The more subtle differences: Ireland/Britain v Poland

The flag of Poland is rather bland in appearance in comparison to UK & Irish flags (especially when you count all the other flags such as Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, England, Ulster)

There.

Poles hate the fact that anyone from the anglosphere West is rather ethnocentric. They do not like being subordinate and inferior

Not sure about the Irish tricolour, but if you change the coulours of the Polish flag, it stops being Polish; but if you change the colours of the Union Jack, it is still recognisably the Union Jack.

The prettiest flag is Welsh flag. Who doesn't agree?

Me.

If I would have to choose from one of GB's it would be the Scottish flag ;-)



The flags all have one thing in common... they are off topic.

Thats a difference, hows that off topic?

...and that makes them different from the British?

The phone calls to banks are different to the type one would usually get in Poland.
youtube.com/watch?v=m8OrE_wVU_4

There's no coin pay phones in Poland.

anymore.


leave that troll alone. just ignore him.

The difference lies in their symbolic value. To a Pole, blood and freedom are represented on their flag. To a Scot, it's the victory cross on the backdrop of a pale blue sky. Wales have a leek and a dragon as theirs.

As for subtle differences, Polish women wear thongs much more than Irish and British women do. It's subtle as you can't see it so readily but we know it's true ;)

Funny, I thought it was the white cross of St Andrew which appeared in the sky to some travellers (Greeks have a white cross too)


Really? The amount of smiling buttock cleavage on display, I didn't think they even wore thongs!

That's more of a fairytale, Trevek. You know what those travellers are like with their hallucinogens ;)

The red ones are more visible ;)

I didn't suggest there never was. It's just in Poland i'd never dream of going up to a phone booth and expect it to take coins (I think there were still coupons when I first came here) whereas in Britain I've been known to walk miles to find a box and have a screaming fit to find out it didn't take coins.


WHAT? You mean there's something connected with saints and religion which isn't 100% true?
Bloody Heretic! I bet you support the dark forces!

Mmmm. Dunno about that. Unless they literally all do !

I see plenty of 'thong display' where I live.

Did you notice that the last time you were in Ireland?
;p

I can't reveal my sources or secrets ;)

What you saw in Ireland was probably more like Sumo wrestler thongs.

I don't think that they are ethnocentric, and I don't think that most Poles consider themselves as subordinate or inferior. If this forum is anything to go by, it's quite the opposite.

Quite a few Poles have an inferiority complex yet quite a few others have a superiority complex. I like the realists in the middle :)

well, that's just like the Brits. Imagine this - before Rome civillised them, they lived in mud huts. See Anglos mentioned anywhere here?

...not. It's Roma, Italia, Germania, Sclavinia. In the British isles they were still drinking hot water for tea.

Inferiority - the ones that failed to make it financially.
Superiority- the ones that made it too quickly.
Realists - the ones that spent time overseas.

In a nut shell.


Lets us go back to the 1980's when American,British and French investors turned up, if it was not for them, you would not have Supermarkets, Coffeehouses and shopping malls. Where would you go, to show off your new clothes and iphones that you, just bought on credit from a bank, backed by foreign investment. Don't worry everything catches up sooner or later and in 10-20 years time it will be the time for the Ukrainians and Belorussians time. So sucked it up while it lasts, nothing is made forever.

Well, that's rather simplistic but I see what you are saying.

I keep reminding people that many choose jobs according to that which they can see themselves doing. Without going into the flip side of that coin, one character may see themself as a clerk, another as a garbage disposal man and another as a public dentist and all be equally happy given their compatibility of character with that job. Not everyone is cut out to be a top lawyer or doctor, nor do they even want to be. Therefore, they know who they are and work with that and their financial issues.

I imagine this to be a commonality and not a difference.

A subtle difference? We like to cook skinless sausages but the Poles have many raw types which are precooked but eaten cold.

Simple is best, especially when discussing issues with Poles. We can use the Sejm as an expamle here. Reminds me of the quote in Braveheart " What are ya doin here, I come to pick a fight"


Thats all to do with shelf life.

True enough :) Be subtle or be attacked ;) ;)

ahem..where exactly is the "leek" on the Welsh flag?

Sorry, I meant symbol there ;0

and the Germany, our biggest export market.

You can't help to sound patronizing, can you? If it was not for them, we would still have the stores, coffeehouses and shopping alley of the pre-war. That's if you want to speak in 'if it was not for', which I gues is suppose to mean that I should be greatful or something and dare not talk back? Right?

Trade exchange is just that - investor are buying something in order to make profit, not in order to give Poles coffeehouses. Most of the profits are not staying in Poland, btw, they usually pay taxes in their own countries - but that's OK. We're all here in the UK to pump some money back.

Originally it was due to differing water pressures.

If you want to go back to 1939, re Germany.


Germany has always been an important trade partner for Poland, although it took PL some time to wake up to this fact. Former Polish Ambassador Janusz Rejiter, was instrumental in promoting co-operation.


You forgot, to mention the bit about creating jobs in the host country. The decision by the UK Gov, to allow Poles to work in the UK in 2004, did more to reduce the unemployment figures in PL, than the acting PL Gov at the time.


That was not the issue,so don't twist my words. The UK Gov have done significantly more to help PL, than PL has done to assist the UK. Maybe the UK should be satisfied that you PL sent them the unemployable.


In PL during the same period,you were living in castles, quaffing champagne and discussing what was in last weeks "Hello" magazine...

I have total respect for anyone that gets off their arse, moves to another country and carves out a better life for themselves or their family.

Rule number 1, don't disrespect the host nation.

We tend to use gravy with mashed potatoes whereas Poles use surówki (side salad). Subtle, yes.