MrBubbles
24 Mar 2009
Study / American Muslim girl thinking to go to Medical school in Poland... [87]
What did you do?
I was on the tram and saw three teenage boys spitting on a woman who was wearing a headscarf.
What did you do?
MrBubbles
22 Mar 2009
UK, Ireland / English teenager refused service at Polish shop [87]
Wait until you have to go to a town hall or other civic office and ask them do to something for you. Oh, you just wait.
I've never been patronised or belittled in Poland for not being able to order something word perfectly in Polish.
Wait until you have to go to a town hall or other civic office and ask them do to something for you. Oh, you just wait.
MrBubbles
18 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]
You'd be surprised. They look like the guy from Beavis and Butthead - the one who sits at the back of the fat woman's caravan smoking a cigarette
Is this a common problem?
You'd be surprised. They look like the guy from Beavis and Butthead - the one who sits at the back of the fat woman's caravan smoking a cigarette
MrBubbles
17 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]
Yes z, highly urbanised countries like Italy, Greece and the Middle Eastern ones are renowned, correctly or not, for having good manners. Did the 9 mins it took you to respond include the time spent moving your finger across the screen as you re read that post or was it figuring how to use the keyboard?
Please take your time to think - I don't want to pressure you!
countries such as Italy, Greece or some of the Middle Eastern one
Yes z, highly urbanised countries like Italy, Greece and the Middle Eastern ones are renowned, correctly or not, for having good manners. Did the 9 mins it took you to respond include the time spent moving your finger across the screen as you re read that post or was it figuring how to use the keyboard?
Please take your time to think - I don't want to pressure you!
MrBubbles
17 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]
Are these countries, Zed? Go read the post again.
Like in The Bronx, Harlem or South Brooklyn?
Are these countries, Zed? Go read the post again.
MrBubbles
17 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
Yes it is in't it? And you probably don't appreciate it on half as many levels as I do. heh heh heh!
Yes it is in't it? And you probably don't appreciate it on half as many levels as I do. heh heh heh!
MrBubbles
17 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]
You could have a point there. Certainly in some big cities like Lodz the majority of the resident urban Poles are only a generation or so away from the village and their rural origins. It might simply be that they are not used to living in such close contact with so many other people. Manners are said to be a social lubricant (like KY jelly I guess) and it's no accident that countries which became urbanised quite early have some of the best reputations for 'manners' (holding doors open, not pushing onto the bus, not spitting in the street, not sitting on their balconies with a beer and only wearing their underpants and a baseball cap etc.)
I don't think Poles have as much social intelligence as other cultures.
You could have a point there. Certainly in some big cities like Lodz the majority of the resident urban Poles are only a generation or so away from the village and their rural origins. It might simply be that they are not used to living in such close contact with so many other people. Manners are said to be a social lubricant (like KY jelly I guess) and it's no accident that countries which became urbanised quite early have some of the best reputations for 'manners' (holding doors open, not pushing onto the bus, not spitting in the street, not sitting on their balconies with a beer and only wearing their underpants and a baseball cap etc.)
MrBubbles
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
Heh!
I'm going to hit the hay. Got to get up early to make some kids happy about 0800. Not to mention my soup's waiting in the bedroom and I don't want it to get cold. Nighty night
I'm for ever blowing bubbles!"
Heh!
I'm going to hit the hay. Got to get up early to make some kids happy about 0800. Not to mention my soup's waiting in the bedroom and I don't want it to get cold. Nighty night
MrBubbles
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
Dude, don't take this the wrong way, but are you high?
I couldn't help it,
I know
I know
it was bad of me but come on,
it made you smile,...
I know
I know
it was bad of me but come on,
it made you smile,...
Dude, don't take this the wrong way, but are you high?
MrBubbles
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
And that's the problem. Poles never smile. They are sooo formal. I smile a lot. I'm smiling now. I smile when I'm eating soup and I'm usually grinning like a wanking Chinaman in a lesson.
Go on - I defy you to put an avatar picture up with a smile on it.
i don't smile at strangers
And that's the problem. Poles never smile. They are sooo formal. I smile a lot. I'm smiling now. I smile when I'm eating soup and I'm usually grinning like a wanking Chinaman in a lesson.
Go on - I defy you to put an avatar picture up with a smile on it.
MrBubbles
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
You're just jealous cos you've never had good soup. :)
I dig where you're coming from but try smilng to show you enjoy it now and again
If I may,
When MrBubbles eats his tomato soup,
He beams with glee in his white suit,...
When MrBubbles eats his tomato soup,
He beams with glee in his white suit,...
You're just jealous cos you've never had good soup. :)
it's just me and my tomato soup, nothing else matters.
I dig where you're coming from but try smilng to show you enjoy it now and again
MrBubbles
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
In many ways, Justysia, eating tomato soup is like making love to a beautiful woman. First make sure the dish is suitably warmed up. Perhaps give it a quick blow if it;s too hot. Some people like their soup spicy, in which case they can look in a magazine for some ideas to suit their taste. Finally, gently dip your spoon into the soup, stir it gently and then enjoy your meal. Don't get any of it down your front. I like to add some cheese to mine.
Generaly though, I approach my soup with an upbeat manner and an open mind, not a feeling that eating soup is a duty one must perform to stay alive.
describe how you eat tomato soup
In many ways, Justysia, eating tomato soup is like making love to a beautiful woman. First make sure the dish is suitably warmed up. Perhaps give it a quick blow if it;s too hot. Some people like their soup spicy, in which case they can look in a magazine for some ideas to suit their taste. Finally, gently dip your spoon into the soup, stir it gently and then enjoy your meal. Don't get any of it down your front. I like to add some cheese to mine.
Generaly though, I approach my soup with an upbeat manner and an open mind, not a feeling that eating soup is a duty one must perform to stay alive.
MrBubbles
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
Well, they're just unfriendly really. And gloomy. Every Pole has the potential to turn a light meal in a nice friendly restaurant into a group of condemned men eating their last meal. Especially when they eat soup. They hunch over the bowl, silently dragging their spoon through their tomato soup, pausing now and again to stare out of the window or to slowly look round the room. I've seen more animation in the zoo when tortoises eat their lettuce.
the Polish are just more reserved
Well, they're just unfriendly really. And gloomy. Every Pole has the potential to turn a light meal in a nice friendly restaurant into a group of condemned men eating their last meal. Especially when they eat soup. They hunch over the bowl, silently dragging their spoon through their tomato soup, pausing now and again to stare out of the window or to slowly look round the room. I've seen more animation in the zoo when tortoises eat their lettuce.
MrBubbles
11 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]
There is a statistic I once read in a sociological journal that the average Pole smiles 3.5 times in their life.
There is a statistic I once read in a sociological journal that the average Pole smiles 3.5 times in their life.
MrBubbles
5 Mar 2009
Life / What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live? [125]
Well, in Poland maybe. They've long been loathed in Greece and Spain as beery troublemakers. Possibly up until now most English coming to Poland were expat children or middle class academic types hoping to learn the language or break new ground in 'Eastern Europe'. Cheap travel really brought the worst side of the UK to Poland.
not so long ago the British were looked upon world-wide as the epitome of all that is prim and proper
Well, in Poland maybe. They've long been loathed in Greece and Spain as beery troublemakers. Possibly up until now most English coming to Poland were expat children or middle class academic types hoping to learn the language or break new ground in 'Eastern Europe'. Cheap travel really brought the worst side of the UK to Poland.
MrBubbles
2 Mar 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]
Do you work for a Polish employer? Get your own examples. In the meantime, think to yourself why so many individual foreigners believe that Poland is so disorganised.
give us examples of them
Do you work for a Polish employer? Get your own examples. In the meantime, think to yourself why so many individual foreigners believe that Poland is so disorganised.
MrBubbles
1 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]
What did they do? Most customs staff are jumped up little losers with tiny dicks (the women too) - what did Warsaw do that was so bad?
i have been to warsawa airport and i was treated like a bul shit by immigration at airport.i
What did they do? Most customs staff are jumped up little losers with tiny dicks (the women too) - what did Warsaw do that was so bad?
MrBubbles
28 Feb 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]
You have a point there. Poland is the beating heart of cosmopolitan Europe and thus full of Muslims. I should look more carefully next time a car accident occurs near my house (tomorrow probably). Suffice it to say that there's a safe chance I'm correct about it being a Pole.
Sorry but I've yet to find a Pole who could even organise anything more complicated than a day's shopping. That's just the way it is.
same for the drivers, how do you know the guy in the
car that just almost ran you down isnt muslim? or some other nationality?
car that just almost ran you down isnt muslim? or some other nationality?
You have a point there. Poland is the beating heart of cosmopolitan Europe and thus full of Muslims. I should look more carefully next time a car accident occurs near my house (tomorrow probably). Suffice it to say that there's a safe chance I'm correct about it being a Pole.
the large generalization of all polish not having organisational skills, pretty far fetched.
Sorry but I've yet to find a Pole who could even organise anything more complicated than a day's shopping. That's just the way it is.
MrBubbles
28 Feb 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]
Don't sweat it. Some people here don't understand the term discussion forum..
But if you think that a general observation and personal opinion is an insult, then I apologise to you... but maybe the comments are a bit close to the bone, a bit to accurate?
Don't sweat it. Some people here don't understand the term discussion forum..
MrBubbles
28 Feb 2009
Language / Is rosetta stone any good for learning Polish? [51]
Just out of interest, how much would a Pole in the UK charge per hour for Polish lessons? You could buy a coursebook and work through it together - most younger Polish emigrees will have had language lessons at some point and they'd have an idea what the score is.
If it's only 10 pounds an hour, for the cost of Rosetta stone you could get 14 hours of lessons with a native speaker...
Just out of interest, how much would a Pole in the UK charge per hour for Polish lessons? You could buy a coursebook and work through it together - most younger Polish emigrees will have had language lessons at some point and they'd have an idea what the score is.
If it's only 10 pounds an hour, for the cost of Rosetta stone you could get 14 hours of lessons with a native speaker...
MrBubbles
28 Feb 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]
Point taken but I'd say this is more a symptom of the complete lack of consideration the vast majority of Poles have for their fellow citizens - in this case other drivers. They simply don't think to themselves that they might hit and kill someone when they drive fast, it only matters that they get whee they want to go as quickly as they can.
I just wanted to add a bit here.... traffic lights... polish drivers... a little situational awareness and, dare I say, forward planning will help us all move that little bit quicker on the roads.
Point taken but I'd say this is more a symptom of the complete lack of consideration the vast majority of Poles have for their fellow citizens - in this case other drivers. They simply don't think to themselves that they might hit and kill someone when they drive fast, it only matters that they get whee they want to go as quickly as they can.
MrBubbles
25 Feb 2009
Love / English Men vs Polish Men [207]
Exactly - some of the most romantic words in the polish language come from English: Sex shop, Video cabinet, sex film, hamburger, live sex chat...
Ah! chansons d'amour eh?
British men not romantic?
Exactly - some of the most romantic words in the polish language come from English: Sex shop, Video cabinet, sex film, hamburger, live sex chat...
Ah! chansons d'amour eh?
MrBubbles
24 Feb 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]
If that's teh polish primary education syllabus, I can well understand the problems this country is in. Why don't children learn something useful?
I just can't imagine not knowing, that's something we learn in primary school
If that's teh polish primary education syllabus, I can well understand the problems this country is in. Why don't children learn something useful?
MrBubbles
23 Feb 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]
Wow. That sounds like it would make a fascinating film. Please go on.
I like to work with Polish programmers (I am a Pole)
Wow. That sounds like it would make a fascinating film. Please go on.
MrBubbles
23 Feb 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]
It's cheap, and commitments prevent me from leaving.
this whole thread make me wonder why all these foreigners choose to live and work in Poland?
It's cheap, and commitments prevent me from leaving.
MrBubbles
23 Feb 2009
Life / What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live? [125]
If you use public transport :
- Take a bath or a shower every day
- Wash your clothes - if you can afford a packet of cigarettes, you can afford washing powder
- Wait until people get off before you push your way on
- Don't bring your pram on the tram at rush hour
- Don't stand with your head in front of the ticket canceller thing
- Don't sit with your legs open at a 45 degree angle
Basically, try to treat your fellow passengers with a little consideration.
My neighbours dump all sorts of trash in the segregation bins. Complete waste of time trying to educate these people.
If you use public transport :
- Take a bath or a shower every day
- Wash your clothes - if you can afford a packet of cigarettes, you can afford washing powder
- Wait until people get off before you push your way on
- Don't bring your pram on the tram at rush hour
- Don't stand with your head in front of the ticket canceller thing
- Don't sit with your legs open at a 45 degree angle
Basically, try to treat your fellow passengers with a little consideration.
you have not seen the dumpster bins behind my building - everyone from entire neighborhood thinks it is the town dump
My neighbours dump all sorts of trash in the segregation bins. Complete waste of time trying to educate these people.
MrBubbles
11 Feb 2009
News / Poland Should Beef Up Military [286]
So your point here is that the Army saved Poland? No, Celinski, as you say, the army was massacred and Poland was occupied. Poland's liberation came not at the hands of the military but decades later at the hands of the free market and the hands of the common people.
Why should I do that? The military watched the borders. The military provided backup when the police couldn't do their job. The military effectively ran the country during martial law.
Armies enforce the will of whoever's in power - they don't save people.
Please, in the east the military were told to put down arms. ... the other three sides were being bombared by Nazi's, ... fought on every front
So your point here is that the Army saved Poland? No, Celinski, as you say, the army was massacred and Poland was occupied. Poland's liberation came not at the hands of the military but decades later at the hands of the free market and the hands of the common people.
You want to refrase that last quote Mr. Bubbles?
Why should I do that? The military watched the borders. The military provided backup when the police couldn't do their job. The military effectively ran the country during martial law.
Armies enforce the will of whoever's in power - they don't save people.
MrBubbles
10 Feb 2009
News / Poland Should Beef Up Military [286]
??????
I hate to break this to you Lotnik, but Poland's army hasn't done squat for Poland for the last century. they got their arese handed to them on a plate by the Russians. the Germans and the Austrians. During Communism, the armed forces enabled the government to enforce their control over the people.
No, what got rid of communism and ensured Polish independence was not the glorious armed forces. It wasn't even Pope John Paul. It was the market forces sounding last orders for the Soviet empire and the dogged will of the people who stood up for themselves and unionised against the government. History will show that a few thousand priests and Solidarity members did far more for Poland than all the hundreds of thousands of servicemen who died to keep rich men happy.
But that doesn't make good cinema does it?
Iran is ku ku ku ku ku a country run by morons that want their god to come back and run the world!
??????
Poland needs to have the army ready 24/7 for the unexpected!!
I hate to break this to you Lotnik, but Poland's army hasn't done squat for Poland for the last century. they got their arese handed to them on a plate by the Russians. the Germans and the Austrians. During Communism, the armed forces enabled the government to enforce their control over the people.
No, what got rid of communism and ensured Polish independence was not the glorious armed forces. It wasn't even Pope John Paul. It was the market forces sounding last orders for the Soviet empire and the dogged will of the people who stood up for themselves and unionised against the government. History will show that a few thousand priests and Solidarity members did far more for Poland than all the hundreds of thousands of servicemen who died to keep rich men happy.
But that doesn't make good cinema does it?
MrBubbles
9 Feb 2009
News / Poland Should Beef Up Military [286]
No, common knowledge actually. Even tribesmen in the Amazon rainforest know about Poland's track record. I suggest you do a project on it when you get to high school LOL
Let me guess, you know it because you made a history project in your high school... Lol
No, common knowledge actually. Even tribesmen in the Amazon rainforest know about Poland's track record. I suggest you do a project on it when you get to high school LOL
MrBubbles
9 Feb 2009
News / Poland Should Beef Up Military [286]
I hate to tell you this but getting your arse handed to you on a plate over and over again doesn't qualify you as being a warrior nation.
from the beginning Poland had to fight every fuckin century. why should we expect that we are living in different/better times? we should be ready and strong.
I hate to tell you this but getting your arse handed to you on a plate over and over again doesn't qualify you as being a warrior nation.