jon357
6 Jan 2025
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]
Rosół z kury always reminds me of cock-a-leekie without the leeks.
chicken soup
Rosół z kury always reminds me of cock-a-leekie without the leeks.
jon357
6 Jan 2025
Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [470]
Our local pet shop sells vacuum packed rats that look just like that. People with snakes buy them.
Our local pet shop sells vacuum packed rats that look just like that. People with snakes buy them.
jon357
6 Jan 2025
Off-Topic / Coup in South Korea [44]
Basically yes.
What happens or doesn't happen there is largely up to China now.
that training is useless now coz most of those trained soldiers perished or were made unserviceable by heroic Ukrainians.
Basically yes.
What happens or doesn't happen there is largely up to China now.
jon357
5 Jan 2025
Off-Topic / Coup in South Korea [44]
It will run and run. There's plenty still to happen there.
they came for martial law president, indeed, but his security and loyal troops still protect him. How long?
It will run and run. There's plenty still to happen there.
jon357
5 Jan 2025
Off-Topic / Toilet seat manners of British and Polish males [42]
His 'accident' was a decade ago and it's still funny...
some old Indian bloke who the evening before had come running out of the toilet shouting "in this weird almost American accent" about how he was going to sue them
threw him out when he wouldn't shut up about it (and when they realised where the smell was coming from
His 'accident' was a decade ago and it's still funny...
jon357
5 Jan 2025
Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]
@Lernende
Depends. There are far more bad restaurants than good ones, and an oversupply of ones that just serve things that are easy and normal enough to make in your own kitchen.
@Lernende
Depends. There are far more bad restaurants than good ones, and an oversupply of ones that just serve things that are easy and normal enough to make in your own kitchen.
jon357
5 Jan 2025
UK, Ireland / The "Paracetamol Myth" - Polish people hesitate to visit UK doctors. [51]
Brexit doesn't really make much difference, especially when thecountry's recovering from 14 years of Tory misrule.
None of those things are true.
British people are unhappy about their life after brexit.
Brexit doesn't really make much difference, especially when thecountry's recovering from 14 years of Tory misrule.
Costs crushing. Med care very poor. Low pay.
None of those things are true.
jon357
18 Dec 2024
Life / Trendsetter from Poland. [86]
@Alien
I got some cheaply in Turkey a week or so ago for a friend's daughter. There are nicer variants in the MENA region which has a lot of fancy chocolate.
@Alien
I got some cheaply in Turkey a week or so ago for a friend's daughter. There are nicer variants in the MENA region which has a lot of fancy chocolate.
jon357
10 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [955]
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jon357
10 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]
Crikey, it's like the dreadful boomer uncle that starts fighting under the mistletoe and can't hold his drink
More Diminishing insults and look who is whining with his blame game.
Crikey, it's like the dreadful boomer uncle that starts fighting under the mistletoe and can't hold his drink
jon357
8 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]
That sounds nice.
I've always fancied seeing a Mari Lwyd in Wales. The horses' skulls on the pole look sinister
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Lwyd
It existed in my part of Yorkshire but sadly died out.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tup
the Wren Boys who come out on St Stephen's Day
That sounds nice.
I've always fancied seeing a Mari Lwyd in Wales. The horses' skulls on the pole look sinister
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Lwyd
It existed in my part of Yorkshire but sadly died out.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tup
jon357
5 Dec 2024
News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [674]
It isn't. The UK has a very strong government.
What a great moment for Europe to be rudderless.
It isn't. The UK has a very strong government.
jon357
5 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [147]
Kitsch, but nice kitsch.
by Lennart Helje (1940-2017, Sweden)
Kitsch, but nice kitsch.
by Lennart Helje (1940-2017, Sweden)
469166346_1023479650.avif
jon357
4 Dec 2024
Polonia / Polish bus crash in Croatia. Is there a fate? [229]
The U.K. gives lid bans under certain circumstances however I don't remember the criteria
The U.K. gives lid bans under certain circumstances however I don't remember the criteria
jon357
3 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]
Why not have the mulled wine or maybe piwo grzane?
Why not have the mulled wine or maybe piwo grzane?
jon357
3 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]
Do you have anything like Wassailing in Ireland
In small towns and villages people often visited each other in the week before Christmas
Do you have anything like Wassailing in Ireland
jon357
3 Dec 2024
Polonia / Polish bus crash in Croatia. Is there a fate? [229]
He shouldn't ever drive anything again.
That should be more common. The third drink driving and/or the tenth speeding ticket should mean a life ban.
He will probably never drive a truck
He shouldn't ever drive anything again.
That should be more common. The third drink driving and/or the tenth speeding ticket should mean a life ban.
jon357
2 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]
Always on after the pub. I think I saw every episode. Plus the stage show when it came to Bradford.
Quite a few of the cast were British by birth. Bea Smith, Lizzie Birdsworth and I think the Freak.
Always on after the pub. I think I saw every episode. Plus the stage show when it came to Bradford.
Quite a few of the cast were British by birth. Bea Smith, Lizzie Birdsworth and I think the Freak.
jon357
2 Dec 2024
News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]
So did the Pope.
Though in Buenos Aires, not in Sopot.
worked as a security guard aka bouncer in the seaside city of Sopot clubs
So did the Pope.
Though in Buenos Aires, not in Sopot.
jon357
2 Dec 2024
jon357
2 Dec 2024
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [758]
That one's fairly common
And that one's less common but I've heard it from time to time.
The others less so.
to manage to do sth.
That one's fairly common
In the name of principles
And that one's less common but I've heard it from time to time.
The others less so.
jon357
2 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]
Think uniforms.
Listening to it strangely cheered me up. In small town Turkey now., a bit of a rough place. Raining, a Monday and everything closed.
Sounds a bit like S
Think uniforms.
Listening to it strangely cheered me up. In small town Turkey now., a bit of a rough place. Raining, a Monday and everything closed.
jon357
2 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]
A television theme tune. From a show with a mostly female cast.
A television theme tune. From a show with a mostly female cast.
jon357
2 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]
This obscure Christmas song was plagiarised and was subject to a lawsuit. Can you spot the song it was plagiarised from?
Clue: Australia
This obscure Christmas song was plagiarised and was subject to a lawsuit. Can you spot the song it was plagiarised from?
Clue: Australia
jon357
2 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [955]
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jon357
1 Dec 2024
Polonia / Polish bus crash in Croatia. Is there a fate? [229]
That's presumably this one in Neuss.
If he was drinking or on anything else, it will be a long sentence.
Several lorry drivers from Eastern Europe have been caught in the U.K. using phones while driving. It's usually jail even if there's no accident, and if there's an accident, they pretty well throw the key away.
news.az/news/truck-mayhem-widespread-destruction-on-nrw-highways
50 cars destroyed, 26 injured, many seriously injured
That's presumably this one in Neuss.
If he was drinking or on anything else, it will be a long sentence.
Several lorry drivers from Eastern Europe have been caught in the U.K. using phones while driving. It's usually jail even if there's no accident, and if there's an accident, they pretty well throw the key away.
news.az/news/truck-mayhem-widespread-destruction-on-nrw-highways
jon357
1 Dec 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]
I have to hear the Slade song before it truly feels Christmassy.
No, in my own. On that street newly arrived residents were sometimes surprised to get back from work and find their post in a neat pile on the kitchen table. An elderly neighbour (some people used to call her 'the sheet sniffer') had lots of people's keys and used them even after new people moved in.
A strong sense of community.
For me there are two records that sum up Christmas
I have to hear the Slade song before it truly feels Christmassy.
I hope this wasn't in your mother's house ;)
No, in my own. On that street newly arrived residents were sometimes surprised to get back from work and find their post in a neat pile on the kitchen table. An elderly neighbour (some people used to call her 'the sheet sniffer') had lots of people's keys and used them even after new people moved in.
A strong sense of community.
jon357
29 Nov 2024
jon357
29 Nov 2024
Life / Things that annoy you in Poland. [133]
The same. Personally I prefer 'Ty' but if someone says 'Pan', that's fine.
I'm from a place that was always thee and tha but don't hear it much now since I don't go to the hardcore ex coal mining places much any more. A while ago I was in Castleford and got some fish and chips near the Burberry factory. When the lady in the shop called me thee I nearly cried from nostalgia.
I have absolutely no problem with being called "Prosze Pana", in fact I find it very polite.
The same. Personally I prefer 'Ty' but if someone says 'Pan', that's fine.
I'm from a place that was always thee and tha but don't hear it much now since I don't go to the hardcore ex coal mining places much any more. A while ago I was in Castleford and got some fish and chips near the Burberry factory. When the lady in the shop called me thee I nearly cried from nostalgia.
jon357
27 Nov 2024
Life / UFOs in Poland [51]
Or any other politicians elsewhere.
Most of the noise about UFOs comes out of America however if aliens were visiting, it's hard to think of any particular reason they'd go there as opposed to China with the largest and fastest growing cities or the European industrial crescent (roughly Manchester to Milan with the Ruhr/Rhein and a few other bits inbetween) the most developed part of the world and with the most consistent cultural and technological output.
I blame Hollywood for the fascination for UFOs, a blurring of fact and fiction.That and a high level of religious observance, people 'believing' rather than analysing.
Trump, RFK, Musk etc.
Or any other politicians elsewhere.
Most of the noise about UFOs comes out of America however if aliens were visiting, it's hard to think of any particular reason they'd go there as opposed to China with the largest and fastest growing cities or the European industrial crescent (roughly Manchester to Milan with the Ruhr/Rhein and a few other bits inbetween) the most developed part of the world and with the most consistent cultural and technological output.
I blame Hollywood for the fascination for UFOs, a blurring of fact and fiction.That and a high level of religious observance, people 'believing' rather than analysing.