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MareGaea   
28 Sep 2009
History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

Military SS formations

But they were not part of the Wehrmacht. Where as the perpetrators of Katyn were members of the Red Army. There is a difference.

Wehrmacht units were often supervising the transport trains to death camps.

Besides that I have serious doubts about this; how do you explain that the Sonderkommandos had to operate in a secretive way to keep their actions hidden from the Wehrmacht's eye?

M-G (SS looked and acted like an army, but were not, in general)
MareGaea   
30 Sep 2009
Life / Charity In Poland (tradition and attitude towards door-to-door collecting) [19]

Don't know if I post this in the correct thread; we will see what the mods say.

With the event of the Tsunami this morning in Samoa I can imagine that in the Netherlands pretty soon there will be collections in order to raise funds for the victims.

I was just wondering how is this established in Poland? I mean in general: what is the tradition and attitude in PL towards door-to-door collecting for charities? Does this exist in PL, or is it more a thing on the TV? I mean: do they show a bank account number on which you can lodge money for a good cause? And what is your opinion on this?

M-G (curious)

There is no charity in Poland? Doesn't surprise me at all, I must say :)

M-G (even more coffee)
MareGaea   
30 Sep 2009
Life / Charity In Poland (tradition and attitude towards door-to-door collecting) [19]

"Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy".

I know W.O.S.P. My ex loved this. When asked what it was, she gave me an explanation of about half an hour and when she was done, I asked her: "so it's charity?" She said yes.

And dont be a prick.

Like said, this was just a little stinge to provoke a discussion about the subject as I think this is an important item in any society.

50s when Poland was p*ss poor and still mountains of stuff went to Hungary, we didnt have it ourselves but found it for others.

Hm, truckloads of food and clothing went to PL in those decaded, coming from Catholic NL in order to help the poor Polish Catholics.

On the other hand 2005 tsunami didnt gather that much

Hm, that should change though. If they can find the funds to help their fellow Eastern Europeans, they should be able to find dough for ppl in need in other parts of the world.

M-G (and sth else, but I forgot)
MareGaea   
3 Oct 2009
Love / How to please Polish women? [216]

After the thread of how to please Polish men, I am curious on how to please Polish women. Since they are women and most women are very hard to please, I would like to know :)

M-G (curious)
MareGaea   
3 Oct 2009
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

Actually pizza is an American invention, what you find in Italy is tomatoe bread they don't use any meats it's a big difference from pizza.

Nonsense. Pizza used to be the food of the poor workman in Italy. The Pizza as we know it was invented by a guy from Naples in the 19th century, to celebrate the visit of the Italian Queen Margarita. The first pizza ever was the Pizza Margarita, which had the colors of the Italian flag, Red White and Green. The pizza is certainly an Italian invention. And yes, they have meats (salami, etc) on their pizzas. If you ever have been to Italy, you would know that. The pictures of the Polish pizzas, earlier in this thread look disgusting, by the way.

Edit: sorry, didn't see the reactions to this silly remark :S

M-G (not going out tonight)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

Have you ever had an Hawaiian pizza with pineapples on it?

In Holland a while ago you had pizzas with shoarma (a kind of kebab) on it and instead of the usual tomato sauce, they had garlic sauce on it. Also a Mexican variation with taco meat, vegetables and chilisauce. They were called Pza's. Don't know if they have them still. Didn't see them the last time I was there, didn't look for them either.

M-G (remembers that they tasted pretty good, though)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
Love / How to please Polish women? [216]

Hm, to put it in a more vulgar way: I read somewhere that a Polish girl falls in love with you the moment you have sex with her. Is this true?

Some part must be true as all the Polish chickadees I ever slept with, kept calling and texting me the days following. They would stop doing it once they noticed that I didn't reply or didn't answer the phone. Or made it clear that it was a one-off.

M-G (is not an *sshole like that, but one doesn't always want a relationship after a one night stand, you know)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

When you guys reffer to Kabobs is that like gyro meat?

Kebab, Shoarma, Gyros, it nearly all tastes the same. The difference is mainly in the country where it's originating (Kebab = Turkey, Shoarma = Israel, Gyros = Greece). And all of it is either lamb or pork or beef or chicken rubbed in a certain melange of spices. So yes, it's like Gyros meat, differences are minimal; depends on how well it has been prepared. My Jewish grandmother made excellent dishes with shoarma. I inherited that talent :)

I seen a gyro pizza it looked pretty funky with that tatazki (sp) sauce

Have to say that I liked the Mexican variation better than the shoarma variation. But I am not so fond of garlic anyway.

M-G (is actually a vampire and vampires are not that fond of garlic as you may know)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
History / Weapons of WWII (Poland and other countries) [239]

Problem with German tanks was that although they were technically and armour-wise superior to any of their opponent's tanks, they were designer-tanks. Masterpieces of construction, but very slow to build. It took much longer to build a Tiger in a factory than it took to build a T-34 or a Sherman tank, so although the Tiger was superior to both of them, he lost out because it took too long to build. Time and resources Germany didn't have. So, although the Tiger was feared by the Allies, it didn't make any difference in the end because there were too few.

M-G (PzKfw V is my favourite tank - see pic: it's a beauty)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

I wouldnt advise eating one before a date, it tends to last a long time..lol

It's terrible. I once had a business appointment of a few hours with somebody who ate quite a lot of garlic upfront...The smell was sickening!

so I take it youre not a beach person:)

Eh no, the Sun and I are not the best of friends, no. But the beach is also beautiful at nighttime, you know. Especially when the moon is shining :)

:)

M-G (the nighttime is the right time)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
History / Weapons of WWII (Poland and other countries) [239]

but made in such small numbers....

That was the issue with all the "newer" German tanks in WW2: they were great, but very complicated to construct. It simply took too long to manufacture them in order to be truly effective.

M-G (the four S'es: Sh*t, Shower, Shave, Shopping)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
History / Weapons of WWII (Poland and other countries) [239]

wildrover

Oppenheimer was a Jew, yes, but he was born and bred in the US. The US already started their Manhattan Project in 1941. And Oppenheimer turned into a Buddhist (or Zen-Buddhist) once he saw the consequences of his invention.

M-G (is off now)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
Love / How to please Polish women? [216]

Lets all just stop joking, who cares about pleasing women anyway..

Well, there was a thread about pleasing Polish men, so I thought, why not about pleasing Polish women? :)

M-G (back, but leaving soon for town again)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
Love / Why are Polish women so sexy ? [390]

damoshi

Are you kidding me? You must be. I never noticed. How come nobody ever opened a thread about this? Can anybody explain this to me?

M-G (curious)
MareGaea   
4 Oct 2009
Love / Why are Polish women so sexy ? [390]

unsexy creatures

You're right, blèh! Polish girls: bah!! They have no teeth and they all eat loads of garlic!! This last part is for me, being a vampire, kind of an issue, you know.

:)

M-G (sandy beaches in the moonlight)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

Bought a Polish pizza in a Polish shop here in Dublin yesterday. Baked it, ate it. It's the same as Dutch pizza. But that goes for Polish sausage as well and other stuff. I mostly buy Polish food because it's about the same as Dutch food and I can't get Dutch food anywhere here in Dubs. So nothing to sing halleluyah about.

M-G (grumpy)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Genealogy / Want to find a person [755]

She meant this thread, which is 10 months old. For the rest I don't understand what the heck she is talking about: "your way of living"? There are other threads for that.

M-G (Wroclaw's avatar pictures M-G's mood best at the moment)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Love / I want to meet and date a Polish man [77]

Is that so? How does a Nigerian sound then? Is it like: "Hi, I am Doctor Mosambengo and I live in one of the poorest countries in the world. Yet I have accidentally found 300 million US dollars in my grandfather's shed which I want to deposit in your bank account. If you let me do this, I will give you 30 million for helping me out"?

Just wondering.

M-G (has his grump-day today)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]

Ok, now my list (from a Dutch view):

Part 1

Polish: second-hand car buyers, women make good pole dancers and escort girls
German: tend to take ownership of every place they go, dig deep holes in our beaches where they sit at the bottom the entire day. Girls can be either more manly than men or extremely sexy and sweet.

English: taking loud ownership of very bar they enter in groups; sit too long in the sun until their bald head gets purple. Women: drink too much, easy prey when drunk and think it's hilarious to stop any male passer-by to ask him if he fancies a shag.

Belgian: Burgundies. Enjoy the fine things in life. Can be very nasty towards Dutch ppl, but generally are not taken seriously. Women: some of the world's most beautiful women are Belgian. Used to be quite tricky getting them laid, but lately they have become more loose. Catholic.

Irish: think everything is ok as long as they get to go to the pub for their pint of Guinness. Nothing gets done swiftly. Women: orange psychos in some cases, other cases very sweet (so sweet it nearly makes you sick), but kinda hard to get laid if you're not married to them. And if you're married to them, be prepared to want 15 kids.

French: like to protest. Like to smoke hashies in Holland and cause trouble there. Women: don't shave at all. Sometimes a bit smelly of all the garlic, but generally they're good in bed.

Spanish: a bit naive, always interested in everything and terrible in English. Women: you will know that she likes you if you get her in bed. These women can be like a hurricane in bed.

Italian: smooth appearance, nice clothes and they take two sets of clothes to the beach. You never know what might happen. Not much substance though: always the same smooth babble to tourists. Women: nearly impossible if you don't speak Italian.

Part 2 to follow later on after the meeting that I have now.

M-G (mood gets a bit better)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]

My List, part 2:

Yugoslavia: men are very nice and if you're a friend, they will do ANYTHING (literally!) for you. Women: dropdead gorgeous but very, very difficult to get.

Albania: Beggars. Women: pregnant beggars. Or beggars with children around them. Saw one once get some cash from an ATM, 10 mins later I passed her again, she was begging for some money for the kid.

Greece: the most rude men in the world. Greedy b*stards and only friendly when they want something from you. Women: either dropdead gorgeous or outright hideous. Easy to get in your bed.

Turkey: men want to be modern, but yet are highly traditional in relationships. Women: very emancipated and very fond of anal and oral sex as they have to be a virgin when they get married yet they want sex.

Ukrainian: men: dumb drunk nitwits women: oversexed creatures desperate to get a man from the West.
Russia: men: practicing amateur alcoholics, negative and loud when in groups in hotels. Women: P.R.O.S.T.I.T.U.T.E.S. they were born to do this.

Bulgaria: men: ugly and unreliable. women: good in bed, but only rarely willing
Romania: begging is about the 2nd biggest national industry. Women: I've known only one Romanian girlie and her name was Laura and she was not that hot, but she was amazingly nice and surprisingly well in bed.

Hungarian: men: loyal friends forever and ever, make loud noises when eating, like Palenka. Women: like Seanus said: Hungarian girls spread more than democracy and they spread it quite easily if they like you, which can be a day's task as well though.

Austria: men are, well, annoyingly happy all the time and for the rest they are like Belgians and Irish. See my description of them. Women: old fashioned. Need to be courted thouroughly, something for which I don't have patience. They look a bit like Slavic girls though.

Swiss: men; who or whatever gives me the best profit, that side I choose. Women: you will have to ask her father or her older brother for permission to go out on a date with them and you have to pick her up from her parental home so daddy can check you out. First date is always in a neutral place and sometimes daddy comes with you.

Czechia: men: rude b*stards who drink too much and don't like you if you don't tip enough according to them. Women: anything goes. Sex comes quick and goes quick as well. Czechia once had the biggest line of prostitutes in the world: from the German border to Prague, every 50 meters along the highway, there stood a prostitute. Sex is part of day-to-day life for Czech females.

Slovakian: kinda like the Czechs, only in a Catholic version
Danish: men are suspicious, but after a few beers this slips away, especially if you're the one who's buying. Women: you will have sex with a Danish girl you meet, whether you want it or not.

Swedish: men: arrogant b*stards, rude and loud while on holidays. Women: not as easy as the Danish, but after a beer or two anything goes

Norwegian: men: funny, but smart and checking you out without you even noticing it. Women: a bundle of frustrations, emotions and fobia. However, you will have sex with them if you take the time to listen for an hour or two to their sobbing and self-pity.

Iceland: men: nice, but being bullied by the women. Women: those are my personal favourites in Europe: emancipated, smart, tall, blonde, dropdead gorgeous and assertive. These girls will pick YOU up instead of the other way round. If they like you, you will KNOW they like you. This is also because they have a surplus of women. Icelandic females are the best in Europe, in my opinion.

Part 3 soon to follow.

M-G (still grumpy)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]

Mr Grunwald

I didn't mean this in a homosexual way. It's just that they observe you and then without you being aware of it, have analysed you and come with a striking comment about you or a habit of yours.

Part 3 of my list (final part):

Scottish: men: I have trouble understanding them, even though my English is pretty good. They deepfry everything, even mars-bars (and they eat them with ketchup)!! Women: extremely vulnerable for compliments (in my experience), usually well shaped b**bs, but a bit passive in bed.

Welsh: I don't like the Welsh. They talk weird, have a weird accent when they talk English and I've only once met a Welsh girl; she was a lesbian.

Finnish: men: a bit awkward. They want to be like Americans, but in fact are more like Russians and have no clue how to deal with their women. Women: generally good looking, well shaped and rather good in bed.

Northern Ireland: men: good guys, in for a laugh, but a bit backstabbing at times, unless they are from Derry. In that case you can't understand a single word they say. Women: crazy, drunk, sex-craving creatures. Man! If you meet a Northern Irish girl in the pub and she is even a little bit drunk and you don't get a BJ or more after 30 minutes, you're either hideous or you are gay.

Portugal: men: very nice guys; actually more British than Iberian, welcoming and you become friends with them very quick. Women: tend to be a bit agressive, but when you know them a little bit better, they are actually very sweet. Have sex with just friends a lot when single (even when not single it's not a big issue).

Brazilian: men: well, they like to party. Women: SEX. Their sexdrive is immense.
American: men: a bit double, but generally nice and welcoming, depends on the part of the US where you are. Tend not to keep their promises and everything can change at the last minute, even if it's arranged for a long time. Women: like to talk abou sex, but are not that quick to put their talk into practice. However, when they're drunk, things most likely tend to get a bit more easy. For the rest, the American woman is a kind of mixture of attitudes of the diverse European attitudes. There is a "harrassment-paranoya" that is not to be ignored. Don't be surprised if you lay your hand in a friendly, non-threatening way on her shoulder and about an hour later the doorman kicks you out for harrassing her.

Finally, the Dutch: men: have still find their place beside the women. They are a bit confused about the role that is expected from them. Should they be the touch macho or should they be the tender, caring man. They don't seem to know as the women want them to be both at the same time. Also, they want the men to be smart, have a really good job, like France, Spain and Italy and be extremely good in bed as women expect to get at least 3 or 4 orgasms per session. Women: usually blonde and pretty face, mostly, but not always, well built. Tend to have an *ss that's on the big side, though. Love-handles are also not uncommon. They like to talk. They like to TALK. They like to TALK about everything, including how the sex was when you're done. They get a major turnoff if you don't want to discuss how it went after the deed. If you want to get a Dutch girl that's smart, do following: have her invite you over to HER place. Dutch women are emancipated, so they don't mind inviting you over. They also don't mind to split the bill when it's the 5th or later date you have with her. Anyway, at her place: pretend you enjoy her crummy cooking skills (probably something vegetarian or something you didn't think could fail, but has failed), talk about things you're not interested in, listen to music you really don't like, talk some more about non-issues you don't care about, go to some weird pub around the corner, bring her home. Thank her for the nice evening and ask her if you can come in again. If she lets you come in again, talk again about non-interesting things (be prepared to drink coffee!!) and then after all that, maybe, just MAYBE you may get to sleep with her.

That's it, I think I have covered all prejudices and experiences with this list. Print it out and hang it on the wall above your bed and memorize it. Shalom.

ShelleyS

I've been around for a while :) And, it was about prejudice, I think ;)

Edit: I forgot Israel: men: are either p*ssies, vegetarian and all, or super macho, vegetarian and all. Women: cool and distant, until you tell them you're Jewish, or at least partly Jewish; then they're all over you.

M-G (mood is getting better again)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]

George8600

I take it you're Greek? :)

I forgot to add to the Greece-part: scaringly proud and somewhat arrogant as they inhabit the birthplace of Western Civilisation. Or so they say themselves.

:)

szkotja2007

Hey, there's an idea. Maybe I should stop sedating them :)

M-G (Hellas, nah - good food, though)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

Seanus

The deep-freeze pizza (no, not the Dr Oetker, it was a Polish brand, made in PL, I specially asked about this in the shop), tasted really exactly the same as the Dutch ones. But there is in all not such a big difference between Polish, German and Dutch food anyway in my opinion and experience.

M-G (gets hungry now)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Love / How to please Polish women? [216]

Well, I'll put off that rude comment you made about Greek people on the stereotype forum and help you. To show you that I'm not greedy or rude.

Did it hurt that much? It's just my experience. Not saying that this is everyone's experience. Although more than one female friends of mine can tell you also a thing or two about Greek men ;)

Polish girls are well brought up

Exceptions do the rule. Some are plain slutty. Anyone can confirm that.

Anyway, this isn't a list of orders, but rather adaptations or recommendations. Don't take them all too serious or senile, but rather consider them. Remember, true love is a powerful force: any philosopher, great thinker, even some scientists throughout our time can tell you this. I hope for you to achieve metaphysicality, aesthetics, stoicism, and emotion in your relationship--in other words to achieve true love. Best of luck to you, good friend ^_^.

That's what I would like to say about my postings on the stereotypes thread as well. Don't take it too seriously. Just because I had some bad experiences with some Greek guys, doesn't say that they are all like that. It's entertainment. that's all it is, my good man.

Edit: I'm not interested in a Polish girl at the moment. I have a German one right now.

M-G (pride is a terrible thing to waste)
MareGaea   
5 Oct 2009
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

The Scots wizard in the kitchen? Hm, although I like you, Seanus, I seriously have to doubt that...How about deep fried Mars-bars, served with a little ketchup on the side? Granted, it's very resourceful, but also gross (to me at least). And how about haggis?

M-G (was offered a haggis once in Edinburgh. Was the first time he kindly refused.)