The strangest things in Poland

The homeless guys who wait for you to take money out of cash machine, then ask for beer. Wouldnt be so bad if they didnt follow you after you told them no.

LOL! I Just stumbled into this thread, and some of the observations really have made me chuckle... I still live in the UK, although I am seriously thinking of moving to Poland.

"After plane lands people claps, at least they used to, this tradition seems to fade away... (it looked strange to even to me, are people happy that the plane did not cruch or what )"

They still do... In fact a lot of the English on my last flight joined in! I certainly did!

On my first trip the things I noticed most were...
1) In the shops, the cashiers all said the same thing to me, which I couldn't understand. I later found out it was "Do you have the correct change". They seem to have a fascination with it!
2) Money doesn't change hands directly, it goes via a change dish. In the UK we're used to passing it hand to hand.
3) Some of the beggars seem to be seriously well educated. I ended up chatting to one who spoke fluent English, French and obviously Polish.
4) Crossing the road can be a whole new experience. An expensive one if you're used to Jay walking in the UK (where it's not illegal, or subject to fines!)
5) A public transport system that is cheap, warm and usable (again, not something you find in the UK outside of the London underground!)
6) Gravy... Or lack of. :'-(
7) All the women (or at least the ones I have met) can cook, and cook well, from scratch and not just heat stuff from packets... Yum yum!
8) Meat... Lots of meat! I don't know if any vegetarians have ever made it to Poland, and if they did, how did they survive, or were they just used as a main course!
9) Queuing... Again, lack of! It seems like the English are the only people on the planet to master this. Getting on a coach in Krakow in January it must have looked like the human form of sand pouring in a funnel! I seriously considered walking on peoples heads, especially as I had a reserved seat ticket, but not the grasp of the language to inform others of this bar waving it over the heads of the people in front of me! Then again, still not as bad as the French on ski lifts. Especially when you're an English snowboarder!

That'll do for now... I'll see how many other things I can remember...

I have the feeling that it's getting worser and worse. I mean I do remember them doing this for years but not as frequently as they seem to do it these days. :/



Lack of yummy sos? Can't be.

I found something very strange and scary when I went to Poland.


IT WAS FULL OF POLISH PEOPLE hahahaha :-)




Wonders will never cease aye !

was that before thay all came to uk:):)

Now it's not full of Poles? I suppose it must be entirely populated by Finns, Koreans or Ewoks.

Lol.......very funny hehehe !

No donkeys then ? hehehehe !

Also Norwegians, Slovakians, and Scottish, I met more Norwegians and Scots than Polish:):) but they were all sound people.. even got invited to Norway for a free hols:):):)

Oh yeah, oliver has just shown me a classic Polish mistake, a free hols. They use 'a' to mean many and not just one.

at last I can speak Poish:)

Poish? How about Polish? Sorry, just looking to wind ya up

Show's you aint Polish then because they don't wind people up ! Far too serious for that lol !

Every time I post you see a picture not of me, but of a Poliah countrepart of mine who lives in Krakow. (We donkeys are all closely related).

Yeah, right!! They are a serious bunch at times. Horribly pedantic too

This was really strange thing to see from my window in Krakow, sorry pf wouldn't put pics on... or maybe I need to resize em???

Ah Ha ! Misrepresentation then ? Shucks, to think I fell in love with your Poliah countrepart.........but if he is in Krakow then that's ok as he has to be Polish then....



I see.......so it's a bit incestuous then is it hahaha !

What do you get if you cross two donkeys then ?

Yep, can't figure out why they dont just hand it to you.

Something else that bugs me is when you go for a drink in some of the pretentious, wannabe bars....

Go to the Bar - get asked to have a seat, the waitress will come to you, the waitress comes and takes your order, you wait 5 mins for drink, you go to pay, she comes back 5 mins later with a receipt, you wait 5 mins for her to come back to give her the money, you give her the money, she comes back with the change.

If you are out for a session you have to go to the fleapit round the corner where you know you will get served ten times quicker, at the bar - and the drinks are half the price !

hsit pleese me not wanna be donkey ani moore

what do you get if you cross two donkeys?? A bloody mess:):)

I always wanted to know one thing about donkeys but was always fat too polite to ask a Donkey <whenever I saw one that is> Cos it's a kinda personal thing to ask a Donkey. Quite intimate too. But I bed Osiol doesn't mind me asking him a really personal question, if I whisper it to him on this forum.

A lifetimes ambition will be achieved if I can ask this question and have it answered by a donkey ! Hee Haw :-)

That should say 'bet' not bed. Eeks......subconscious typo `I expect.......hahaha !

It depends how long you've known PF. I used to use a picture of the real me.


If you can choose not ot be a donkey, you must never have been a donkey.

Ask away.. if he don't answer I will even though I am only a filmstar donkey..:):)

... shouold have been fur too polite.

Nope ! Wrong answer. Try again. A prize awaits for the right answer hee haw !

ok. ok shud read 'far' not 'fat'.....so sue me I can't type lol

what's the Prize:):):) is the answer a kick in tyhe bo***cks?

`yeah `BUT you have to be a propa donkey to answer it........filmstar donkeys are just actors lol haha !

Very special prize it is too. Maybe you would like to guess what it is ?

I could even give you a prize for guessing what the prize is <if you get my drift >

Question:
What is the strangest thing in Poland?

Answer:
This entire thread if you can believe it really was a walking, talking, eating, drinking donkey.
Not in Poland now, so it must actually be a different answer.