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Post by gigi on Mar 31, 2009 17:13:08 GMT 1
Here we call him the Trash Man, or the Garbage Man. Since he does not clean up dust. Mike Or the more upscale title of Sanitation Engineer.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 13, 2009 19:11:59 GMT 1
Kazimierz and his Isabel
A former Polish prime minister demonstrates how to end a political career.
By Jan Cienski - GlobalPost
March 15, 2009
Marcinkiewicz and trophy girfriend, Isabel. Nice, but is she worth the $$$$$$ and the loss of a career? And will she stick around when he starts wearing diapers again? Co za idiota!
WARSAW — Until recently, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz was one of the most popular politicians in Poland, eagerly courted by many parties and a potential candidate for president — then he fell in love.
Now the 50-year-old former prime minister, a right-wing Catholic, graces the front page of tabloids with his new love, an attractive blond named Isabel who is a 28-year-old Polish bank analyst who lives in London (her last name hasn't been released).
Despite Marcinkiewicz' s complaints that the tabloids "are like bulldozers which mindlessly destroy whatever is in front of them," his current travails mark the likely end of had been one of the most remarkable political careers in post-communist Poland.
The former high school physics teacher got his start in the rundown western city Gorzow, before becoming a back-bench parliamentarian with the right-wing Law and Justice Party. He was plucked from relative obscurity in 2005 to become the prime minister after his party's leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, decided to be a political backseat driver.
Marcinkiewicz was not a particularly effective prime minister, but he obviously loved his job. His excellent PR team fashioned his story as a small-town Pole made good. They showed him riding an ATV through the bush and attending school dances. His wide grin and close-cropped hair became a staple of Polish television.
But when he started to get dangerous ideas about actually making decisions on his own — such as nominating a new finance minister without consulting Kaczynski — Marcinkiewicz was summarily dumped after less than a year in office.
As a consolation, Marcinkiewicz was named as acting mayor of Warsaw, replacing Kaczynski's twin brother Lech, who became Poland's president. But this was something of a poisoned chalice: The Law and Justice candidate didn't have much of a chance in a city that is a bastion of the centrist Civic Platform Party.
After his electoral defeat, Marcinkiewicz began to hunt around for a job — a topic that became a national obsession and something of an embarrassment to his party as the former prime minister publicly pondered taking various senior posts at state-owned companies, despite his lack of experience in business or economics. Finally, he won a spot as Poland's representative to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London.
Despite his rather strange journey to the British capital, Marcinkiewicz tried to remain in the limelight back home and — in poll after poll — maintained his position as one of the most respected political figures.
But then the freedom of London evidently went to his head. Marcinkiewicz publicly split from his wife, and was seen shopping for an engagement ring for his new girlfriend. He called her "fantastic, ambitious and governed by principles."
But Poland has not shared the same enchantment with Isabel as her middle-aged lover. In a recent poll of potential presidential candidates, Marcinkiewicz dropped from third to seventh place, and is now considered increasingly irrelevant.
In a recent radio interview, Prime Minister Donald Tusk noted: "We had talked with Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz when his political future seemed fairly bright and straightforward, " adding that Marcinkiewicz had even been considered for a government post, but that was before he became "a soap opera hero." Earlier suggestions that he would stand for the European Parliament have been scrapped.
On top of that, Marcinkiewicz has become an advisor to the investment bank Goldman Sachs, a big player in the recent speculation against the zloty. Marcinkiewicz insists, fairly credibly, he had nothing to do with currency trades, but it hasn't helped his nationalist credentials.
Now Marcinkiewicz is trying to defend himself in the media, and his girlfriend has taken to writing anti-tabloid poems on his political blog.
A recent verse (translated into English):
"Reporters got writing,
Their comments on the internet posting,
Ridiculing,
Hypocrisy supporting."
His political career might be over, but Marcinkiewicz faces a tempting new 21st century possibility: His career as a professional celebrity looks increasingly viable.
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Post by valpomike on Apr 14, 2009 3:52:49 GMT 1
She has a good name, Nice, and that is the way she looks.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on May 2, 2009 19:44:47 GMT 1
Brown embarrassed by Polish PM jibe
The Press Association
4/28/09
Poland's prime minister has embarrassed Gordon Brown by claiming his country avoided serious damage from the financial crisis by regulating banks properly and not "living on credit".
At a joint press conference in Warsaw, Donald Tusk insisted it was not for him to comment on how other nations run their economies.
But he said: "The Polish government, at a time of financial crisis, behaved with full responsibility in terms of public funds and the budget deficit."
And he added: "After a few months, you could see that our economic financial policy has been accepted and understood, both at home and abroad.
"The method that we have taken in respect to the crisis is not to multiply expenditure but to (be) responsible with public funds."
Speaking through an interpreter, Mr Tusk said: "I would also like to stress that effective supervision of banks and sticking to the rules, not exaggerating with living on credit, these are the most certain ways to avoid most ... consequences of the financial crisis.
The comments come after Chancellor Alistair Darling announced in his Budget last week that Government borrowing is set to hit record levels as the credit crunch has permanently wiped 5% off UK GDP.
The British economy is set to shrink by 3.5% this year, according to February's forecasts.
Meanwhile, Poland has seen 12 years of consecutive growth and expanded by 4.8% last year in spite of the crisis.
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Post by Bonobo on May 24, 2009 17:33:50 GMT 1
Spaniards call Kaczynski evil
thenews.pl
22.05.2009
Spanish socialists claim that Poland's President Lech Kaczynski is one of the most evil politicians in the world and Poles are over-zealous Catholics.
Running up to the European Parliament elections, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) has released a poster showing top right-wing politicians from Europe and the US . It depicts former president of France Jacques Chirac, former president of the US George Bush, former PM of Spain Jose Maria Aznar, PM of Italy Silvio Berlusconi and president of Poland Lech Kaczynski.
The slogan on the red poster reads "They also want to change the world," which is a hint at a popular election motto of Barack Obama. With the help of the poster, the Catalonian party is trying to convince the inhabitants of the region that the left has a better idea on how to rule the world.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), federated with the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, and headed by Spain 's PM Jose Luis Zapatero, also refers to Poland in its EP election campaign.
The PSOE's short film on the `threatening European right wing,' is based on pan-European stereotypes.
It depicts a Polish priest who says that in Europe there is a place for only one religion; a German skinhead who maintains that homosexuality is a disease; an Italian farmer who thinks global warming is a lie; a Dutch waiter who complains about immigrants who steal jobs; an English woman who is enthusiastic about private health care; a French woman who supports capital punishment and a Spaniard who claims companies have the right to sack employees.
In the spot's background, one can hear the European Union's anthem and the slogan at the end of the film says "It doesn't matter what they think, what matters is who they're going to vote for."
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Post by Bonobo on May 28, 2009 19:51:05 GMT 1
Swiss railways released an advertisement with a roughly drawn globe without Poland. Russia borders Germany.  Naturally, the Polish ambassador, sensitive like most Poles to such blatant violation, sent a letter of protest to Swiss railways. They apologised and promised to withdraw the advertisement. Remember, it is not worth messing with Poles!!! www.tvn24.pl/-1,1602552,0,1,co-to-za-mapa-bez-polski,wiadomosc.html |
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Post by valpomike on May 29, 2009 2:17:01 GMT 1
But they do make a fine watch! The Swiss and some good cheese.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on May 29, 2009 19:31:14 GMT 1
But they do make a fine watch! The Swiss and some good cheese. Mike But Swiss nudists are not as pretty as German ones. Look! 
Signs ease German-Polish nude bathing war
The Local - Hamburg, Germany
25 May 09
A long-running row between German nude bathers and their more modest Polish counterparts in the Baltic Sea resort of Usedom was eased on Monday after signs were erected on the beach dividing it into nudist and textile-wearing zones.
Referring to the proud East German nudist tradition of "free body culture" or FKK, the signs read "Nudist Zone Begins Here" and "Nudist Zone Ends Here."
Written in English, Polish and German, the signs mark the culmination of a bizarre row between the latter countries.
The beach, located on the German-Polish border between Ahlbeck and Œwinoujœcie (Swinemünde), has drawn vacationers and residents from both countries for decades. Last year, it drew some 441,000 guests.
The East German bathers - who have a tradition of swimming in their birthday suits - were separated from their more modest Polish neighbours by a fence until December 2007, when the border was dismantled in accordance with the Schengen agreement.
The sight of Germans lying on the beach without a stitch sparked controversy in largely Catholic Poland. Conservative local Polish politicians such as Edward Zajac demanded that the 500-meter-long nudist beach be closed.
For their part, German bathers complained they felt stripped of their dignity by gawking Polish beach-goers.
But Robert Karelus, spokesman for the city of Œwinoujœcie, said on Monday that Poles weren't as squeamish about nude bathing as had been portrayed in the media.
Swimming in the buff was getting more popular in Poland, he said, adding that several nudist beaches had sprung up off the coast of Poland too in recent years.
The new signs on Usedom will not prompt Polish beach-goers to turn back, Karelus said. "We aren't so prudish at all," he said.
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 9, 2009 21:02:54 GMT 1
Mom claims daughter got pregnant from sperm floating in pool
July 09, 2009 • 11:38 am
By Diana Fasanella
A Polish woman has filed a lawsuit against an Egyptian hotel after claiming her teenage daughter got pregnant from using the pool.
Magdalena Kwiatkowska claims her 13-year-old daughter conceived from a stray sperm floating in the hotel’s mixed-sex pool after she took a dip, the Sun reports. The hotel was not named.
The teen returned to Poland from holiday expecting a baby. Kwiatkowska said her daughter did not meet any boys while she was in Egypt.
Tourist authorities in Warsaw confirmed the complaint. The mother is seeking compensation from the hotel. www.tvn24.pl/-1,1609012,0,1,sperma-w-basenie--13_letnia-polka-w-ciazy,wiadomosc.html 
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Post by valpomike on Jul 10, 2009 6:20:09 GMT 1
No boys, but one man, for sure.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 10, 2009 16:30:57 GMT 1
No boys, but one man, for sure. Mike I hope you weren`t in Egypt a few weeks ago..... |
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Post by valpomike on Jul 10, 2009 18:27:36 GMT 1
The only two place I love to visit, is all parts of the U.S.A., and all of Poland, the great two.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 26, 2009 21:38:15 GMT 1
Polish postman wants to change his name to 'James Bond'
14:29 | 23/ 01/ 2009
Print version
MOSCOW, January 23 (RIA Novosti) - A Polish postman wants to change his name to James Bond as the first step in getting a new life, but the authorities refuse to make it official, the country's TVN24 TV channel said on Friday.
"I need the name and surname of the famous British agent to change my life dramatically," Rafal Jarosinski, from the central Polish town of Radomsko, said in an interview.
Jarosinski, who is also a student in computer science, is convinced that "to begin a new life, one should first of all change his first and second name." He has been applying to local authorities for several months, but his requests have been denied on the grounds that a living person cannot assume a name of a fictional character.
"I think, I should be taken seriously, as an educated and honest person, who will do no harm to anyone by this," he said. "I just want to take this expressive name and to fill my life with it."
James Bond, named after an American ornithologist, was created by Ian Fleming while on holiday in Jamaica in 1952. Fleming said he wanted a plain-sounding name for his character, something which would reflect his anonymous and neutral nature as an instrument of MI6.
In 45 years, Agent 007 has been all over the world - from Russia to the Caribbean, from the United States to the Amazon, and even into space. Many of his catchphrases have entered the global lexicon, and his favored vodka-martini cocktail has become a cult drink. Audiences have also fallen for his supporting characters, such as Miss Moneypenny, his boss's charming and witty secretary. This story has a very sad ending. The guy turned out a complete psycho. He was sending threatening letters to his former teacher of German in high school because she hadn`t let her daughter go out with him. Brought to psychiatric examination, he was declared a mentally disturbed person who must be isolated from society. Before doctor`s opinion became law, the psycho bought an axe and went to his teacher`s apartment, killing her on the spot and wounding her old mother. While trying to escape to Denmark, he was detained. He had wanted to change his name into James Bind in order to get license to kill.
17:1930/06/2009
MOSCOW, June 30 (RIA Novosti) - A Polish postman who had sought to change his name to James Bond has been arrested on suspicion of hacking to death his former German teacher, Poland's TVN24 said on Tuesday.
Rafal Jarosinski, from the central Polish town of Radomsko, who is also a computer science student, sought to change his name to James Bond to get a new life at the start of 2009.
In an interview with the television channel on Monday, a police officer said Jarosinski had been wanted nationwide.
According to investigators, the man killed his former German teacher at her flat with an axe, also injuring the victim's mother, aged 78.
The suspect had been threatening to kill the 52-year-old school teacher for several months, investigators said.
In early June a court determined that Jarosinski was insane on the basis of psychological tests, and ruled that the young man should be sent to a mental hospital. However, Jarosinski contested the decision, and did not go to the clinic.
The suspect has already been taken to Radomsko. If found guilty, he could receive a life sentence.
The investigation is ongoing. |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 17, 2009 21:40:59 GMT 1
`Member' of parliament charged with Putin defamation
thenews.pl
14.10.2009
Michal Rachon, a Law and Justice activist, has been charged for defaming Russian PM Vladimir Putin in Poland last September.
On 1 September, at the 70t WW II anniversary, former interior ministry spokesman and member of parliament Michal Rachon staged an unusual protest against Vladimir Putin's visit to Poland. The Law and Justice activist put on a costume that resembled a penis with an inscription `Vladimir Putin.'
Meanwhile, two other protesters chanted: "Where's the penis, Putin?"
The costume was an obscure reference to when the Russian secret services mocked a rally by Russian presidential candidate and former world chess champion Gary Kasparov by circling the event with a model helicopter with dildo attached.
Rachon faces from three months to three years in jail.
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Post by valpomike on Oct 17, 2009 22:18:47 GMT 1
Where is free speech? After all, Poland is not the USA of today, with our dumb leaders.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 18, 2009 8:06:11 GMT 1
Where is free speech? After all, Poland is not the USA of today, with our dumb leaders. Mike There is still certain "catch" in Polish law, concocted in communist times, which allows for prosecuting people who offend top state leaders. Lawmakers have been arguing whether to remove or keep it for a while now. |
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Post by valpomike on Oct 18, 2009 18:28:32 GMT 1
Why should special few, have there own rights, not for all?
This sounds like our leaders here in the USA.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 8, 2009 22:44:46 GMT 1
Critic of Polish president buys his faulty penAssociated Press
2009-11-03
A critic of President Lech Kaczynski has bought a fountain pen that malfunctioned when the Polish leader signed the European Union reform treaty.
Janusz Palikot paid 18,100 zlotys ($6,300) for the pen in an Internet auction Monday night. Palikot said Tuesday the faulty pen was symbolic of Kaczynski's presidency.
Palikot, a member of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Platform party, has criticized the president's skepticism toward the EU. Kaczynski's brother is Poland's opposition leader.
Kaczynski delayed signing Poland's ratification of the document, known as the Lisbon Treaty, for 18 months.
When he approved it Oct. 10, his Stipula pen refused to write and an aide lent him a ball point pen to sign.
Proceeds of the auction will go to children with cerebral palsy.
  
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Post by valpomike on Nov 9, 2009 2:02:40 GMT 1
Always use a bic pen, they write forever.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 18, 2009 20:27:20 GMT 1
Kazimierz and his Isabel
A former Polish prime minister demonstrates how to end a political career.
By Jan Cienski - GlobalPost
March 15, 2009
Marcinkiewicz and trophy girfriend, Isabel. Nice, but is she worth the $$$$$$ and the loss of a career? And will she stick around when he starts wearing diapers again? Co za idiota!
WARSAW — Until recently, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz was one of the most popular politicians in Poland, eagerly courted by many parties and a potential candidate for president — then he fell in love.
Now the 50-year-old former prime minister, a right-wing Catholic, graces the front page of tabloids with his new love, an attractive blond named Isabel who is a 28-year-old Polish bank analyst who lives in London (her last name hasn't been released).
Despite Marcinkiewicz' s complaints that the tabloids "are like bulldozers which mindlessly destroy whatever is in front of them," his current travails mark the likely end of had been one of the most remarkable political careers in post-communist Poland.
The former high school physics teacher got his start in the rundown western city Gorzow, before becoming a back-bench parliamentarian with the right-wing Law and Justice Party. He was plucked from relative obscurity in 2005 to become the prime minister after his party's leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, decided to be a political backseat driver.
Marcinkiewicz was not a particularly effective prime minister, but he obviously loved his job. His excellent PR team fashioned his story as a small-town Pole made good. They showed him riding an ATV through the bush and attending school dances. His wide grin and close-cropped hair became a staple of Polish television.
But when he started to get dangerous ideas about actually making decisions on his own — such as nominating a new finance minister without consulting Kaczynski — Marcinkiewicz was summarily dumped after less than a year in office.
As a consolation, Marcinkiewicz was named as acting mayor of Warsaw, replacing Kaczynski's twin brother Lech, who became Poland's president. But this was something of a poisoned chalice: The Law and Justice candidate didn't have much of a chance in a city that is a bastion of the centrist Civic Platform Party.
After his electoral defeat, Marcinkiewicz began to hunt around for a job — a topic that became a national obsession and something of an embarrassment to his party as the former prime minister publicly pondered taking various senior posts at state-owned companies, despite his lack of experience in business or economics. Finally, he won a spot as Poland's representative to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London.
Despite his rather strange journey to the British capital, Marcinkiewicz tried to remain in the limelight back home and — in poll after poll — maintained his position as one of the most respected political figures.
But then the freedom of London evidently went to his head. Marcinkiewicz publicly split from his wife, and was seen shopping for an engagement ring for his new girlfriend. He called her "fantastic, ambitious and governed by principles."
But Poland has not shared the same enchantment with Isabel as her middle-aged lover. In a recent poll of potential presidential candidates, Marcinkiewicz dropped from third to seventh place, and is now considered increasingly irrelevant.
In a recent radio interview, Prime Minister Donald Tusk noted: "We had talked with Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz when his political future seemed fairly bright and straightforward, " adding that Marcinkiewicz had even been considered for a government post, but that was before he became "a soap opera hero." Earlier suggestions that he would stand for the European Parliament have been scrapped.
On top of that, Marcinkiewicz has become an advisor to the investment bank Goldman Sachs, a big player in the recent speculation against the zloty. Marcinkiewicz insists, fairly credibly, he had nothing to do with currency trades, but it hasn't helped his nationalist credentials.
Now Marcinkiewicz is trying to defend himself in the media, and his girlfriend has taken to writing anti-tabloid poems on his political blog.
A recent verse (translated into English):
"Reporters got writing,
Their comments on the internet posting,
Ridiculing,
Hypocrisy supporting."
His political career might be over, but Marcinkiewicz faces a tempting new 21st century possibility: His career as a professional celebrity looks increasingly viable.   |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 10, 2010 21:31:52 GMT 1
Nationalists oppose St. Valentine’s Day
10.02.2010 16:36
Posters saying “F**k Off Valentines, Noc Kupaly OK”, designed by Niklot, a nationalist organisation, have appeared on the streets of the Baltic city of Szczecin.
The organisation wants Poles to abandon the foreign tradition of celebrating Saint Valentine’s Day and go back to their roots, i.e. pagan rites.
Niklot claims that Poles should observe the Kupala Day, a Slavic fertility holiday traditionally celebrated on 23-24 June.
On Kupala Day young men would jump over the flames of bonfires and girls would float wreaths of flowers often lit with candles on rivers, attempting to gain foresight into their relationship fortunes from the flow patterns of the flowers on the river.
Niklot, which opposes the mixing of cultures, languages, nations and races and considers revenge to be the basic right of every man, and is frequently accused of propagating fascism.
“We only refer to tradition, not radical ideology,” Ireneusz Woszczyk from Niklot has said, denying the accusations.
The Helsinki Federation for Human Rights claims that city authorities should wage war against the organisation and check if it has violated the law by pasting anti-Valentine posters with nationalistic slogans.www.thenews.pl/national/artykul125391_nationalists-oppose-st-valentines-day.html
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 21, 2010 13:44:44 GMT 1
Opposition councilors punished with blackout
19.02.2010 10:45
Councilors in Myslowice, southern Poland, will have street lamps turned off in their neighborhood for voting for budget cuts.
The municipal office has already sent a list of streets where lamps are to go out on 1 March to the local energy supplier. The decision was taken by the city mayor Grzegorz Osyra. His spokeswoman, Katarzyna Szymanska, admits that the list corresponds with the addresses of unruly councilors, who endorsed cuts in the budget of the municipal road management office.
“We realize that the councilors do not live on those streets alone. Let the people see whom they have elected,” she told the Gazeta Wyborcza daily.
The municipal council head Bernard Pastuszka, who voted for the austerity budget, says he and his neighbors will manage somehow. But what about the mayor? How long will the people have to tolerate his insane ideas, he wonders.
The mayor of Myslowice is known for his unorthodox initiatives. Among them was a plan to erect a monument to the popular Myslovitz band, which hails from the city. Its musicians refused the honor.
It is not clear how much money will be saved thanks to the selective blackout. www.thenews.pl/national/artykul125960_opposition-councilors-punished-with-blackout.html
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 3, 2010 19:29:31 GMT 1
Poland invades Kaliningrad?
01.04.2010 13:39
The territory of Poland has increased as a result of the annexation of the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, according, that is, to German railways.
Even though it is April Fools’ Day today, the enlargement of Poland is not a joke, but a simple mistake by Deutsche Bahn.
The railway recently published a map of Europe on its web site for passengers who wish to check European train connections. One of the countries depicted on the map is Poland. Its size, however, has been enlarged by incorporating the area of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian enclave situated on the Baltic coast.
Oops! Move your cursor over the Deutsche Bahn version of the map of Europe here...(www.thenews.pl/international/artykul128669_poland-invades-kaliningrad.html
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Post by valpomike on Apr 3, 2010 23:07:46 GMT 1
There go the Germans and Russians again. What do they know anyway.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 17, 2010 20:59:58 GMT 1
We sometimes deride simpletons from other countries, including America. However, it is time to admit that Poles can be also morons.
One in three think Poland is in World Cup!
15.06.2010 06:57
One in three Poles think Poland is taking part in the FIFA World Cup, currently underway in South Africa, shows an opinion poll, despite the fact that the team failed to qualify.
Although Poland did not manage to qualify for the finals in the World Cup 2010 - a failure which led to the resignation of Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker - a survey by Gemius finds that around 30 percent of Poles are under the impression that their team is in the competition.
Ten percent of respondents believe that Poland will advance from their first round group, eight percent believe that they will win at least one match, three percent that Poland will reach either the quarter or semi finals and four percent hope that they will win the cup outright.
Of those Poles who have noticed that Poland is not actually in South Africa at present, most have put their support behind European Champions Spain. Fourteen percent believe that Spain - who thrashed Poland 6-0 in a warm match before the World cup began last week - believe the Spanish will win the cup, nine percent think the Brazilians will win and six percent think the Italians will be world champions.www.thenews.pl/sport/artykul133541_one-in-three-think-poland-is-in-world-cup.html |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 24, 2010 21:09:01 GMT 1
The police are chasing a run-away ostrich. www.tvn24.pl/26086,1662134,0,1,strusi-ped-wzdluz-zakopianki,wiadomosc.html They treat it lightly and scream to the bird: Here is the police! Stop at once! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  |
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 28, 2010 21:30:32 GMT 1
Problems reported to Emergency services
‘Help! I’m stuck in the loo!
28.07.2010 15:23
A British woman who got stuck in the toilet room; a father whose son refuses to wash his hair – these are just some of the reports that Polish emergency services receive over the holiday period.
Gazeta Wyborcza writes that several days ago the emergency services 122 number received a call from a British woman who got stuck in a toilet in a clubs in the southern city of Krakow. Maybe slightly disorientated by refeulling after a long trip, she could not remember the name of the club where the toilet was, so the operator checked the area where the call was made from and sent several city guards to local clubs to search each of the toilets where the distressed Brit was calling from.
In another incident, operators also took a call from a panicked husband, who reported that his wife’s arm had got stuck in a shower drain when she tried to reach for her wedding ring that slipped off her finger while taking a shower. “Firemen had to dismantle the whole shower base to free the woman’s arm,” said Filip Czyz from the Fire Services.
Unusual calls or mock reports on the 112 emergency number happen all year round but during summer holiday they are more frequent.
Emergency call operators learn how to distinguish mockery from dangerous or even life-threatening cases. If they receive a call that a car was stolen from a shopping centre, they first advise the owner to check all parking levels because people usually forget where they parked their car.
One day, an operator was surprised when an elderly woman called emergency services and asked how much flour she is supposed to scatter on the floor. “Burglars regularly break into my flat so my neighbour advised to scatter flour at the front door. A burglar will leave shoe prints and it will be easier for policemen to detect him,” explained the woman.
Other unusual cases included a helpless father who complained that his son does not want to wash his hair, or a woman who complained that her dog had become sick and sought advice.
A man whose duck was stolen also reported it to police.
Policemen, firemen and city guards complain that they waste time by taking up trivial cases while they could focus on more serious ones. It is sometimes really difficult, however, to verify whether the danger is real, or not.
“We received a call from a witness who said that two men who said they were trying to commit suicide by jumping from a skyscraper. When we arrived at the site it turned out that the men were satellite dish fitters,” says Marek Aniol, city guard from Krakow. www.thenews.pl/national/artykul136581_help-im-stuck-in-the-loo.html |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 1, 2010 22:00:30 GMT 1
A wellington boot of a Warsaw lady damaged an escalator of Warsaw subway. The lady demands the damages for the lost boot, and the subway railways have to import a part of the mechanism which is US made. The part is claimed to be unbreakable that is why producing it anew has delayed the repair for one long month. Coverage www.tvnwarszawa.pl/-1,1675970,0,,najdrozszy_kalosz_w_historii_warszawskiego_metra,wiadomosc.html  |
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Post by valpomike on Oct 2, 2010 16:02:01 GMT 1
The lady, from Warsaw, should get a boot, in the ass. Everyone is looking for the fast money.
More so here in the USA.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 2, 2010 22:31:48 GMT 1
The lady, from Warsaw, should get a boot, in the ass. Everyone is looking for the fast money. More so here in the USA. Mike I hope Poland will never reach US standards. |
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