a linguistic explanation for Polish parking.

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Oct 15, 11, 19:51 #1
A colleague commented today that the Polish phrase for parking translates as "on the parking", which could explain why Polish drivers park ON the lines of the bays rather than IN them. Any thoughts?

WedleThreads: 24 Posts: 786 Joined: Sep 27, 11 ♂	Edited by: Wedle Oct 15, 11, 19:59 #2
Trevek: Any thoughts? They park to occupy the total space they are paying for. Old socialist attitude get what you are paying for, its all about me. Why should they make life easier for people outside their space, they are paying for it.

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Oct 15, 11, 20:56 #3
Wedle: Why should they make life easier for people outside their space, they are paying for it. Even in free parking spaces?

WedleThreads: 24 Posts: 786 Joined: Sep 27, 11 ♂	Edited by: Wedle Oct 15, 11, 21:04 #4
Trevek: Even in free parking spaces? Even more so, if its free grab as much as you can before anyone else does. Because its FREE.

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Oct 15, 11, 21:16 #5
lol, makes sense.

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,188 Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂	Oct 16, 11, 00:04 #6
It annoys me that at my local Biedronka they insist on parking as close as possible to the entrance , not in the parking bays , so they don,t have to move thier fat asses any further than they have to... I am sure if the doors were wider they would drive the dam car into the shop....

f stopThreads: 33 Posts: 2,861 Joined: Dec 9, 09 ♀	Oct 16, 11, 00:06 #7
wildrover: I am sure if the doors were wider they would drive the dam car into the shop.... I have a brilliant idea... lol

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,188 Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂	Oct 16, 11, 00:11 #8
f stop: I have a brilliant idea... lol It wouldn,t be a drive through Biedronks would it...?

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,225 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Oct 16, 11, 00:12 #9
wildrover: I am sure if the doors were wider they would drive the dam car into the shop.... Nah, thats the French :) Still cant get over the french reg' car pulled up in the middle of a road leaving town,right across the white lines, while the driver and passenger looked at a map......

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,188 Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂	Oct 16, 11, 00:14 #10
isthatu2: Nah, thats the French Ah...them what invented the 2cv

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,225 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Oct 16, 11, 00:15 #11
Or "scary death trap" when you are pooteling along on the M1 in your father in laws ......

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Oct 16, 11, 00:33 #12
isthatu2: Nah, thats the French :) I hear in Paris they park without a handbrake so the other cars can nudge them along if they need more space. Not sure how it works sideways.

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Edited by: isthatu2 Oct 16, 11, 00:43 #13

Lols, that would not surprise me one bit :)
Mind,dont get me wrong, Ive a sneaking admiration for the French and their sense of anarchy and stuff you attitude :)

Should I mention the Polish reg' 6 tonne + truck that thought the other week that it was fine to park right across a road junction to unload outside one of the FIVE Polski Skleps ( + 1 Polish take away,a Polish Bar/ restuarant and a Polish only,by the signs, tanning shop....)on one short street in Doncaster? :)

boletusThreads: 47 Posts: 1,095 Joined: Apr 13, 11 ♂	Oct 16, 11, 01:24 #14
Trevek: Not sure how it works sideways. Easy! Three or four guys start pushing on suspension springs: one, two, three - and sideways we go! I saw it working well on deux chevaux, even if they were parked nose to trunk.

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