What part of Poland's image do you think is the most exportable?

f stopThreads: 33 Posts: 2,861 Joined: Dec 9, 09 ♀	Dec 19, 11, 14:48 #91
Ironside: I would say something but you are a grass and I don't want to be suspended ! Haha! I knew you'd answer that call!

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 14:50 #92
FUZZYWICKETS: ou might but it wouldn't make any sense, kinda like your last post when you completely contradicted yourself by agreeing with me and then trying to argue against your own point. You really ought to chill out and have a civilised discussion.

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Dec 19, 11, 14:53 #93

masks98:

But in general this has got me thinking about the things about Poland (past and present) that can be exported in an appealing way,

Part of being Polish in America is a nostalgia for the old land. The rich, dark dirt holds centuries of farming and fighting. For millions of immigrants and generations of descendants, it is the essence of their heritage: the subject of great poets. Many immigrant Poles over the years would take a bag soil with them to mix with the local soil. So why not sell certified bags of Polish soil and a few Polish seeds thrown in. The mark up would be massive.

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Dec 19, 11, 15:51 #94
Wedle: So why not sell certified bags of Polish soil that's not as daft as it sounds. the berlin wall is selling well and i have a bag of sand from dubai.

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,786 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 15:57 #95
f stop: Haha! I knew you'd answer that call! Hardly surprising given you addressed me!

FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12 Posts: 1,999 Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 16:00 #96
Wedle: So why not sell certified bags of Polish soil and a few Polish seeds thrown in. The mark up would be massive. Yes, OP. sell dirt.

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 16:16 #97
Wroclaw: that's not as daft as it sounds. the berlin wall is selling well and i have a bag of sand from dubai. Why do you have a bag of sand from Dubai? FUZZYWICKETS: Yes, OP. sell dirt. People sell dirt from the Holy Land, and I wouldn't be surprised if some undertakers would be interested in offering (for a hefty fee) dainty handfuls of Polish soil for PolAms to scatter on bushia's coffin...

FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12 Posts: 1,999 Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 16:24 #98
JonnyM: People sell dirt from the Holy Land, and I wouldn't be surprised if some undertakers would be interested in offering (for a hefty fee) dainty handfuls of Polish soil for PolAms to scatter on bushia's coffin... we call those people "Snake Oil Salesmen".

a.k.	Dec 19, 11, 16:31 #99
JonnyM: Why do you have a bag of sand from Dubai? Oh, I used to have sand from sahara. My childhood friend send me. However I'm not sure if someone would like to buy it, it's more about bringing it with yourself as a keepsake.

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 16:37 #100
Same here. I've got stones and shells etc from all over the place.

WedleThreads: 24 Posts: 786 Joined: Sep 27, 11 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 16:41 #101
Wroclaw: that's not as daft as it sounds. the berlin wall is selling well and i have a bag of sand from dubai. http://www.auldsodgifts.com/ FUZZYWICKETS: we call those people "Snake Oil Salesmen". I call them entrepreneurs.

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Edited by: JonnyM Dec 19, 11, 16:46 #102
FUZZYWICKETS: we call those people "Snake Oil Salesmen". Funeral Directors catering to PolAms?? Could be a good business. They could have the soil blessed by O. Rydzyk. Even better if it was dug up from Kaczynski or Ziobro's garden.

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Dec 19, 11, 17:17 #103
JonnyM: Why do you have a bag of sand from Dubai? because my wife, who was on a trip there, asked me what i wanted and i said sand. it came in a leather pouch. someone else, knowing that i have sand, brought me some sea shells. which reminds me... amber for the OP's shop.

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 17:25 #104
Wroclaw: amber for the OP's shop. Or semi precious stones from round Sklarska Poręba.

rozumiemnicThreads: 4 Posts: 1,020 Joined: Nov 16, 09 ♀	Dec 19, 11, 17:34 #105
FUZZYWICKETS: we call those people "Snake Oil Salesmen". 'snake oil salesman' is an expression for someone who is selling lies, say, a patent cure for all ills, which is really sunflower oil/water. Someone smart enough to sell tiny amounts of sand or earth, perhaps in a cute little bag, isn't lying or fooling anyone at all. It's a fantastic idea.

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Edited by: FUZZYWICKETS Dec 19, 11, 17:54 #106

rozumiemnic:

'snake oil salesman' is an expression for someone who is selling lies, say, a patent cure for all ills, which is really sunflower oil/water.

Thanks Captain, but I'm savvy.

The majority of people that sell dirt from somewhere are selling you something they dug up from their backyard.

Likewise, you may think you're buying sand from the holy land when instead, you're buying sand from the Jersey shore.

time meansThreads: 9 Posts: 2,306 Joined: Apr 21, 08 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 17:59 #107
rozumiemnic: Someone smart enough to sell tiny amounts of sand or earth, perhaps in a cute little bag, isn't lying or fooling anyone at all.It's a fantastic idea. And as we would say around these parts that anybody buying it would have more money than sense.

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 17:59 #108
FUZZYWICKETS: Likewise, you may think you're buying sand from the holy land when instead, you're buying sand from the Jersey shore. Exotic though the Jersey shore may be in Europe, I did know an old lady that used to knock the soil from Israeli celery and sell it in sew it into little bags for the church bring and buy sale an earth from The Holy Land.

rozumiemnicThreads: 4 Posts: 1,020 Joined: Nov 16, 09 ♀	Dec 19, 11, 18:00 #109
time means: And as we would say around these parts that anybody buying it would have more money than sense. well that could be, but you could say that about all kinds of products/gift items.

WedleThreads: 24 Posts: 786 Joined: Sep 27, 11 ♂	Dec 19, 11, 20:32 #110
time means: And as we would say around these parts that anybody buying it would have more money than sense. Not in the USA anymore. For the septics it would be worthwhile getting it USDA approved.

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