What's the stupidest question asked about Poland?

FISZThreads: 31 Posts: 2,607 Joined: Jun 14, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 14:32 #1
What's the stupidest question asked about Poland?

WroclawThreads: 74 Posts: 7,275 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Jan 16, 07, 14:43 #2
A lot of people think Poland is still stuck in the 70's or before. So any questions about: shops, transport etc. Even on these boards some posters are asking about buses and how to get around. It's like we still have dirt tracks and donkeys.

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 14:51 #3
didnt someone ask if they had telephones and computers for communication the other day...?

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Jan 16, 07, 15:16 #4

Quoting: FISZ, Post #1

What's the stupidest question asked?

about Poland..well not quite the same, more ignorant cliches I guess. Such as Poles only eat cabbage and that all Polish Girls want to meet Western guys. But I agree that most seem to think that Poland is a repressed backward country, rather than the vibrant developing country it really is.
It's the same in the UK with American tourists believing that Sherlock Holmes is real and that it is always foggy in London............

helloThreads: 37 Posts: 1,104 Joined: Dec 5, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 15:22 #5
One time I was asked if Poland is a part (state) of Russia.

AmathystThreads: 30 Posts: 3,898 Joined: Nov 10, 06 ♀	Jan 16, 07, 15:25 #6
someone asked me if it snowed all the time! and was it anywhere near the North Pole!

Griff76Threads: 2 Posts: 24 Joined: Nov 9, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 15:26 #7
I was in the Post office with a Polish friend here in the UK and he was sending a postcard to his family and the confused woman behind the counter shouted to her boss........'Is Poland in Europe?'

Grzegorz_Threads: 80 Posts: 6,104 Joined: Nov 16, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 15:30 #8
Once my friend was in UK and someone asked him to translate something for some Russian guy and when he said that he doesn't know Russian, reaction was like "So you don't have the same language in Poland?".

aleksy	Jan 16, 07, 15:38 #9
This guy was talking to me about the war in isreal and lebanon and he said, dam is poland affected? i was like what do you mean why would it be affected? and he said its like right beside those countries isnt it?

Mario	Jan 16, 07, 15:46 #10
What's the official language of Poland.

Tlum	Jan 16, 07, 15:46 #11
It's not exactly stupid, but tricky - "Is Polka a Polish dance"?

MatyjaszThreads: 2 Posts: 1,786 Joined: Jul 20, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 16:06 #12
Quoting: Amathyst, Post #6 someone asked me if it snowed all the time! and was it anywhere near the North Pole! Quoting: Griff76, Post #7 and the confused woman behind the counter shouted to her boss........'Is Poland in Europe?' I like those two.

FISZThreads: 31 Posts: 2,607 Joined: Jun 14, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 16:09 #13
How about do polar bears come from poland?

MatyjaszThreads: 2 Posts: 1,786 Joined: Jul 20, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 16:10 #14
Quoting: Tlum, Post #13 It's not exactly stupid, but tricky - "Is Polka a Polish dance"? Polka is the ultimate evil cast upon us by those bloody Czechs! Damn you pepiczki!!

FISZThreads: 31 Posts: 2,607 Joined: Jun 14, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 16:11 #15
no .....disco polo is the ultimate evil

MatyjaszThreads: 2 Posts: 1,786 Joined: Jul 20, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 16:12 #16
Quoting: FISZ, Post #15 How about do polar bears come from poland? Welcome back FISZ. Yeah, the polar bear myth is a classic.

MatyjaszThreads: 2 Posts: 1,786 Joined: Jul 20, 06 ♂	Jan 16, 07, 16:14 #17
Quoting: FISZ, Post #17 no .....disco polo is the ultimate evil True, but in contrary to polka disco polo is actually a polish invention.

kakaThreads: 1 Posts: 151 Joined: Dec 28, 06 ♀	Jan 17, 07, 03:47 #18
is Poland in European Union? or but you have microwaves over there? when I was in NY, one guy asked me where I came from. I said, from Poland, and he looked very confused, so I asked him: do you know where it is?? and then I heard the most stupid answer ever: - I'm not sure but I think it's an island near by Australia... defenetly the most stupid thing about Poland, Ive ever heard

globetrotterThreads: 4 Posts: 129 Joined: Jan 8, 07 ♂	Jan 17, 07, 04:55 #19
'Are all the telephones bugged?' was a good one. 'Can I get a direct flight or will I have to change at Moscow?' was another

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06 ♂	Jan 17, 07, 04:59 #20
poland has beaches....?

MayaThreads: 1 Posts: 45 Joined: Jan 6, 07 ♀	Edited by: Maya Jan 17, 07, 05:52 #21
one of my mates came 2 with this silly n cheeky smile on his face and asked me: is it true u ev got polar bears in poland n that penguins r runnin on the streets?? :P damn that made me laugh :P

sapphireThreads: 28 Posts: 1,418 Joined: Dec 7, 06 ♀	Jan 17, 07, 07:44 #22
I was wondering if Pole dancing orginated in Pole Land?

Maxxx PayneThreads: 2 Posts: 283 Joined: Oct 11, 06 ♂	Edited by: Maxxx Payne Jan 17, 07, 09:07 #23
Quoting: sapphire, Post #24 I was wondering if Pole dancing orginated in Pole Land? Yes it did. The same way Lap dance originated from Lapland

MayaThreads: 1 Posts: 45 Joined: Jan 6, 07 ♀	Jan 17, 07, 10:50 #24
Quoting: Maxxx Payne, Post #25 Lap dance originated from Lapland gud one

josecitomadera	Jan 17, 07, 11:29 #25
There are no stupid questions. The only stupid question is the one not asked.

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06 ♂	Jan 17, 07, 11:34 #26
Quoting: josecitomadera, Post #27 There are no stupid questions. The only stupid question is the one not asked. only an american would say this... ... in the uk we say... ask a silly question... get a silly answer...

RanjThreads: 27 Posts: 1,286 Joined: Sep 29, 06 ♀	Jan 17, 07, 11:52 #27
Quoting: BubbaWoo, Post #28 only an american would say this... Arrrg! Sometimes I just want to slap you!

AmathystThreads: 30 Posts: 3,898 Joined: Nov 10, 06 ♀	Jan 18, 07, 10:31 #28
I think that some people think that Polish people still have wait in line for food and that you only wear grey clothes....it makes me laugh, but these are the kind of people who have never been out of the country in their lives.

Lee_England	Jan 21, 07, 12:20 #29
I'm one of the few English people that has had the privilege of visiting Poland, here's a few classics I've been asked by my friends: "Do they have electricity in Poland?" "Is it safe to walk the streets in Poland?" "Does anybody speak English?" "Are the girls after passports?"

Grzegorz_Threads: 80 Posts: 6,104 Joined: Nov 16, 06 ♂	Jan 21, 07, 13:25 #30
Quoting: Lee_England, Post #56 "Are the girls after passports?"

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