History / If Poland didn't exist, how did citizens become Polish? [57]


Like all other countries in this world have, no countries have existed since the beginning of time, they're man made creations.

Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

I once had Polish spanakopita where they substituted spinach in filo for saurkraut, I must say they hit the nail on the head, it was amazing.


Best Pizza I ever ate was in Naples, Italy. For the record it was 99% different than in America, and it was uber-awesome, not mention that they'll laugh at you there if you choose any other drink than wine to go with your pizza- I must say they were right :-)



Newer style:

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and the best rated ones in Italy:

They were sooooooo good. I didn't have the second one though.

The reason why the Italians aced it, is because if you go to right places all the ingredients put in there are of the purest and finest....especially the sauce; unlike your domestic jarred sh!t in America or Poland....

Also for the record, the Persians invented Pizza. They used Pita, which was thin crusted circular bread with no crusts and put oils, vegetables, herbs, and possibly meats on there. The Italians didn't have pizza until they got tomato sauce from which was discovered in the Americas by explorers. Prior to the America's, Europe knew of no tomatoes. Also to spew some controversy, do you know the Chinese were quite possibly the ones who discovered America? ;-)

Law / Is it possible to open a home based bakery in Poland? [14]


$50 says this is the bakery a month later....

Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]


lol I think the same applies to Greeks. Everyone I meet here who hasn't been there either thinks they're really hard working and intelligent, or that this intelligence stems from ancient times and that the people are very artsy and philosophical due to that. @_@ lol it's rather quite the opposite.

I agree with delphianomine though, I haven't really noticed any trend of hard working in Poland and the various regions I've been to. This probably has a lot to do with new-comer psychology and the amusement/fear of being in a complete foreign place. I know I don't act the same as I do home when in other countries and keep well-manners since you might end up relying on those who judge you. It's not in a Poles' or anyone else's interest to not gain the most from their visits, student/work visas...especially if they plan on living the rest of their lives outside of Poland.

Love / Do some Polish women prefer older men for money? [57]


I've already tried that technique of elementary logic over a couple dozen times on this forum....don't waste your time.

USA, Canada / Polish Restaurants in Southwest Florida (Sarasota, Tampa, Venice, Englewood, Ft. Meyers) [8]

Pierogi......."grill" ??????

Language / Special Polish Prayers / (Funeral too) that stand out [12]

Jan Kochanowski's Laments are an epic poem which according to him and many critics fit the renaissantial genre of a funeral prayer. It's quite popular and you should find many translations of it. He's one of Polands most influential writers. I find the Seamus Heaney translation to be the best.

Love / Arabs: "Polish women are easy and stupid" [132]


Who ever said platonic love = money?

Also platonic couples are quite distinct from your average sexual couples.


poetry for the win sascha, I write sh!t loads of that stuff, especially when I've drunken a bottle of wine or Sake. Oh and my love of poetry comes from my Polish half, regardless if the Greeks discovered it.

Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]


Because I am not a materialistic person and prefer the nature/small town life when I'm traveling, and Poland seems to accommodate this well, so: 9/10


Some people complain of racism, stupidity, and lack of social acceptance. However normally doing this I find people around my age (20) who tend to be educated, university students, and/or hard workers. So quite honestly my perspective of the people is very nice and this group of people I choose is much better than other European countries where the youth and intellect aren't always the best. So: 10


It's nice for a first try, but it gets boring after a while. Also if you get artsy with your food, you realize the lack of complexity and varieties Polish food has. Not to mention it has a bad world-wide reputation, even in Chicago where there are tons of Poles you rarely find a Polish restaurant as opposed to an Italian, French, Greek, or even a German one. I don't mind eating it, but it gets bland after a short while and the tastes become over-rated. Nonetheless, in my international eating, the Poles make the best soup next to the Japanese which never becomes old. So I give it a: 5/6

Law / Thinking of opening up a Greek restaurant in Poland, bad idea or good? Jenkei [45]


Funny thing is, most French restaurants I've been to have this. Also cold seafood is a thing the French do, Mediterranean's cook it.


I'm going to evolve this statement a second time: No, Americans love cheap Mexican food.

Pellasgos, I hope you took my advice to open a Japanese restaurant or my contacts with the Polska mafia will have your fine establishment burnt down.

Love / Arabs: "Polish women are easy and stupid" [132]

This forum has fallen into yet another dull "let's stereotype the stereotyper". $50 says the thread-starter is laughing his a$$ off reading all your comments.

Law / I want to run a Persian (Iranian) restaurant in Poland! [46]


the fact that you're calling them crappy insists that Southern has a point

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]


I've heard many people say the following: "(Fill in country name) are the ugliest (pick gender) in Europe."

So who am I supposed to believe?

Also please don't compare Poles with Irish. Sure relations might be good by individuals but culturally they're different. I've heard Irish compare themselves with Italians, Germans, French, Poles, Greeks, Macedonians, and even Swedes. Well who the hell am I supposed to believe?

Love / What do Asian boys think about Polish girls? :) (and vice versa) [150]


Albania is more bankrupt....

Work / I'M SO SURPRISED BY THIS SALARY FOR IBM in WROCLAW 3000 ZL gross [135]

$662 per month * 12 months = $7 944 a year

Glad to be an American...whew. No offense.

News / New Polish Light Tank - Anders [74]


And how rational is it to think rationality revolves around ones ethnicity? @_@

News / New Polish Light Tank - Anders [74]


I believe so, I mean China and Japan gave some of their tanks Dragon names which are technically animals, but that's more cultural. Either way, German tanks are some of the best in my opinion. I wish they would re-introduce a modern-advanced version of the Tiger.

UK, Ireland / Estimated number of Poles in Ireland thought to exceed 200,000 OR over 5% of population. [200]


Because the actual counted numbers and responses in census' isn't anywhere near that high. They keep assuming they miscounted, or are using illegal immigrants under the radar as an excuse. Ireland being as small as it is and these numbers way to high even for illegal immigrants is simply an excuse to cause fear or make talk of a nonexistent immigration problem. Did you see the paragraph from the article I posted?

Also don't forget that Ireland's economy is in the shitter, why would they stay if they can leave as easily as they came? Now with EU passports why not go to Germany, France, or places with flooding HDI and Happiness Index's such as Sweden or Norway? These countries have far more superior economies, HDI indicators, and immigrant options than does Ireland. For any immigrant it should be logical to stay away from any P.I.I.G.S. economy.

Love / I'm from Argentina, but I want to meet this Polish Girl.. [20]

Buy her a bottle of good 5-6 year Malbec, you guys make the best wine I've ever tasted in my life.

Law / Thinking of opening up a Greek restaurant in Poland, bad idea or good? Jenkei [45]

Congrats, your son will be half Polish and half Greek like me. ^_^

My philosophy is that you only get to live once so do what you love. If out of everything you want to run a restaurant (which is a lot harder than it seems) and if out of all the cultures you like Greek food the most and can best make it (personally I like Japanese food the best) then you should go for it.

The trouble is that with all the few seafood available in the region, and all the other rare commodities which are needed for fine Mediterranean food are too expensive and rare in Poland and their distributors. Hence, most of these restaurants stick to fast food, but fast food sucks, especially if you're passionate about food.

Do you speak ancient Greek? I head a number of good Polish universities are looking for teachers/professors for their classical programs. (Note this is different than modern Greek).

News / Poland could emerge as new European and world power. If? [116]


There's other studies that have it down to 95, even 92. I've done extensive course-work on IQ and ethnic/race issues. Individualism, and nurture play much more of a role believe it or not.

UK, Ireland / Estimated number of Poles in Ireland thought to exceed 200,000 OR over 5% of population. [200]

"The Polish minority in the Republic of Ireland numbers approximately 63,276 according to 2008 census figures,[1] making it the largest minority in the country excluding those born in the United Kingdom. However, the census that year is believed by the government to have underestimated the number of Polish nationals, whose numbers may be as high as 200,000.[2]"

I highly doubt it's that high.

News / Pubs in Poznan kick out Roma? [256]

Racism exists everywhere, your real problem is here:

News / Poland goes bankrupt? [110]


Do you mind elaborating? I find it hard to read your sentences.

News / Poland goes bankrupt? [110]


Indeed, which is what makes Deutsch Wirtschaftliche Macht a nice thing for balancing it when things hit the sh!tter like now.

News / Poland goes bankrupt? [110]

Why would you cut out just that part of my statement? If you ask me Ireland is really the worse now, and in terms of austerity Spain is nearing to the worse. Greece is seeing massive problems in it's social systems. Ireland loaned close to 100 billion Euro (just 10bn less than Greece) with a lower interest rate and they're only 4 million people.

News / Poland goes bankrupt? [110]

Maybe some of Poland's civic, and social systems are aching (such as the Polish economy increasing in GDP but the public being completely unaware of any benefit/growth. But as far as I see it in current day and for a whole on the economy it's the P.I.I.G.S. who are bankrupting. Especially Greece, Ireland, and Spain. The other two are Italy and Portugal.

History / In a German encyclopedia Poland is represented as: [30]

Encyclopedia Dramatica is rather repulsive, but one must understand that every country is represented like this on there, so it's a hateful fair-game.

Life / Polish nonfiction literature: Moczarski, Borowski, Grudziński etc. [5]

Norman Davies

News / New Polish Light Tank - Anders [74]


Trust me, they're better off copying the rest of the EU and using the German or USA tanks.... Leopard for the win.