poland-communism-fell-years-ago-led-35430/5/#msg723006
on 16 July, 2009.

My bad, I am really sorry if I hurt anyone but it is sometimes hard to remember all the pics you have shown in the forum since my registration at this account in 2008.

But I forgot I had already posted it in another thread
on 16 July, 2009.
My bad, I am really sorry if I hurt anyone but it is sometimes hard to remember all the pics you have shown in the forum since my registration at this account in 2008.

To stick to the rules, I am suspending my activity in this thread until I look through all my threads to refresh my memory about photos. See you in other threads! :):):)

pawian

11 Feb 2013

History / Churchill and Poland [120]

How was Churchill made into a Hate figure in Poland and Stalin not?

Excuse me, but you shouldn`t formulate such categorical statements without studying Polish history and culture a bit longer than a few weeks in the forum. It is sad but I have to tell you (and don`t treat it as a lack of respect or something) that all what you wrote in your initial post is nonsense. I hope you don`t mind.

Main counter points.
1. Churchill was handled quite neutrally or even with certain dose of appreciation by communist propaganda. Communist historians didn`t want to go too deeply into the delicate matter of Yalta Conference where Poland was sold to Stalin by Churchill and Roosevelt. Apart from that, Churchill`s role in defeating Nazis was important and even communists admitted it. Why not?

2. Churchill isn`t hated in Poland. He is simply not revered here like American President Woodrow Wilson who contributed in some way to the resurrection of the Polish state in 1918. I hope there are no Churchill Streets here.

pawian

10 Feb 2013

Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]

Wow! Your poster suggests the thread is getting wider than I expected! :):):)

What about these two?

pawian

10 Feb 2013

News / Dirty deeds of foreign guys in Poland [128]

But when they smoke something, they probably not able to do any crazy stuff.

Well, actually, my uni students told me they had had to close one stoned German guy in the toilet because he suddenly dreamt of flying and tried to fulfill his dream in one of Krakow tall dormitories. But I am not sure what he had smoked or drunk or whatever.

pawian

10 Feb 2013

History / Polish military uniforms [57]

Ok, I see. You can be right, after all, but I don`t mind what they carry.

pawian

10 Feb 2013

News / Dirty deeds of foreign guys in Poland [128]

That would be even funnier. :):):)

But I saw young ethnic Germans in action during school exchanges. When they drink too much Polish beer/vodka or smoke too much stuff they bring with themselves from Germany, they can get really wild and even their own teachers can`t contain them. Crazy guys. :):):)

pawian

10 Feb 2013

Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]

What about here?

Jon, it is not Poland through riddles thread. Relax. :):):)

Yes, I know it is one of the mosques in north east Poland.

Preschool with a cross: Przedszkole.jpg - Preschool class in Poland

Highway/motorway construction site in Poland.

pawian

10 Feb 2013

Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]

Here's a random view of Poland - do you know where it is?

Hey, you are making another Poland in riddles thread!

I have no idea.

pawian

10 Feb 2013

Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]

Puśśy Riot ! not quite. it seemed to be part of a youth/school project. location: Ostrów Tumski, Wroclaw.

Under their teachers` guidance?? Good for them! :):):)

What wrong he is Polish! Maybe his parents came from Nigeria, but he is Polish, educated and speaks better than most Poles.

Never heard of him before.

Guys, please, dont` argue here about racial issues. They will close the thread for cleaning for a few months and you won`t see any random pictures of Poland.

Like this one:

Poland

Poland in Europe map

pawian

10 Feb 2013

History / Polish military uniforms [57]

Citizen, Highlander units` uniform is traditional but still officially used. It is not a historical re-enactment, it is real Polish Army.