History / Historic Photos about Poland with Context [31]


Because of today`s Independence Day, the public is allowed into the building until 4 pm.

History / Regaining Poland's Independence in 1918 - 'Unconquered' video by IPN released [18]

Poland`s wedding to the Baltic Sea took place in 1918. General Haller had 2 platinium rings - he threw one into the water and kept the other, wearing it on his finger all his life.

Kossak rendered the scene in a famous painting below.

However, the historical truth was modified by the artist to look better in his works.

The Bay of Puck was frozen over at the time. The Kashubians, who had kept watch over the Baltic Sea for 123 years of captivity, defending Polishness there, helped this time too. They made a hole in the ice, Haller goes to it, throws the ring in.

Other sources say that the ring stopped on the edge of this hole. There was consternation, what to do so that it would fall into the sea. Colonel Skrzyński rode onto the frozen surface and with his horse's hooves broke the ice so that the ring would fall into the sea.

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Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Yes, I wrote 1860s first and later looked up it was 1840s actually but I didn`t bother to correct it though I still had time for that. Simply speaking, whenever. Who cares about silly 20 years?? This is Polish, not Irish forum, darling and I am not Kania. hahahaha

BTW, I skipped the rest of your lengthy post to save my precious time. Can you summarise it in a few words ??? :):):)

History / Regaining Poland's Independence in 1918 - 'Unconquered' video by IPN released [18]


It cost the Polish nation a lot.
Military losses
Eastern front -
war with bolsheviks - 60.000 dead
war with Ukrainians - 10.000 dead

Western front
Greater Poland Rising against Germans - 2300 dead
Silesian Risings against Germans - 1200 dead.

In the south - a few dozen lives lost in the war with Czechs.

Add 120.000 wounded to the above.

About 250.000 casualties altogether, not counting civilians.

That was the price paid for independence and integrity of the resurrected state.

onet.pl/informacje/ciekawostkihistorycznepl/ilu-polakow-zginelo-walczac-o-granice-ii-rzeczpospolitej/pkp0e5j,30bc1058

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [145]


Reminds me pics from Wisłocka`s cult book:

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Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


You may be quite right. You left Poland at 26 years of age and have made it to 82 on Am cuisine. We all envy you. I am serious now. :):):):)

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Don`t be stupid. The Irish Starvation happened in 1860s. Tell us how many years have passed since then.
Following your reasoning, Poles/Polesses should never make jokes about WW2 tragedy which killed 6 million Polish citizens. So how come did they produce the first comedy about WW2 in 1964, merely 19 years after the war???

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Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


For instance - fattening unhealthy fried pork chop with mashed potatoes, salads and rawies.

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News / Polish military contingent in Lebanon. [183]


I read it in 1980s while studying English at uni. It was in the communist red book of banned literature, but our uni library had all those banned publications. That was one of the reasons I had chosen that course.

Food / Best hypermarket to shop for foods in Poland? [50]


China Exports to United States was US$501.22 Billion during 2023

European Union Imports from China was US$657.32 Billion during 2022

Counting the size of population, stupid Americans buy twice as much from China than Europeans.

Joker! Do some research before you post your usual stupidities.

Life / Custom plates in Poland [103]


Excellent and perfectly plausible!

Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [195]


Just like Lyzko or pawian! hahaha

Life / Custom plates in Poland [103]


No, I won`t kill you coz I am a humane ape. :):):) I will simply not understand it. Probably I am too old for such inventions. :(:(:(:(


I won`t understand it either.

But don`t bother about my opinion. Younger generations will surely find common ground with your ideas. In Polish, we say: find common language.
Good luck for you innovative plates! :):):)

Food / Name of this particular Polish sausage [32]

Poles/Polesses are extremely fond of their Polish sausage which is unique in the world.
In communist times, troubled with shortages, sausages were sometimes stolen from public diners.
See below what incredible commotion it always caused. People felt infuriated being deprived of their fave staple.
With Eng subs:

USA, Canada / Will Americans flee from the US to Poland? [186]


Why?? Polam has already moved to Poland for good.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Yes, coz it must be so!
However, Poles/Polesses realise the burden of old traditions and they add a lot of salads and rawies to their fattening dishes. Ha!!!


It is enough I looked at yours in the photos shown by johhny. hahaha hahaha buhahahaha Ale witz! :):):)

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Exactly!!!
Not too healthy but delicious like hell!!!

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History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

continued coz I didn`t want to make my previous post too long:

Marko Martin emphasized that in the autumn of 1989, only a few citizens of the GDR decided to oppose the communist authorities. "Millions of citizens did not take to the streets at that time, but waited in their apartments behind drawn curtains for further developments," he said.

He recalled the anti-Polish sentiments prevailing in the GDR after the establishment of Solidarity in the 1980s. Wide circles of East German society asked why Poles "instead of working, go on strike, demand freedom and get on our nerves". - Similar attitudes were also present in West Germany - noted the speaker, recalling that influential SPD politician Egon Bahr called Solidarity "a threat to world peace" in 1982.

BB, I will comment on your post later on coz I don`t want to make mine too long. The Staff don`t like it.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


BS. Income has nothing to do with it. Polish sausage and potatoes are simply fave food for Poles/Polesses regardless they are poor or rich. I like them too and eat regularly coz they offer good nourishment for a few hours. I have shown many pics of my potato and fried sausage dishes.

Instead of providing such dubious "expertise" on Polish cooking traditions, why don`t you stick to your Irish ones???

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

Decent Germans still remember and highly praise the anticommunist Solidarity rebellion in Poland which greatly contributed to tearing down the Berlin Wall.
onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/spiecie-z-udzialem-prezydenta-niemiec-z-polska-w-tle-doszlo-do-ostrej-polemiki/zt7l8zp,79cfc278

The German writer Marko Martin publicly, in the presence of Polish Solidarity activists, reprimanded German President Frank Walter Steinmeier for maintaining close relations with Putin's Russia during a speech at the presidential residence on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the "peaceful revolution" in the GDR, which led to the fall of communist rule and the reunification of Germany, on 9 November.

The writer, who fled the GDR for the West in May 1989, began his speech by greeting the Polish Solidarity activists who participated in the ceremony, including Bogdan Borusewicz. "Without their courage, the events of 1989 would not have happened," the writer said.

Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [195]


But Lyzko didn`t say he can speak perfect Polish. He only mentioned fluent and that`s sth else. :):):)

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

Oops, sth`s definitely wrong with me. I completely forgot I had started this thread. I searched for an old thread concerning any Polish elections to ask Alien to start a new thread about 2025 ones. And got this one. Amasing!

Rightist PiS are still looking for the best candidate. He should be "handsome, tall, impressive and should know 2 foreign languages." Their short list undergoes constant changes.
Why he and not her??
PiS leader said a woman would be a bad choice for the Pres position in such troubled times.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [658]


When confession about being an obsessive attention sicker??? :):):)

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Who made such a joke?? You see things which don`t exist.... :):):)


BS. You are talking about things you haven`t seen in reality. When potatoes are mashed, it means they were boiled. So the sausage served to them is always fried with onion, not boiled, to keep the balance in nature.

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]

Polish cuisine before WW2 was different than today. It relied mostly on local products instead of foreign ones and took bigger advantage of wild nature.

niepodlegla.gov.pl/o-niepodleglej/kuchnia-ii-rp-dwudziestolecie-na-talerzach/

According to statistics, the average resident of Poland in 1929 ate over 18 kg of meat per year, and today it is an average of about 60 kg. The proportions of this consumption were also different. First of all, more beef, veal and lamb were eaten . Pork, for years considered an inferior and less tasty type of meat, appeared on the tables less often. In addition to the poultry species known to us, exquisite capons and poulards (castrated and specially fattened chickens whose meat had a unique, delicate taste) were also prepared, as well as pigeons, guinea fowl and even peacocks. Rabbits, hares, game and wild birds were also eaten more often - ducks, geese, pheasants and partridges, as well as black grouse, wood grouse and... waxwings.

Language / Puns and language games in Polish adverts [33]

Inseminator.
Artificial, of course. :):):)

Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [195]


Exactly! Only brilliant Poles/Polesses can, darling.:):):)
You can`t. Do you know why???? hahaha

News / Sikorski doctrine - Eastern Europe under threat. Poland's foreign policy. [203]


And i spit on you coz you are a smelly rat from London sewers. Tfu!!! Ha!!!

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [658]


Ratso, you live in the sewers instead. Which is better: sewer or Laland???? Ha!!!!

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

The prospects for the current democratic gov are bright after a year of its rule. Its main part enjoys the biggest support of all. Amasing!!!!

CBOS conducted a study of Poles' party preferences. The results are not optimistic for the main opposition force. Jarosław Kaczyński's party is losing support. According to the survey, 25 percent of respondents would vote for PiS . In turn, for the co-ruling Civic Coalition - 34 percent. Compared to the October poll, KO gained and PiS lost . Kaczyński's party had 29 percent support at that time, and Prime Minister Tusk's coalition 33 percent. The difference increased from four percentage points to nine.