Genealogy / Polish Aircrew in the UK (Tulinski) [50]

Have you read "A Question of Honor; The Kosciuszko Squadron: The Forgotten Heroes of World War Two", by Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud? If not, I think that you should.

You can find out more about this book here: questionofhonor.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

How come nobody mentioned "LECH PREMIUM"? I'm really disappointed.


When I was in UK I saw a commercial of Stella in TV featuring polish actors. It was the one with priests on ice. Personally, I found both, the commercial and the beer not very good. :)

Love / English Men vs Polish Men [207]


Beautiful people have much more easy in life, it's true. :) But when I open a door for a lady I honestly don't care if she is young or old, attractive or not. I also don't expect any reward for this. I do it just because I was raised that way and I think that it is the right thing to do. Of course, somehow, I find helping beautiful women more...ekhmmm...pleasing. :)

PS: Before going to the UK i had read an article in some polish newspaper warning polish men to think twice before offering their help to an English woman. The author explained, that English women are very independent and might consider this a very sexist gesture. In the end I found out that either the man that wrote this article had a bad luck or was just talking cr*p. :)

Law / Hiring a Polish Worker - Pros and Cons [107]


I think that you are exaggerating here. Hiring a worker with poor skills just because he is cheap labor doesn't make sense. It can be a suicidal act for the firm. Building up your reputation on a market can take years, and I don't see the point why an English employer would risk to damage it by lowering the quality of his service. I also don't think that this is the case with polish skilled workers. They are not in any way worse than their English counterparts.

You also have to realize that in the end it all comes to what the English citizens will choose to do. Either they will remain joint and several towards their country men (English workers), or they will take the advantage of the more economical opportunity(Polish workers). Which one would you choose?


Welcome to the harsh reality of the capitalism. If you are not competitive you are being made redundant. Sorry.


What’s up with that? Are you being jealous? If it's true (which I truly doubt)do you think that they are enjoying living under this conditions?

There's a thought for you: take eleven friends, move to Poland and live with them in a two bedroom flat! I bet the Poles will be sooo angry!!! That would be the perfect revenge! :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

Mister AntiMonoPole#1, I think that you have a lot of explaining to do.

It seems that there are some imprecision’s occurring in your posts. In some of them you state that you are currently living in the UK. For example:



While in others you state something completely different:


Are you really a Pole, and have you ever been in Poland in your life, AntiMonoPole#1? After reading your lies, I'm starting to think that the answer to both of my questions is NO.

And in the future, if you want to lie, do it at least properly. :)

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


I find that offensive!! :) :)

Frankly speaking, I always considered Tyskie as a indigent version of Lech. :)

Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]


I have read recently that a lot of people in Krakow complain about the behavior of British tourists, that come to the city only to get completely drunk, instead of visit some interesting landmarks, try some of the polish cuisine, and learn something about our culture....Maybe that's why all the inhabitants of Krakow that you have encountered and talked to during your stay where arrogant and didn't even crack a smile? :(

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


So this is what you are doing for fun, eyy...? :) Damn dude, no wonder that you are lonely in a city of almost 2 000 000 people...:)


I agree. It's soooo you! Frankly, I don't think that any other word could possibly depict your personality in a more accurate way than Dumbass does! :)

Twoje zdrowie! :)

Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]

Easy there Frank. I didn't want to upset you, nor to state that all British people are drunkards. I was just merely quoting people from the articles.

Life / Why do people think that I'm Polish ? [92]


Touché, you cheeky little monkey, you!!! :)

PS: Speaking of hygiene, I noticed that a lot of English builders were lacking the habit of washing their hands after doing a poopoo or a lulu...And I'm not talking here only about the laborers, but also supervisors. For me it was unthinkable. :)

I don't know how does the situation look with other English blokes, but remember kidos, think twice before you shake English builders hand. :)

Love / Nice Polish women photos [329]

Yup. Polish women age terribly. For example, the first one in the post #38 is 24, the second one in the same post is 21, and the one in post #32 is basically still a child. :)

Life / Thoughts on Music in Poland [132]

They are Gypsies from Russia, that are currently living in NY City. :)

Love / Are Polish men shy and take things slow? [116]


The answer to your question is YES, we know how to dress, speak and walk. :)


Polaca, you don't have to like us, just LOVE us! :)

But seriously, what's there not to like about polish guys?

Food / Kopytka, pyzy, kluski [60]

The dish that you are looking for is called "kluchy na łachu". It's a typical dish from Wielkopolska region, and by their inhabitants it is very often called just "pyzy", which in other parts of Poland can mean something totally different.

Love / Nice Polish women photos [329]

Fell in love so quickly? :(

You're a very amorous fella, aren't you? :)

And I thought I saw them all... :)

Life / Barking Dogs in Poland [57]

I would advise you to go and have a very sincere chat with your neighbor. If he is a decent person, he will understand and try to make things better.

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


truebrit hit the jackpot here. Some Poles make serious faces, but serious doesn’t mean miserable. Do we all feel the significant difference between these two words? I know I do.

As for Obnoxious T. Dumbass and Lara, they seem to see what they want to see. It’s pretty easy, if you put the idea in your head that Poles are a sad nation you will only see sad people on the streets of Poland, totally ignoring the rest. It’s called self-fulfilling prophecy.

In the place where I live people that don’t smile back are considered rude. I don’t think it’s any different in the rest of the country.

PS: My friend recently told me about a situation that happened to her few months ago, on the streets of London. She smiled back at some black guy, and instantly regretted that move, because she spent next 15 minutes trying to convince him that it was just a pure sign of politeness, and not an invitation to flirt.

So as you see kidos, it doesn't always pay to smile back at people. :)

Language / Polish or any Slavic language key to any other Slavic languages? [126]

That's true. Slovakian language is very similar to polish.

When it comes to Czech tongue, for a Polish speaker, it has to be the most hilarious language in the world. It's probably due to it's silly accent and some of their names for animals, items, products, professions, etc...

For example, let's take the word "pigeon". In Polish it's "gołąb", while in Czech it's "dachowy obersraniec", what in polish means more or less something like "something that is taking a shit on the roof". :)


I've met few Ukrainians, very friendly people, but what was really striking for me, that they only spoke Russian. It's kind of sad.

Life / Poland Religion in daily life/ INTERVIEW for school paper [28]


Exactly!


Are you sure we are thinking about the same Poland? :)


Bathrooms? :) :)


It's true that I've never saw a church with air conditioning, but they do heat churches in winter. It's just not an easy task to properly heat few centuries old building.

Language / Polish sayings [236]

"Najlepsze mienie - czyste sumienie." --- Your best/priceless property - pure conscience.
"U skąpego zawsze po obiedzie." --- At miser's place it's always past dinner. (I hope that there is a word “miser” in English:) )

"Dobry zwyczaj; nie pożyczaj." --- A good habit; Do not borrow.
"Nie szata zdobi człowieka." --- Clothes do not adorn a person. It basically means that it's not important how you look, but what you have in your head, and what kind of person you are.

There's one great saying used very often by elder Polish construction workers: "Po szklanie i na rusztowanie." --- One more glass (of vodka) and on the scaffold we go! :)

And finally my favorite one often said by my close friend: "Lepiej być zdrowym i bogatym, niż chorym i biednym." --- It's better to be healthy and rich, than ill and poor. :)

Language / "Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? [200]


I always wanted to be referred as the Sexy Polish Prince of Promiscuous Rodeo, but sadly somehow people tend to ignore my request and call me just by my first name or my nick name. :( :)

And seriously, lets don't get ahead of the facts please. The word Pole is just a short version of the word Polish guy, and since it's more economical to produce it I will continue to describe myself with that term. You never know what the future will bring, but I never heard English people use this word as a insult. I heard that in the USA the word “Pollock” is considered to be a derogatory word, but not Pole. I appreciate your concern, but lets not get paranoid and neurotic. :)


What does the word "frowned" mean? :)

Language / "Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? [200]

Ohhh...Besides "Polock" nothing else springs to my mind.


O yeah! :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


I know what you mean Dumbass. I also can't understand how people can take as a personal insult naming them “dumb” or “not human”. It truly remains a mystery for me. :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

patrycja So what actually happened there?

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

Besides the word "vodka" comes from polish "wódka".

In Polish language we pronounce "W" like english "V", and in english you don't have Polish "Ó", thus in the end, the international name for "Wódka" remained "VODKA".

If you want to pronounce it like Poles do, just say "VOODKA".

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

"Wódka" is very similar to the word "woda", which means "water".
But there's also another name for vodka in Poland; namely "gorzałka" which means something like "burning water" or "burning liquid".

Life / Winter in Poland? [161]

Somewhere here on this board a Canadian girl wrote that polish winter is much more colder than the Canadian one. I was quite surprised hearing this. Now after your post I'm even more confused.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


I have changed my mind, this is what I find really offensive!! :) :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


I think that English people are also strong and take pride in their country and culture when faced by adversary and oppression. If I were you, I would cherish both, your Polish and English roots. :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


Give them an enemy, and you will see, that they will react just like their forefathers. It has to have something to do with the genes. :)


Well, if you would give all you got and sacrifice your youth, health and all the precious things in your life in some cause for nothing, how would you feel? Theoretically Poland was on the “team” that won WWII, but practically we ended up even worse that west Germany, the country that started the whole madness in the first place. So yeah, I can understand why my grandfather became very skeptical after the war.


Have you been here around in the 80's? I certainly was, and I perfectly remember that the most frequent answer to the question "How are you doing" was "Lepiej nie pytaj" ("Don't even ask"), while now it's "Powoli" ("Slowly")...Do you see the improvement? I do. :)

Pozdrawiam.