The more subtle differences: Ireland/Britain v Poland

Wensleydale!!!! oh thou art like good health...!

I despise mustard (and marmite) but some of these things (a wonderful cheddar) and a thick marmalade were in Lidl's British Week recently.

I was at a village craft fair recently and one lady had made her own "czetney"... chutney!

I stocked up on baked beans, :)

Beans..!!!! did he say beans...?

Come down there, your farts might reach Moscow then what?

Yup 2zl a can. I bought 10 :)

Now where is the nearest lidl shop to me i wonder...?

Were they Heinz beans...?

Unfortunately not, more like the cross and blackwell brand, but very good. They also had some other goodies. The best thing is to check on line, when Lidl has its british week. otherwise they might not be in stock.

That will do nicely...

Cross&Blackwell are pretty decent when you are looking to reexplore the taste of a decent baked bean :) The difference from the Polish offerings is not the subtlest thing here. They are huge in comparison.

yuck! don't you have winds after such breakfast?

Who said anything about breakfast?

Great on toast, on a baked potato etc

I'd never eat them for breakfast myself, although some do.

you've must been making your breakfast for hours...

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btw. popular polish breakfast among women: cofee and cigarettes

That's me too.

Can't eat first thing in the morning.

Zeti, there is a famous poem amongst Brits:

Beans, beans, they're good for your heart
The more you eat, the more you fart
The more you fart, the better you feel
So eat your beans in every meal.

I think it was authored by wildrover though I can't be sure ;) ;)

Seanus (off to check with the Munich patent office)

I do eat the Polish fasolka quite a bit , but they seem to vary so much in quality , some brands are quite nice , but others are down right nasty , i got one jar that had a strong metalic taste , and they were horrible , so bad i could not eat them...!

Yeah, some of them are inedible. I have some Heinz Beans stored away, I have to eat them after work :) The big Polish beans take a bit of getting use to.

I've had hangovers like that too.

Ha..i have your address.... i shall be sneaking into your larder if my supplies get low...!

I don't have a larder ;) ;)

Other subtle differences? Maybe the logic of superstitions. I was asked about the throwing of salt over the left shoulder and one teacher here described the logic somewhat differently, as being an attack on the devil here in Poland. Maybe it's the case at home too but I was just told that it brought good luck as opposed to throwing it over your right shoulder.

There are probably plenty of differences in hand gestures/signals etc although I'm not sure about that yet. One main one though is the the two horned symbol made with the hand - in Britain, Ireland (& the states) it's a relatively innocent "party" "rock on" type of appreciation thing - at worst, a vague satanic, childish heavy metal reference.

In most of Europe - and possibly Poland - it is used to infer cuckoldry.

no. It's satanic sign for childish heavy metals

The very misunderstood sign is when someone is showing a cut head (by strinking himself in the neck with a stright palm). It means that someone is tipsy (not that someone wants to kill you ;)

Oh OK.

Maybe the other meaning is more confined to mediteranean countries then. I thought it was more widespread.

Though real Satanists do use it - but only in a liturgical context, rather than flashing signs at each other. In some countries it's an offensive gesture, referring to cuckoldry, as Teffle suggested.

Yeah, that's a strange one to me.

Another thing is the "eyebrow flash" - the Irish tend to do this quite a lot. A quick lifting of the eyebrows and slight raising of the chin, as an informal greeting, maybe to someone you only half know.

Poles I know here mistook it for a sexual invitation at the beginning : )

hehe I also would think of that ;)

It's all in the eyes but I'm familiar with that Irish gesture :)

Yeah, the headcutting sign was a worry at first but I saw it plenty times after that :) :)

I have a skoda.

What's the sign where people pull their lower eye lid down (OK I know there's only one eye lid but you know what i mean)?

It means..i think you are telling me porkies...!

Don't get me started ;) ;)

Larder, LOL. I was thinking lardass at the time.

Ireland has 4-leaved clovers, there you go. Gotta love those shamrocks too :)

ah, that's it! thanks.


The old joke... what do you call a trabant full of food... a Lada (larder)