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Post by Bonobo on Feb 22, 2017 20:29:46 GMT 1
The superior of angle police riders was punished with a reprimand and he isn`t elligible for a bonus this year. Where else but in Poland would this scenario unfold?!  I think we should start a new thread: Poland, the only country where......  |
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Post by jeanne on Feb 22, 2017 23:56:57 GMT 1
Where else but in Poland would this scenario unfold?! I think we should start a new thread: Poland, the only country where...... That sounds like a great idea...but of course, like most threads here, it would have to be fueled by you! I would love it! |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 23, 2017 19:44:07 GMT 1
I think we should start a new thread: Poland, the only country where...... That sounds like a great idea...but of course, like most threads here, it would have to be fueled by you! I would love it! But it wouldn`t be always fun as the first idea to start this thread would be my post a few days ago: Poles as the only nation in the world which defended its post office. |
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Post by jeanne on Feb 23, 2017 20:05:17 GMT 1
That sounds like a great idea...but of course, like most threads here, it would have to be fueled by you! I would love it! But it wouldn`t be always fun as the first idea to start this thread would be my post a few days ago: Poles as the only nation in the world which defended its post office. That's fine...it doesn't matter if it's not always fun...neither is life! |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 5, 2017 15:48:21 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 26, 2017 17:02:09 GMT 1
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Post by pjotr on Mar 26, 2017 23:19:46 GMT 1
An Old story:
During the Polish Peoples Republic some Polish families received money from rich Polish-American family members. In the sixties a rich uncle sent money to a Polish woman and her two adult children, a son and a daughter. They had low incomes and the American dollars were a welcome extra income source for them.
One day, the American uncle wrote a letter, announcing that he would stop the benefit, because he considered he had given enough and he had the idea that his Polish relatives had become to dependent on him and had become spoiled and lazy.
The Polish family indeed wasn't pleased by the message of the American uncle and invented a plan. They wanted to gain the attention and sympathy of their uncle so they decided to act as if the mother had died, to receive money from the USA. So mother was put in a coffin, and a photographer-journalist was asked to make images for the relative in the USA. The coffin was in the living room of their home on the first floor.
The photographer arrived and met with a grieving son and daughter and went up with them upstairs to make the images for the children. Upstairs the mother lied silently and grey in her coffin, the mother and her children had prepared the set up well. While they were aranging the photoshoot, the son and daughter started having an argument about the money they would receive from their American uncle.
The son argued that he had worked harder and spend more on the maintainance of the house and that therefor he should receive 60% of the money and that his sister who only was staying in the house and did some house keeping should only receive 40%. The argument continued for several minutes and they finally agreed to split the money 50-50. They forgot about their dead mother for a moment, who was still alive in her coffin. While the photographer was setting up his camera and flash lights in front of the window to shoot inside the room with no backlights, suddenly the indignant mother stood up from her grave and started arguing with her children that they should split to money three ways, 33% each. Her sudden resurrection scared the photographer who jumped through the window and fell downstairs and broke both his legs.
The morale of the story is that the Polish family didn't receive money from the USA anymore. If you trick someone you have to pay the price.
Cheers,
Pieter
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 12, 2017 23:24:39 GMT 1
In this case Pollack jokes don`t really apply because they are based on alleged stupidity, while the upside down decorations weren`t stupidity but necessity - they had done some alterations to the installation - and when they found out the cables were too short, it was too late and they decided to hang it anyway, with full awareness what they were doing. Yes, but people do not know the full story behind the upside down ornaments. They do not know the cables were too short...all they see is upside down ornaments...thus the opportunity for a Polish joke! Now I must quote two Polish sayings: When one wants to hit a dog, they will always find a stick. It means that people who enjoy Pollack jokes will always find a reason to create one - regardless of what we say or do. It is senseless to care about them. Dogs are barking, but the caravan is moving on. It means that you shouldn`t care about criticism too much because people tend to ridicule and complain about everything. One more quote from a famous song by a recently deceased Wojciech Młynarski - Let`s do our job. |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 12, 2017 23:25:56 GMT 1
An Old story: During the Polish Peoples Republic some Polish families received money from rich Polish-American family members. In the sixties a rich uncle sent money to a Polish woman and her two adult children, a son and a daughter. They had low incomes and the American dollars were a welcome extra income source for them. Pieter Well, in communkst Poland dollars were extremely valuable. With the official exchange rate, people earned 30$ a month on average. |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 12, 2017 23:30:00 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Apr 13, 2017 11:44:09 GMT 1
During Jesus enter Jerusalem re-enactment, the donkey refused to cooperate, so the local priest playing Jesus had to walk. I could be wrong, but this animal looks like a mule, not a donkey! The problem lies in their choosing an animal to participate whose general disposition has produced the ancient and wise saying of "stubborn as a mule!" |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 13, 2017 14:54:27 GMT 1
I could be wrong, but this animal looks like a mule, not a donkey! The problem lies in their choosing an animal to participate whose general disposition has produced the ancient and wise saying of "stubborn as a mule!" What makes you think so?
The exact origins of the Poitou breed are unknown, but donkeys and their use in the breeding of mules may have been introduced to the Poitou region of France by the Roman Empire. The Baudet de Poitou (donkey of Poitou), and the Mulassière (mule breeder) horse breed (also known as the Poitevin) were developed together for the use of producing superior mules. In the Middle Ages, owning a Poitou donkey may have been a status symbol among the local French nobility. It is not known when the Poitou's distinctive characteristics were gained but they seem to have been well-developed by 1717 when an advisor to King Louis XV described:[1]
There is found, in northern Poitou, donkeys which are as tall as large mules. They are almost completely covered in hair a half-foot long with legs and joints as large as a those of a carriage horse.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou_donkey |
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Post by jeanne on Apr 13, 2017 15:49:46 GMT 1
I could be wrong, but this animal looks like a mule, not a donkey! The problem lies in their choosing an animal to participate whose general disposition has produced the ancient and wise saying of "stubborn as a mule!" What makes you think so?
The exact origins of the Poitou breed are unknown, but donkeys and their use in the breeding of mules may have been introduced to the Poitou region of France by the Roman Empire. The Baudet de Poitou (donkey of Poitou), and the Mulassière (mule breeder) horse breed (also known as the Poitevin) were developed together for the use of producing superior mules. In the Middle Ages, owning a Poitou donkey may have been a status symbol among the local French nobility. It is not known when the Poitou's distinctive characteristics were gained but they seem to have been well-developed by 1717 when an advisor to King Louis XV described:[1]
There is found, in northern Poitou, donkeys which are as tall as large mules. They are almost completely covered in hair a half-foot long with legs and joints as large as a those of a carriage horse.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou_donkeyWell...I did say I could be wrong, so I guess I was! When I think of donkeys I think of the smaller gray animals, and in my mind I think of mules as looking like these photos. Thank goodness for the education I am receiving on this forum...better than a university! |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 13, 2017 16:01:25 GMT 1
Well...I did say I could be wrong, so I guess I was! When I think of donkeys I think of the smaller gray animals, and in my mind I think of mules as looking like these photos. Thank goodness for the education I am receiving on this forum...better than a university! Well, after all, I was a uni teacher for nearly a decade. |
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Post by jeanne on Apr 13, 2017 16:06:25 GMT 1
Well...I did say I could be wrong, so I guess I was! When I think of donkeys I think of the smaller gray animals, and in my mind I think of mules as looking like these photos. Thank goodness for the education I am receiving on this forum...better than a university! Well, after all, I was a uni teacher for nearly a decade. I don't think I ever knew that! One learns something new everyday! |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 22, 2017 20:28:40 GMT 1
Well, after all, I was a uni teacher for nearly a decade. I don't think I ever knew that! One learns something new everyday! Hey, we talked about it before and I showed you photos, here and there. |
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Post by jeanne on Apr 23, 2017 12:08:31 GMT 1
I don't think I ever knew that! One learns something new everyday! Hey, we talked about it before and I showed you photos, here and there. Maybe I need to be less distracted... |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 30, 2017 17:17:51 GMT 1
In US it would be a serious matter but in Poland such cases are rare. Neighbours went to court because one of them was fed up with neighbour`s cats which entered his garden and allegedly ate fish from the pond.   |
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Post by jeanne on May 4, 2017 22:16:28 GMT 1
In US it would be a serious matter but in Poland such cases are rare. Neighbours went to court because one of them was fed up with neighbour`s cats which entered his garden and allegedly ate fish from the pond. My farmer-daughter has had her entire flock of chickens killed by her neighbors' dogs TWICE! [Not to mention a third time when 85 were killed by a pack of coyotes the night before they were scheduled to be slaughtered for meat!] |
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Post by Bonobo on May 6, 2017 18:41:53 GMT 1
In US it would be a serious matter but in Poland such cases are rare. Neighbours went to court because one of them was fed up with neighbour`s cats which entered his garden and allegedly ate fish from the pond. My farmer-daughter has had her entire flock of chickens killed by her neighbors' dogs TWICE! [Not to mention a third time when 85 were killed by a pack of coyotes the night before they were scheduled to be slaughtered for meat!] First case - did she settle the matter with her neighbour? Second case - how can dogs roam freely in the area and kill what they want? In Poland it is a serious offence and people can go to prison for letting dogs out which later maul kids in the village. Third case - thanks to coyotes, they saved on butchers, then! |
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Post by Bonobo on May 6, 2017 21:00:12 GMT 1
During the anti-PiS demo today, the opposition party staged a parody of recent accidents of government limos. They put a limo next to a street lamp. Some passers-by called the police thinking it was a real accident.  |
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Post by Bonobo on May 7, 2017 12:16:54 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 14, 2017 22:05:00 GMT 1
They found a 5-ton safe in the basement of a public institution in Dzierźoniów. The safe was installed in 1911 and the town was located in ex German part of Poland then. The authorities already contacted the German producer (still in the market) and but they also offered a prize to anybody who is able to open the safe without damaging it. Willing guys must come to the market square and have a try.   |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 7, 2017 21:16:04 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Oct 7, 2017 21:44:24 GMT 1
My farmer-daughter has had her entire flock of chickens killed by her neighbors' dogs TWICE! [Not to mention a third time when 85 were killed by a pack of coyotes the night before they were scheduled to be slaughtered for meat!] First case - did she settle the matter with her neighbour? The owner did offer to pay for the chickens, but my son-in-law prefers to maintain good relationships with his neighbors...he agreed to their reassurances that they would keep closer watch on the dogs. They weren't exactly roaming free. Most towns have leash-laws that penalize owners if their dogs are not on leashes outside. These offending dogs had "slipped" out of the house without the knowledge of the owner. Not really, you can't sell meat that has been killed by another animal. What if the attacker has rabies...the infected saliva would be present in the victims! |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 7, 2017 21:49:54 GMT 1
The owner did offer to pay for the chickens, but my son-in-law prefers to maintain good relationships with his neighbors...he agreed to their reassurances that they would keep closer watch on the dogs. They weren't exactly roaming free. Most towns have leash-laws that penalize owners if their dogs are not on leashes outside. These offending dogs had "slipped" out of the house without the knowledge of the owner. Not really, you can't sell meat that has been killed by another animal. What if the attacker has rabies...the infected saliva would be present in the victims! Wow, abstaining from suing or rejecting damages is not American style! Slipping out happens but the owner is sued anyway - it is his/her negligence. Oh, I didn`t think about rabies. |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 7, 2017 21:58:26 GMT 1
Wow, abstaining from suing or rejecting damages is not American style! My son-in-law is not your stereotypical American! He values getting along with people/working things out more than making money in a law-suit, which is one of the reasons we love him so much! Besides, he lives in the state of Vermont, which kind of has its own culture separate from that of mainstream U.S. |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 7, 2017 22:04:02 GMT 1
Wow, abstaining from suing or rejecting damages is not American style! My son-in-law is not your stereotypical American! He values getting along with people/working things out more than making money in a law-suit, which is one of the reasons we love him so much! Besides, he lives in the state of Vermont, which kind of has its own culture separate from that of mainstream U.S. It is good all those stereotypes are so often false, in fact. We certainly need more people like that. |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 10, 2017 0:12:18 GMT 1
My son-in-law is not your stereotypical American! He values getting along with people/working things out more than making money in a law-suit, which is one of the reasons we love him so much! Besides, he lives in the state of Vermont, which kind of has its own culture separate from that of mainstream U.S. It is good all those stereotypes are so often false, in fact. We certainly need more people like that. I agree. |
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 18, 2017 18:41:13 GMT 1
Amazing ad!
Poland launches ‘controversial’ ad promoting procreation
09.11.2017 11:59
A new ad using rabbits to combat Poland’s low birth-rate has been hailed a success despite being “somewhat controversial” or “not to someone’s taste” by Poland's health minister.
The health ministry's 30-second ad shows rabbits in a field promoting a lifestyle of physical activity, healthy diet, low stress and no drugs as being key to procreation.
“Campaign specialists decided that this somewhat controversial but conversation-starting ad would be good for drawing attention to the problem of insufficient births we have in Poland and all of Europe,” Health Minister Konstanty Radziwiłł said.
The ad is to be aired until the end of the year on television nation-wide during prime time.
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