News / Illegal drugs in the EU - Polish gangs are top sellers [56]


Don't book your flight just yet, it may not be too expensive but it's harder and harder to get. PiS has been locking up a lot of dealers recently. A gram is enough for a couple of small joints.


Dope in the US used to mean the harder stuff, but now it's a common slang term for marijuana.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


its obviuos he's only trying to agitate, he secretly enjoys trolling. he probably also enjoys smelling bicycle seats, for example, he's a closet seat-sniffer...

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]


yes, those were generalizations. thank you for noticing.


tell someone who cares, because sending a man to the moon hasn't somehow changed my life for the better. why not go back to the moon and open up a starbucks there? It is well known that America has more Nobel prize winners than any other country, but based on the conversations one GENERALLY (key word) had with the locals...yeah...clueless. Don't brag about how smart you are until you start doing something about those nasty little spelling and usage errors.


Just like folks tend to do, even Yanks. That's why an American will never miss an opportunity to remind us how we should be grateful that America saved the world (WWI, WWII, etc..)....yawn....


yes I am sure. I see it every day.


wow, nothing I admire more than a well-travelled man. I've passed through Chicago also and also witnessed the famous Poles of Milwaukee Avenue. These folks seemed to be the flotsam and jetsam of Polish society - I hope they DON't come back to Poland (more Kaczynski voters, just what Poland needs)...

Don't get so upset, mr Dumbyankee, the original post called for opinions (see dictionary) of America, which by their very nature usually include generalizations. Living in Poland I've met MANY people who just simply weren't happy with the place and decided to come back. After all, home is where the heart is...

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]


wouldn't most agree that Clinton was relatively well linked around the world? even if that is not so, no one is more embarassing than Bush. What is a good indicator of that? I have yet to find a single person (other than the odd American-Republican) that has anything good to say about him. Even in Poland, one of the more pro-US countries around, people seem to be unanimously aginst Bush and everyone I have ever asked regards him as an idiot.

Food / Typical lunch in Poland? [50]


kebab


anywhere between 12-15, depending on work hours


half hour usually if you are lucky, or just shove something in your mouth quickly when the boss isnt looking if unlucky


rather sandwich, or nearby cheap cafeteria unless they are CEOs, who have their little business lunches


depends on the building


sandwiches, joghurt, or kebab is very popular

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]


rather not unless they say it with a sarcastic smirk on their face


dumbass, as*h*le, both can be apt translations depending on the situation

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]


they happen when two Polish people like eachother enough to spend the rest of their lives together. statistically these marriages last longer than those of other Europeans, the divorce rat here is still under 50 percent, unlike Spain and Belgium and other countries where marriage isn't for boys and girls only. at the wedding you eat a lot of good food and pour amazing amounts of vodka down your throat, and you are expected to dance until dawn wehther you are drunk or not, not dancing at all is suspect and seen as bad manners. the next day is the poprawiny, when you consume the leftrover food and of course vodka. had your question been more consice/specific you would have gotten a more concise answer...

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]

she wanted to copy Canada's system but Republicans and her fellow Democrats were paid off by the insurance lobby to shut her up, and she was forced to abandon her ideas. The conventional wisdom is that America has gone too far down the road of privatization and national healthcare systems in the US don't stand a chance. They are even privatizing public libraries in the US now..

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]

many countries have it, and yes the former Commie nations had it too. Under the COmmunists the state-run health systems were shoddy but they were there, and they did their jobs on a basic level despite many many shortcomings. Better than no healthcare, as they say. Now allmost all industrialized nations have some form of national healthcare except, as we all know, the USA. Polls show over and over again that most (not all, but still most) Americans want it, but they won't get it because Congress in the USA is bought and paid for by the AMA and the insurance industry.

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]


it's not that easy because:
1. you are unprotected when between jobs-sometimes you have a waiting period when you start a new job and you are uncovered
2. low-paid, temporary, part-time, and seasonal workers rarely get health care coverage
3. You can have health insurance but when you develop a serious disease (ie cancer) the insurance company sometimes cancels your policy because the treatment is too expensive (these cases are often challenged in court but the insurers sometimes win their cases anyway)

I for one do want the government to dictate my healthcare...when the private insurers start treating me like an unprofitable piece of meat, I want the government to kindly tell them to F*CK OFF (in the STates often the reverse is true).

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]


other than occasional stupid ignorant comments you dont see this often, especially in big cities. in the warsaw school where I work we have a few non-poles but they never experience any problems..

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]


not much of a choice I'm afraid, face it America's healthcare system is morally bankrupt and it only serves the insurance companies - you can thank Nixon for bringing it all about..

Off-Topic / Do politicians need to speak a foreign language? [15]


it suggests that they are educated and worldly, as opposed to undereducated and closed-minded...the more languages you speak the more aware of the world around you you seem-good thing for a leader to be. nothing like a closed-minded bumpkin who is afraid of his neighbors and cant even say hello in their language.

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

you will be a hit with the girls who just want to try "something new" or with a taste for the exotic, although unfortunately because of a widely publicised case where an African dude infected a bunch of Polish girls with HIV, you may encounter hesitation...

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]


I don't care if you go forwards, backwards or sideways. You should have specified that you want the opinion of a Pole living in Canada, which I know nothing about. I gave you the opinion of a university-educated Polish male living in a big city. Go to the countryside and you will hear different opinions, trust me...my view is shaped (like most people) by media coverage which this one well known case received, although I also know of quite a few Polish girls who are happily dating or married to an African. I am guessing you are trolling for the answers you want to hear such as poster #4

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

yawn..

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Greek alphabet was the basis for Cyrilic, compare the two and you will see that they are very similiar.

Why get all riled up by trollers and pedants who argue about something that doesnt really matter or have any effect on your life or the life of the good Polishvolk

Law / Polish EU Drivers Licence - can I get one the easy way (by paying for it)? [185]

as mentioned before, to get a Polish license you need to have a permanent address in poland and pass the written test, unless you get lucky and find a contact to buy one on the black market, which is increasingly harder..

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think of the USA [287]


you are making a common mistake: you are assuming that he picked his advisors, and unfortunately chose wisely. It is more likely that they chose him, because they knew he would be a loyal reliable puppy...


consider the pattern: Kennedy was chosen and once he really started stirring things up, the men behind the curtain blew his head off. Allende was elected as president of Chile, and once he started stirring things up, they blew his head off. There are many more examples...

Food / Mother of all hangovers....Polish Beer! [71]


all alcohol can cause a hangover if you drink enough. cigarettes intensify hangovers. if you have a problem with hangovers, switch to weed, which does not cause hangovers.

Food / Mother of all hangovers....Polish Beer! [71]


there's nothing wrong with it if you accept the risks - it's definitely not harmless and can be addictive. weed isn't harmless either, but unlike alcohol, at least it hasn't ever poisoned anyone to death...and no, it does not cause hangovers but don't be a dummy and go mixing it with alcohol unless you want a bad case of the spins...

Food / Mother of all hangovers....Polish Beer! [71]


so doesn't television. so don't their in-laws. so don't a lot of things.


maybe Bob was cookoo to begin with. or more to the point, the cookooness was deep inside of him, and the weed just hastened its release...

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Here is some of your own medicine: Britain sat around during WWII with their thumbs up their arses. Other than flying around in their planes and thus doing little more than creating a nuisance and of course puttering about in North Africa in old tanks, while Russia and the United STates did most of the work.

Travel / What do you know about Torun, Poland? [30]

lots of students, quite a few decent pubs...

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


In general most Poles like Americans, and it seems that the older they are the more they like the US. Teenagers and college age students often roll their eyes with either real or mock displeasure whenever the US is mentioned, maybe because in Europe its trendy to do so. But I can't think of anyone who actually wishes the US any ill....if it helps answering your question any, yes most here are convinced that Bush is crazy and Americans are fat...


that's probably because usually there is something to complain about

Food / The name of a Polish pastry? Chrust? [60]

they are called Faworki if it is only dough with a covering of powdered sugar. If they are stuffed with something they are called something else: paszteciki contain pate or perhaps mushrooms, szpinakowce contain spinnach, etc..

News / Poland's Vietnamese: A tough transition but they're surviving [31]


just like their Polish hosts....

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


Most Poles in Poland look down on the Poles who sit in places like Chicago (or London, or Toronto, or wherever) and do nothing but complain about where they ended up. But chances are, if they complain in Chicago they definitely complained back in Poland. Otherwise, they would have never packed up what little they owned and hauled ass to Chicago. think about it.

Genealogy / Polish surname Gil. My ancestors were from the town of Widelka. [74]


it also means booger