jon357
15 hrs ago
Life / Poles Have The Biggest Genitals In Europe [12]
The country where men have the most surgical enlargement operations is Italy.
The country where men have the most surgical enlargement operations is Italy.
jon357
15 hrs ago
News / Poland is increasingly appreciating Women and LGBTQ+ community [40]
It's not hard to imagine
It would be fun to live there
Imagine a society composed entirely of perverts, womanisers, sluts
It's not hard to imagine
It would be fun to live there
jon357
19 hrs ago
News / Poland is increasingly appreciating Women and LGBTQ+ community [40]
What 'rule'?
Nor can they impose old ones. Whoever 'they' are.
Religious codes apply to observant members of that religion. Others have no obligation to follow them
The point is that you are simply setting some arbitrary general rule
What 'rule'?
Someone cannot just walk in and declare a new set of rules for a society
Nor can they impose old ones. Whoever 'they' are.
divine moral code
Religious codes apply to observant members of that religion. Others have no obligation to follow them
jon357
19 hrs ago
Food / Traditional Polish Soups. [140]
These are the ones marketed at Poles who live in cities. There wouldn't be enough trade otherwise.
That's for tourists and foreigners who don't have Polish families
These are the ones marketed at Poles who live in cities. There wouldn't be enough trade otherwise.
jon357
20 hrs ago
Food / Traditional Polish Soups. [140]
Polish ones too. On main roads in the back of beyond, in restaurants with wooden windmills outside and various barrels and cartwheels.
Is that not just for tourists?
Polish ones too. On main roads in the back of beyond, in restaurants with wooden windmills outside and various barrels and cartwheels.
jon357
21 hrs ago
News / Poland is increasingly appreciating Women and LGBTQ+ community [40]
Are they the same?
Mmmmmmmmm
Should we apply the same criteria to all of those?
Are they the same?
sin
Mmmmmmmmm
jon357
23 hrs ago
News / Poland is increasingly appreciating Women and LGBTQ+ community [40]
Some Arab countries have a near 100% divorce rate for first marriages. And their family life is not always to be commended.
People have been enjoying all three of those since Europe began. If you don't want to take part, fine. Just don't tell others whether or not they shouldn't have a ball..
A foul exhibitionist and no good example of human goodness.
Once I saw the following beautiful poem written on a bus top in Doncaster:
Sex ia evil,
Evil is sin,
Sin is forgiven,
So get stuck in
many Arab countries.
Some Arab countries have a near 100% divorce rate for first marriages. And their family life is not always to be commended.
Promotion of promiscuity, sin, and degeneracy; there is nothing cultural about it or European.
People have been enjoying all three of those since Europe began. If you don't want to take part, fine. Just don't tell others whether or not they shouldn't have a ball..
Janusz Korwin-Mikke
A foul exhibitionist and no good example of human goodness.
Once I saw the following beautiful poem written on a bus top in Doncaster:
Sex ia evil,
Evil is sin,
Sin is forgiven,
So get stuck in
jon357
1 day ago
Work / finance salaries in Poland [17]
Most of the people replying on this thread are Polish and the two of us who aren't have lived and worked in PL for a combined total of 60+ years.
This is correct.
This is also correct. Poland is more modern and the business/employment environment is very different. Being from and having worked in any particular foreign country including your own does not bring any real advantage. Especially as there are many many Poles with proven international experience at a high level.
You will also find out that recruitment processes may be very different from what you are used to.
All of us here do in one way or another however listening to relatives like Uncle Mietek, Aunty Grażyna or cousin Wojtek and actually surviving and thriving in a make or break capital city are different things.
So posters here are negative and that's about it.
I hoped that this was a forum with Polish people, but it is not
Most of the people replying on this thread are Polish and the two of us who aren't have lived and worked in PL for a combined total of 60+ years.
lot of competition from people who know the Polish legal and economic reality... Also, speaking perfect Polish is a must
This is correct.
Poland is not the US
This is also correct. Poland is more modern and the business/employment environment is very different. Being from and having worked in any particular foreign country including your own does not bring any real advantage. Especially as there are many many Poles with proven international experience at a high level.
You will also find out that recruitment processes may be very different from what you are used to.
I have family in Poland
All of us here do in one way or another however listening to relatives like Uncle Mietek, Aunty Grażyna or cousin Wojtek and actually surviving and thriving in a make or break capital city are different things.
jon357
1 day ago
News / Poland is increasingly appreciating Women and LGBTQ+ community [40]
Imagine Poland with half its literature and music missing. Even its battles would have been different with no Emilia Plater, its theatre without Count Fredro and without Miron Białoszewski and its political scene with no Jarosław Kaczyński
Imagine Poland with half its literature and music missing. Even its battles would have been different with no Emilia Plater, its theatre without Count Fredro and without Miron Białoszewski and its political scene with no Jarosław Kaczyński
jon357
1 day ago
Food / Traditional Polish Soups. [140]
Do you know the traditional significance of czernina? Back in the old days of the szlachta. Why that was sometimes served instead of other soups, to give a certain message to a male guest...
They grow nicely from seed in a pot in the windowsill. Picked really tiny so you don't grow them for long, and a small amount makes plenty of botwinka which is a fairly watery soup anyway, never thick.
czernina
Do you know the traditional significance of czernina? Back in the old days of the szlachta. Why that was sometimes served instead of other soups, to give a certain message to a male guest...
That would be the problem. Only time I've seen tiny beets over here are the ready prepared ones
They grow nicely from seed in a pot in the windowsill. Picked really tiny so you don't grow them for long, and a small amount makes plenty of botwinka which is a fairly watery soup anyway, never thick.
jon357
1 day ago
Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [151]
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jon357
1 day ago
USA, Canada / European NATO and President Zelensky loved by elderly Polish-American citizens [6]
Age often brings wisdom.
That and prostate problems, arthritis and a liking for TV game shows.
European NATO and president Zelensky are especially popular in the 80+ age group.
Age often brings wisdom.
That and prostate problems, arthritis and a liking for TV game shows.
jon357
1 day ago
News / Poland is increasingly appreciating Women and LGBTQ+ community [40]
If we all went on strike, society would collapse in days.
the LGBTQ+ community
If we all went on strike, society would collapse in days.
jon357
1 day ago
News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [636]
It's not about the bases. Or security. It's because he wants to be remembered as the president who enlarged the country. He wants to be on Mt Rushmore and to have Melania's nude centerfold pics in the Smithsonian.
That is a worry.
What has never made sense to me is that the US can already build as many military bases as it wants on Greenland
It's not about the bases. Or security. It's because he wants to be remembered as the president who enlarged the country. He wants to be on Mt Rushmore and to have Melania's nude centerfold pics in the Smithsonian.
wants to partner with russia in Greenland.?
That is a worry.
jon357
1 day ago
News / European News and Poland Thread - part 5 [28]
It's incumbent on society as a whole to severely punish it and take care to educate about it and discourage it. It's far rarer than you think yet gets reported in the media in part because it is abhorrent and in part to rile a certain type of reader up
Those who post links to it here rarely post links to cases where white people kill each other within the family (and most murders in Europe are within families).
It'll be cool when muslim parents kill their over-westernized daughters?
It's incumbent on society as a whole to severely punish it and take care to educate about it and discourage it. It's far rarer than you think yet gets reported in the media in part because it is abhorrent and in part to rile a certain type of reader up
Those who post links to it here rarely post links to cases where white people kill each other within the family (and most murders in Europe are within families).
jon357
1 day ago
Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [605]
Not particularly "dagerous" as the stats show.
What for you has made them now dagerous?
dagerous
Not particularly "dagerous" as the stats show.
What for you has made them now dagerous?
jon357
2 days ago
News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [636]
They won't. And since your post President Nawrocki has spoken against the yanks.
It's. And you overestimate your country's power.
Poland will assist the US and fill the gas tanks of the planes
They won't. And since your post President Nawrocki has spoken against the yanks.
as its told to do
It's. And you overestimate your country's power.
jon357
2 days ago
Food / Traditional Polish Soups. [140]
Botwinka is very seasonal. Spring when the beetroots have just started growing. Tiny tiny ones and you also use the green shoots.
If you know anyone who grows beetroot, that's the best way to get tiny ones in England. Or use Swiss Chard if there's a posh shop near you.
Most are the real thing. It's a distinctive taste, not like blood and not like liver. Very worth trying.
Might give that a go then. I make a lot of soup in the winter for lunch at work.
Botwinka is very seasonal. Spring when the beetroots have just started growing. Tiny tiny ones and you also use the green shoots.
If you know anyone who grows beetroot, that's the best way to get tiny ones in England. Or use Swiss Chard if there's a posh shop near you.
I wouldn't know if I was getting the authentic soup or not.
Most are the real thing. It's a distinctive taste, not like blood and not like liver. Very worth trying.
jon357
2 days ago
News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [636]
There wasn't the leverage that developed countries have with US Bonds. It doesn't affect Germany much since the state there doesn't hold many however several other European countries hold a lot of US debt
we didn't do anything with Russia's money
There wasn't the leverage that developed countries have with US Bonds. It doesn't affect Germany much since the state there doesn't hold many however several other European countries hold a lot of US debt
jon357
2 days ago
Off-Topic / PF members MEETUPS.....everyone welcome! [127]
I'm on the 2010 to Manchester, changing planes from
Libya. On the destination thingy it says you're boarding now. Off to the duty free and then a cig on the terrace.
Yes. Nice to be in the same place and pass like ships in the night.
Let's meet sometime!
I'm on the 2010 to Manchester, changing planes from
Libya. On the destination thingy it says you're boarding now. Off to the duty free and then a cig on the terrace.
Yes. Nice to be in the same place and pass like ships in the night.
Let's meet sometime!
jon357
2 days ago
Off-Topic / PF members MEETUPS.....everyone welcome! [127]
Me too. In the McDonalds upstairs from by the top of the escalator that goes to the A and B gates. My flight's about 2 hours if you're still here and fancy a beer.
ow! I'm in the Istanbul airport right now!
Me too. In the McDonalds upstairs from by the top of the escalator that goes to the A and B gates. My flight's about 2 hours if you're still here and fancy a beer.
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jon357
2 days ago
Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [605]
It looks like a duelling scar.
Some people stress about facial disfigurement however some of us don't. I regard it as a sort of pet.
It looks like a duelling scar.
Some people stress about facial disfigurement however some of us don't. I regard it as a sort of pet.
jon357
2 days ago
News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [636]
There are some reports that the other NATO countries have told trumpet that if he invaded Greenland they will all (including UK and France which hold a lot) immediately dump all U.S. Treasury Bonds that they hold. This would apparently tank their economy overnight, collapse the dollar and lead to impeachment (which the administration wouldn't survive after the midterms).
Good that a multinational force is going there too.
There are some reports that the other NATO countries have told trumpet that if he invaded Greenland they will all (including UK and France which hold a lot) immediately dump all U.S. Treasury Bonds that they hold. This would apparently tank their economy overnight, collapse the dollar and lead to impeachment (which the administration wouldn't survive after the midterms).
Good that a multinational force is going there too.
jon357
2 days ago
Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [605]
Not quite 2 metres but a noticeably scarred face, stubble and a snarl.
Not quite 2 metres but a noticeably scarred face, stubble and a snarl.
jon357
2 days ago
Food / Traditional Polish Soups. [140]
In PL, yes. Plenty still open on main roads between cities and usually good places to eat. I was thinking of other countries.
Most of that sort of restaurant has gone from Warsaw now and they are surely missed.
Early 90s suburban restaurants were the best
In PL, yes. Plenty still open on main roads between cities and usually good places to eat. I was thinking of other countries.
Most of that sort of restaurant has gone from Warsaw now and they are surely missed.
jon357
2 days ago
Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [605]
As a visitor (maybe 100 times) rather than a resident, it did seem safe. The only time I've felt wary was at night on Silbersteinstraße in Neukolln with all the streetwalkers, unconscious junkies and pimps/dealers in leather coats. But nothing happened. Everywhere else has always felt safe.
Berlin surely not
As a visitor (maybe 100 times) rather than a resident, it did seem safe. The only time I've felt wary was at night on Silbersteinstraße in Neukolln with all the streetwalkers, unconscious junkies and pimps/dealers in leather coats. But nothing happened. Everywhere else has always felt safe.
jon357
15 Jan 2026
Food / Traditional Polish Soups. [140]
There's Żurek and Żurek.
I'm not bothered for the bread thing; it reminds me of early 90s suburban restaurants. When I do Żurek, mushrooms go in which is not typical but does work.
There's a restaurant in Kazimierz Dolny that serves lemon soup. Nothing like avgolemono, much more delicate. I wish I had their recipe.
Good czernina is excellent. One of the nicer things in PL. Bad czernina has little or no ducks' blood and uses pig
liver instead. I once had it with a group of posh mostly elderly Polish people who got really angry because of that.
About czernina, I'm sure a few PF posters have been served it by young ladies' parents when they went calling.
There's Żurek and Żurek.
I'm not bothered for the bread thing; it reminds me of early 90s suburban restaurants. When I do Żurek, mushrooms go in which is not typical but does work.
There's a restaurant in Kazimierz Dolny that serves lemon soup. Nothing like avgolemono, much more delicate. I wish I had their recipe.
czernina
Good czernina is excellent. One of the nicer things in PL. Bad czernina has little or no ducks' blood and uses pig
liver instead. I once had it with a group of posh mostly elderly Polish people who got really angry because of that.
About czernina, I'm sure a few PF posters have been served it by young ladies' parents when they went calling.
jon357
15 Jan 2026
Life / Poland: worst teeth in the world? [112]
I'll be in Turkey in a few hours and you see the people who've gone there to get Turkey teeth and other things done.
They look like Katie Price or that Australian guy she was married to. Sort of a cross between extras from a horror film and 'adult entertainment' artistes.
I'll be in Turkey in a few hours and you see the people who've gone there to get Turkey teeth and other things done.
They look like Katie Price or that Australian guy she was married to. Sort of a cross between extras from a horror film and 'adult entertainment' artistes.
jon357
15 Jan 2026
Life / Poland: worst teeth in the world? [112]
That looks horrible. Also those very even tombstone teeth they like there. The ones that look like granny's dentures.
very white teeth
That looks horrible. Also those very even tombstone teeth they like there. The ones that look like granny's dentures.
jon357
15 Jan 2026
Food / Traditional Polish Soups. [140]
Yes. It's got a very distinctive flavour. Very easy to make too.
Does it taste much different to Barszcz?
Yes. It's got a very distinctive flavour. Very easy to make too.