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Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂ 		 Nov 2, 10, 15:27    #31
Richfilth:
I don't deny the terrible reputation Britons have in terms of their Friday night behaviour, but fortunately, what with not having their own national holidays to celebrate (most people here have never heard of Guy Fawkes' Night or Hogmanay), they haven't developed a national holiday around being a p!sshead in quite the way the Irish have.


Ah I see.

So the Irish at least have the feeble excuse of a national holiday but Britons don't even need one - they just do it anyway?

Fair enough.

: )

Richfilth:
This post, or the preceding posts, make no reference to how Britons, Poles or the Irish behave on any normal day of the year. Just to make that clear.


To be clear - they do:

I don't deny the terrible reputation Britons have in terms of their Friday night behaviour
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Joined: Nov 10, 10 ♂ 		 Nov 10, 10, 22:53    #32
will all shops and markets be closed tomorrow?
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Joined: Apr 1, 06  Pictures: 3 ♂ [Moderator] 		 Nov 10, 10, 22:59    #33
ertgrlbalveren:
will all shops and markets be closed tomorrow?


u might find a small shop open somewhere. try zabka
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Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 10, 10, 23:08    #34
Wroclaw:

You might find a small shop open somewhere. try zabka

Yes. Some Zabkas will and some won't (at least that's how it was in my neighbourhood last Easter) - petrol stations should be open, and if I remember, shops in Upper Silesia are usually a bit more liberal about opening
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Joined: Feb 14, 07  Pictures: 1 ♂ [Suspended] 		 Nov 13, 10, 13:31    #35
Poles don't know how to celebrate the Polish Independence Day?

go on streets and demand freedom for Racowie. Pressure you government until they annul Kosovo recognition

Slava!
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Joined: Sep 8, 09 ♂ 		 Nov 9, 11, 13:51    #36
Merged: Polish Independence Day

This is my third year of being here for Polish Independence Day. The last two have sucks huge balls and were about as much fun as church on a wet sunday. So this year I said fśck it I'm gonna organise a party for my Polish buddies to celebrate some of the things that make Poland cool.

I'm thinkin a peirogi making and eating contest,
some of that mad mountain dancing stuff. Many bottles of vodka. Discopolo (it's shķt but just for the laugh)

Any suggestions?
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Joined: Jan 21, 11  Pictures: 1 ♂ 		 Nov 9, 11, 13:56    #37
this is great idea... can i come? :)
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Joined: Feb 5, 10 ♂ 		 Nov 9, 11, 14:05    #38
I have some nice homemade Wi¶niówka can i come as well
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beliall:
nice homemade Wi¶niówka

bimbur? hell yes!
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Any suggestions?

ditch the discopolo and go for some polish metal/hard rock or even punk :)



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Joined: Sep 8, 09 ♂ 		 Nov 9, 11, 17:15    #41
yea might burst out some Behemoth as the night goes on :P
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Joined: Jun 1, 08 ♂ 		 Nov 9, 11, 22:04    #42
For most people here it is just what it is: a public holiday, and this year the chance to have a long weekend. A good sign :)
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 9, 11, 23:27    #43
Smurf has a point. It's pretty lame here. Not like it is in America. Maybe many Poles don't yet feel independent ;)
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Joined: May 30, 08  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		Edited by: pawian  Nov 9, 11, 23:35    #44
Seanus:
Smurf has a point. It's pretty lame here. Not like it is in America. Maybe many Poles don't yet feel independent ;)



Why should we compare to America? How about Scotland and other countries in Europe? :):):)
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 9, 11, 23:40    #45
Um, Scotland isn't independent. Why not compare??
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sobieski:
For most people here it is just what it is: a public holiday, and this year the chance to have a long weekend. A good sign :)


Truly European, lol
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Joined: Apr 15, 09 ♀ 		 Nov 10, 11, 12:34    #47
I am looking forward to some time off to catch up with stuff, or just relax. Why celebrate that day if we are bombarded with the politic on regular basis. I just want to relax. So do many Poles. Some people go away to have a longer weekend.
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Joined: May 30, 08  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		Edited by: pawian  Nov 10, 11, 22:53    #48
Guys and females, don`t be silly. Polish Independence Day will never match American day. We celebrate it on 11 November, while US on 4 July. Are you intelligent enough to see the difference?
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Joined: Feb 14, 07  Pictures: 1 ♂ [Suspended] 		Edited by: Crow  Nov 10, 11, 22:58    #49
Poles don't know how to celebrate the Polish Independence Day?

Every serious celebration of Polish independence must start with the Polish honor to the Serbians whose deeds contributed to the liberation of Poland. If we speak of modern Polish state (that was consolidated after WWI), on the first place, Serbian Gavrilo Princip must be mentioned.
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Joined: May 1, 09 ♂ 		Edited by: ShortHairThug  Nov 11, 11, 05:09    #51
Seanus:
Maybe many Poles don't yet feel independent ;)

Why? Just because we don't gobble up as many burgers and hot dogs as them on that day, ;) LOL. To each their own. Yanks like to compare, we don't. Are the firework displays a measuring stick to go by?
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Joined: Jun 28, 11  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		 Nov 11, 11, 05:45    #52
ShortHairThug:
To each their own.


Not to mention the price paid in lives for that independance. In the UK it's rememberance time when the UK mourns the lives that were lost in WW1 (and from other wars). Google.co.uk has a single poppy on the main page. I can't help but think that Poland's celebration is dampend by the same thought. But tell me if I'm wrong on that.
shinga  Nov 11, 11, 10:34    #53
wow, is the OP of the thread entitled - 'boo hoo, Poles are not celebrating like we do back home, how miserable!"

Newsflash, every country has their own set of traditions and customs and not everyone wants to ape American customs. Your Polish friends should have called you out on your America-centrism.
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Joined: Sep 8, 09 ♂ 		 Nov 11, 11, 10:48    #54
shinga:
America-centrism

Newsflash yourself

I'm not a Yank! :P

shinga:
not everyone wants to ape American customs

well duh.
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Joined: May 28, 09 ♀ 		 Nov 11, 11, 10:57    #55
We go out on New Years Eve to watch fireworks and it's usually below freezing. Can't Poles go out on Nov 11 and watch a few firework displays?
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 15, 11, 19:46    #56
Local councils don't seem to want to fund it.

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