News / Polish prosecutor 'shoots self after news conference' [93]


assuming Andrzej Lepper was 89 kg it would have taken a 165 cm drop to break his neck

any less of a drop, he would have strangled himself taking 30 minutes to die, too long a drop and his head would have been torn off leaving

a lot of additional work for the cleaners

google the table of drops, fun reading

Travel / Is it safe to travel to Poland? [194]

it appears that there is a bus tour in Warsaw

polandtours.net/?event=offer.detail&offerId=12479

cheap it is not but at least you get to see the city

and one in Krakow

cracow-life/poland/krakow-tour-bus

if you are used to driving in Australia please be aware that there is a lot more traffic on country roads than back home
also Polish drivers are very inconsiderate of other road users. in fact if you ask a Polish driver their advice on
the topic of road etiquette and who has right of way they will always reply 'I do'. 'I always first, I always have right of way'

News / Polish prosecutor 'shoots self after news conference' [93]


that would not break your neck

Andrzej Lepper did not go to the trouble of erecting a gallows and scaffold ensuring that he would break his neck when the trapdoor opened. Instead he went for the DIY death by hanging - crushing his windpipe and blood choking himself to death - groovy

within the officer ranks there has always been a bit of a 'pass me the service revolver, I am going out into the corridor' mentality

I believe he missed though. Back on the range for him when he comes out of hospital

Life / Sending SMS / text message online from/to Poland? [22]


I do not believe that Play has its own network
I believe that they rent space from other established providers with their own network such as Polkomtel

I have been biting the bullet and using Skype. Free it most certainly is not but I have to send very detailed SMS
messages to people in a number of countries

Life / What is wrong with Poznan? [197]


erm... euros perhaps

Life / What is wrong with Poznan? [197]

I will laugh my ass off when your student loan funder wakes up and realises that your course is not worth a damn and stops funding

hopefully they will do it when you are in your third year, you arrogant pr!ck

this has already happened to one American medical student who I know. I felt sorry for him as he is a nice guy.
if the same thing happens to you, I will laugh long and hard

Life / Automobiles vs. Pedestrians in Poland [77]

in order to answer the question of automobiles vs pedestrians in Poland, the winner appears to be automobiles

they seem to be very good at killing pedestrians

particularly in Poland which is the undisputed European heavyweight champ when it comes to butchering pedestrians

read 'em and weep

To compare the pedestrian fatality numbers of different countries
the respective population size has been taken into account (see
Table 2). The rate varies from 5,5 pedestrian fatalities per million
inhabitants in Sweden to 46,0 pedestrian fatalities by million
inhabitants in Poland, a rate which is more than 8 times higher.

ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/specialist/knowledge/pdf/bfs 2007_sn-kfv-1-3-pedestrians.pdf

it seems that combining drunk pedestrians, bloody minded motorists and poorly maintained and unlit roads appears to have been a bit of a recipe for disaster

can't see why

Life / Automobiles vs. Pedestrians in Poland [77]


not entirely true. the best piece of driving advice I ever received regarding driving in Warsaw was to wait until you see a car which is of higher value than your own and pull out in front of it. The other driver would be forced to slam on the breaks enabling you to enter the junction unscathed

note: avoid doing it to expensive Mercedes and BMWs with tinted windows

Life / Polish home remedies for cold, stomach ache, migraine? [49]


The ancient Egyptians used honey as an antiseptic and stuck in on wounds
they have found jars of it in tombs from the time of the Pharoahs and it is still perfectly edible
so sorry, no sale

the traditional Polish remedy is the juice of an onion with the juice of a clove of garlic mixed with sugar
to kill the taste

tastes revolting but works

my favourite Polish expression on colds 'if you treat a cold, you will be better in 7 days, if you do not treat it,
it will take a week'

News / Poland being the powerhouse of Europe [40]


the rain fall in Poland is not great. Central and Northern Poland is one of the driest regions in Europe. in fact you have to travel to Spain to find such low rainfall in an EU country

the fertility of the soil is not great either and the harsh winters make farm land far less productive than in Western Europe

plus points are the fact that there is a load of shale oil in Poland, oil and natural gas, a steady wind for electric generation and lots of coal

political stability, a well educated workforce and a reasonable level of law and order helps too

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]


As a Brit I wholeheartedly agree with you

what is the big deal?

what is next? a lengthly and meaningless debate about the spelling of color/colour
or perhaps a discussion on the correct pronunciation of the word tomato?

Love / My Polish wife got married to me but she's still not in love? [34]


why stop there?

go the whole hog and dose her with largactyl
just make sure that she does not plan on operating heavy machinery in the near future

my spider senses do start tingling when someone who has never posted before suddenly starts pouring out their heart

Love / Problem with my Polish boyfriend [74]

looks like he has someone back home

watching Titanic at a friend's house are not the actions of a heterosexual male

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

some friends came back from Norway
the minimum wage is 60 zl per hour

I found it pricey but not astronomical when I used to go to Sweden on business
beer was unbelievably expensive 15 zl for a tinny from a supermarket and 40 zl for a 400 ml beer in a nightclub
however I am not sure if that is such a bad thing. less A&E admissions, more tax revenue for the government, less liver failure blah, blah, blah

the price of houses is dirt cheap and far less than in Poland I seem to remember when watching one of those property prn shows prior to the crash

UK, Ireland / Polish Doctor in UK discriminiated and bullied against gets millions. [28]

there is a lot of bullying of white European doctors in the UK in hospital departments where the Clinical Lead is black or asian

they really seem to get off on pushing Central European doctors about

USA, Canada / Funky Polak - Polish-American rapper from Kielce inspired by Polish immigrants [15]


some homegrown Polish rap is good

the text is meaningful and talks about the hopes, fears and aspirations of young Poles
the US rappers seem to concentrate how hard, rich, talented they are etc

Funky Polak is rather awful

Liroy was Kielce's number one rapper back in the day and was called an OG by no less than Ice T

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

the foreskin was needed when we were primitive man moseying through the undergrowth
with the advent of under crackers, the foreskin is no longer needed much like the appendix

I really do not know why I bothered to comment

utterly bored sh*tless at work at the moment

Food / Polish kishka [76]

bon ap

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishka_(food)

not as popular post holocaust for some reason

oh I know, there was no one left around to make or eat it

Life / Rich man, poor man - today`s Poland [80]

as the world's population continues to grow, leading to the associated problems with pollution, lack of water and food etc
there has to be a system in place to prevent consumerism from destroying the planet

Canada became the first country to legally pull out of the Kyoto Treaty yesterday
This is a green light for any other country to use the economic downturn as an excuse to renege upon their plans
to clean up their own back yard

Communism does not work as a system unless in an ant hill or a bee hive
Humans are not selfless

The idea of a group of fascist states competing with one another would be more likely to succeed though
George Orwell's 1984 might be around the corner

Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]


no need to appear defensive

it is a decent profession. what Joe Shmoe in the street fails to realise is the inherant risk involved in developing.

fair play to you for sticking your neck out

Life / The Adult Entertainment Industry in Poland? [67]

without wishing to sound pedantic, the holder of the record was a Polish 'lady' and she held the 'record' until being out gunned for want of a better word by an American 'lady'.

Life / The Adult Entertainment Industry in Poland? [67]

certainly compared to Hungary and The Czech Republic, there is a lot less pûrn made in Poland.

there are notable exceptions of course. The world gang bang champ was a Polish chick.
She must have made her parents very proud with her fine sporting achievements

Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]


good points

the whole essence of doing this developing lark is to get paid as there is a lot of risk and aggravation in the business

If one is a developer and you are not going to get a return, don't build the bloody things.

Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]


it does seem to be unjustified however the forum is going to hell

the real estate prices are going to fall. unless that is one believes that Poland is a truly magical place where the rules of economics do not apply

Language / "Hilarious" Mistakes? (Esp. Across Polish and other Slavic Languages) [70]

oh yes

and I have to say the chick in the shop found it highly amusing

I manage to keep my clothes on in this version of the story

Language / "Hilarious" Mistakes? (Esp. Across Polish and other Slavic Languages) [70]

having been in country only a few weeks I went out to buy a set of headphones for my walkman

'Suka poprosze' I said to the attractive, female shop assistant pointing at the items displayed in the shop

she smiled and handed me a set of head phones

true story

Law / Setting up small business in Poland? [191]

cambridgemark

Delph would have been the perfect person to answer this question but the mods suspended him

having said that he would have also gone into a rant about the state of the teaching market in Poland

when you say employ another teacher do you mean employ or simply cooperate with?

please tell us more about this other teacher

Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

are these the same Polish guys who threw phantom eggs at your phantom car?

how are the ballroom dancing lessons going?

News / Would Poland Be Stronger Without "The West"? [10]


gee.

great idea.

I mean that has always worked in the past (sarcastic tone)

Work / Greek Speaking Jobs in Poland [25]

Hi

how did the plans of working in freight forwarding go?

Don't expect riches beyond your wildest dreams
call centre work in Poland is notoriously badly paid and as for them providing you accommodation, forget it

call them up and ask them how much they are paying and then post it for us to read