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Joined: 30 May 2008 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 19 Mar 2025
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pawian   
19 Sep 2012
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [150]

Ireland
England ,Wales and Scotland
Czech Rep
France
Italy :)
Greece
Spain
Holland
Slovakia
Hungary
Sweden
USA
Denmark
Belgium
Lithuania
Finland
Slovenia
Austria
Japan (?)
Estonia
Latvia

After EURO 2012:

Irish
English
Czechs
Spanish
pawian   
19 Sep 2012
Travel / Monuments, statues, memorials of Poland [25]

Now, where's the bottom of the page you posted? I couldn't finish reading the piece on a spring egg!

Life is cruel and full of zasadzkas. Sorry.

And I'm not a wet blanket, sir. I'm a completely dry blanket. Here's the proof. Toruń again, in front of a multiplex cinema:

Pawlak and Kargul!
Sculpture and Pawlak Kargul - heroes known trilogy of comedy in front of the Cinema City at the Red Road. Was unveiled in 2006. Intersections sickle banner of honor by Jan Pietrzak, satirist, who played in the movie "Love it or leave it," Polonia role radio presenter. Thorn sculpted artist Zbigniew Translated. Monument refers to this moment the film, in which Pawlak Kargul and landed at the airport in Chicago. Just like in the movie, they carry a briefcase and suitcase. New Year's Eve comedy cult heroes Checinski were inducted at actual size.

Yes, you are a completely dry blanket!:

Katowice, Polish Soldier monument:

Katowice

Chopin monument, Warsaw

poland chopin

Wawel Dragon in Krakow is the only one in Poland which breathes fire:
pawian   
19 Sep 2012
Travel / Monuments, statues, memorials of Poland [25]

Yes, you are a spoilsport/wet blanket! You are evoking my warmest memories connected with Przekrój magazine. I remember reading it as a child and always starting from the last page full of jokes, humour, Kern`s poems and Lengren`s cartoons which I didn`t understand at that time but loved in advance. Why are you so cruel???? :):)

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pawian   
18 Sep 2012
Life / Poland's concord of cultures [86]

My bad, but, actually, who cares about it? :):):):)

Arguments in Polish Parliament

Hot exchanges in British Parliament

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youtube.com/watch?v=vaPCf-m0zR4
pawian   
18 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

But why in German?

Because the main female character is French. Simple!

In the meantime... This time there's NO Cybulski in it:

I know this film but forgot its title for a while.

OK: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_for_Sale

My Olbrychski is better looking than yours:
pawian   
18 Sep 2012
History / Polish military uniforms [57]

The earliest Polish military uniform goes back to late 10 century AD. Some warriors of Prince Mieszko were allegedly Normans!

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Norman warrior

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From the earlier period have survived not much news about the armed force of the Slavs. We know for sure that in defense of their lands and military expeditions stood jointly and severally, all men capable of bearing arms. Hence the word "army", meaning a swarm of people. Regardless of the constant, criminal and brave team Piast rulers a popular uprising called the agricultural population.

Next to the popular uprising operating similarly to the period before the state, whose duty was to protect the immediate area in case of aggressionappeared a princely team. The Lord kept it from the tribute of the agricultural population and the spoils of war. Was used for wider military action, even offensive. It was a constant force armed with the prince. Well organized, disciplined, well-trained and large team gave the first Piast crucial advantage over other tribal centers. It allowed them to rapid expansion of the Piast state, as well as to engage in wars with neighboring countries.

eioba.pl/a/27sb/wojsko-polskie-czasy-mieszka-i-i-boleslawa-chrobrego
pawian   
17 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

This photo is no good though, I can't see the tears.

How about developing imagination?

Anyway, here's a chance for you to rehabilitate:

Goodbye, till tomorrow:

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auf_Wiedersehen_bis_morgen

Another with with Cybulski:

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pawian   
17 Sep 2012
Life / Poland's concord of cultures [86]

After a great success of the following thread

Brits had their Mini Morris 15 years before.

The Mini is a small economy car that was made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s,[3][4][5] and its space-saving front-wheel drive layout - allowing 80 per cent of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for passengers and luggage - influenced a generation of car makers.[6] The vehicle is in some ways considered the British equivalent of its German contemporary the Volkswagen Beetle, which enjoyed similar popularity in North America. In 1999 the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 20th century, behind the Ford Model T.[7][8]

Children in Poland and US (probably UK too) liked to watch slide films on home projectors. I remember those shows as one of the happiest moments in my childhood. I will tell you my secret: today, I recreate those moments reading slide films to my kids on weekend evenings.

Polish slide film projector, late 1950s:
pawian   
16 Sep 2012
History / Polish military uniforms [57]

When I get time I'll photo some of my original bits of pre and wartime Polish militaria.

Your fascination is fascinating, indeed.

They look strange in traditional uniform but carrying AK 74s :)

Just like British guards:

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:):):):)

Recreated Uniform of AK junior officer around the mid point of the Uprising.

More of 1944 Warsaw Rising uniforms:

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pawian   
16 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

It's not Modrzyńska, sorry.

This one still remains unsolved.

I give up. :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:((::((:

Can you see me crying?????????????????????????

But another one has been solved:

Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pure accident!!!! so it doesn`t count! :(:(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
pawian   
16 Sep 2012
History / Polish military uniforms [57]

Whatever you want, old or modern. Here are some pictures of Poland military uniforms / soldiers.

Polish Highland troops:

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pawian   
15 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Yeap!!!

The Saragossa Manuscript (Polish: Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie, "The Manuscript found in Zaragoza") is a 1965 Polish film directed by Wojciech Has, based on the 1815 novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki. Set primarily in Spain, it tells a frame story containing gothic, picaresque and erotic elements. In a deserted house during the Napoleonic Wars, two officers from opposing sides find a manuscript, which tells the tale of the Spanish officer's grandfather, Alphonso van Worden (Zbigniew Cybulski).

The film was a relative success in Poland and other parts of communist eastern Europe upon its release, winning the Golden Wolf at the 1965 Bucharest Film Festival. It later also achieved a level of critical success in the United States, when filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola rediscovered it and encouraged its propagation.

Much more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saragossa_Manuscript_%28film%29

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pawian   
14 Sep 2012
News / Dirty deeds of foreign guys in Poland [128]

There are links between torturing animals and serial killers

Exactly.

Two Germans broke into a restaurant, drank the alcohol they found, next they stole a tractor and raided the nearby area. Chased through the fields and caught. Funny.
pawian   
14 Sep 2012
Travel / Monuments, statues, memorials of Poland [25]

Thanks for the pictures of the monument with Stalin's name removed, it makes me feel better. I used to feel that it was some kind of vendetta against the people of Szczedrzyk.

How could you think so if so many German memorials were preserved as I see from your link. Their number is really impressive.

Here is a website with other monuments dedicated to the German soldiers from Upper Silesia.

In another thread there is a mention of German military cemetery.

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Mermaid in Warsaw
pawian   
14 Sep 2012
Travel / Monuments, statues, memorials of Poland [25]

The controvercy was justified. We don`t need murderers` names in public area. E.g., Stalin name was carved out from Polish monuments 50 years ago.

And a new proposition for the rest of bearded philosophers:

Poland monument

PS. Nice German monument, btw.
pawian   
13 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Ok - my favourite director once again:

Wajda?

Wajda?

This young Janczar and Modrzyńska suggest Pokolenie by Wajda.

This film is worth a few screenshots!
pawian   
12 Sep 2012
Travel / Monuments, statues, memorials of Poland [25]

Very nice. You can almost shake hands with him! :):):):)

Warsaw.

Nike, a monument to Warsaw heroes, a symbol engraved in a few generations` minds.

Such a bare breasted statue would be impossible in politically correct America or Britian.
pawian   
12 Sep 2012
Travel / Monuments, statues, memorials of Poland [25]

Krakow goes first:

A monument to a faithful dog called Jock near Wawel Castle:

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The story of a dog named Dzok is considered by some to be even one of the legends in Krakow. It tells the story of a dog - a black half-breed, whose owner died tragically of a heart attack in the near Rondo Grunwaldzkie. The dog was waiting for his master. Fed with the residents of Krakow, aroused surprise and sympathy. After about a year of waiting, let himself go out to the new owner, Maria Müller, the wife of Władysław Müller. The woman died in 1998, and the animal escaped and loitering in railway premises were killed under the wheels of a moving train.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomnik_psa_D%C5%BCoka
pawian   
12 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

I know. We're all getting younger and younger and then we die.

You are so cruel. Fortunately, I have my wine which is going to make me immortal. :):):):):):):):)

One more, in a different climate

Aaah, another cult film!

Hydrozagadka (Polish: Hydro-puzzle) is a Polish superhero comedy film. During a summer heat wave, all the water in Warsaw is puzzlingly disappearing. Scientists secretly call upon As (Ace), a superhero who passes his days living as a mild-mannered engineer, to try to solve the mystery. The movie was ostensibly created as a Communist parody of the American ideals glorified in Superman and other superhero films, however Polish audiences instead felt the film humorously parodied aspects of Polish life under Communist rule, such as the many slogans for a "better life."[1]

Hydrozagadka premiered on April 30, 1971 on Polish television.[2]

More:

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At last, my turn! :):):) if you allow.............:):):):)

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Hint:
I typed film polski in Google, switched to Graphics and copied the 12th picture from another Polish cult comedy.
pawian   
11 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

OK, when I am retired, I will Forget the superstitions of erroneous youth and will read/watch it. Now I am still too youthful. :):):)

And now something else:

Rudzki and Kwiatkowska- the married couple from Wojna Domowa from 1960s. Yes?
pawian   
11 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Come on, you won't make me believe you haven't watched Konopielka :P

No, I haven`t!!!!!!! It was enough for me that I learnt about it in high school before matura exam. I thought I didn`t need to watch it. :):):):)

Somehow films and books about rural people never appealed to me. I also didn`t read or watch Peasants. :):):):):)
pawian   
11 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Nope. I never watched that burning tree. I give up. You won! :):):)

BTW, an excellent site with films etc made in communist Poland
prltube.com

Full films:
prltube.com/caly-film
pawian   
11 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Yes, it is. But I decline the medal for now. :-)

Smarty cwaniak, you! :)

Answer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes_and_Diamonds

Two trees - both should be easy enough:

Nope. Complete mystery to me.
pawian   
10 Sep 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Kutz, Sól ziemi czarnej. Pure deduction, never saw it.

Wonderful film, my cult one.

So many hateful comments on youtube.

Don`t care about idiots.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3l_ziemi_czarnej
Salt of the Black Earth (Polish: Sól ziemi czarnej) is a Polish historical film taking part during the Second Silesian Uprising.[1] It was directed by Kazimierz Kutz and released in 1970.[2][3] The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 43rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4]

Here`s a scene at 3:00 about a young Silesian insurgent who observes the Polish landscape through a German telescope. I always cry when I watch it.

or this one about a Polish officer from Krakow who dies in combat after illegal crossing the border to aid Silesian insurgents, at 3:00.

A few shots from film churches: