Poland in photo riddles

polishgirltx	Dec 1, 08, 18:01 #181
pawian: What is this celebration? szopka.... holy family...

cjjcThreads: 37 Posts: 463 Joined: Jul 26, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 08, 18:48 #182
McCoy: no, it's in P-land I think it's in Slovakia.

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Dec 2, 08, 12:48 #183
polishgirltx: szopka.... holy family... You guessed the time, yes, it`s at Christmas, but you got the festivity wrong. It`s not Szopka, there is action in it! Look at the shape in the middle....

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Dec 5, 08, 04:40 #184

Where is this street?
And what was it called before this name?

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: pawian Dec 5, 08, 05:16 #185
SeanBM: Where is this street? And what was it called before this name? Let me be first again. It is the main square in Nowa Huta, a socialist district of Krakow, once called Central Square, today Ronald Reagan Central Square. The main street was once named Lenin Avenue, today it is Solidarity Avenue. Sean, next riddle, please.

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Dec 5, 08, 05:59 #186
pawian: next riddle, please. Too easy? lol I will need time to come up with more.

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Edited by: SeanBM Dec 8, 08, 14:14 #187

Ok, where is this?
And what is it?

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: pawian Dec 8, 08, 14:42 #188
<div class="quoting">SeanBM: Ok, where is this? And what is it? </div> May I answer or you`d rather I did not? :):):) In the meantime, here are mine: What is it? s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii76/pawianbonobo/drugialbum/obraz192.jpg And this? What is the boy doing? i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii76/pawianbonobo/drugialbum/agrotur34.jpg

polishgirltx	Dec 8, 08, 14:45 #189
pawian, answer Sean and reveal your previous one, please ;)

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Dec 8, 08, 14:47 #190
pawian: May I answer or you`d rather I did not? :):):) I know you know :) Wait a little and then answer :)

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Dec 8, 08, 15:05 #191

polishgirltx:

pawian, answer Sean and reveal your previous one, please ;)

No, I`d better wait for Sean`s approval. I also don`t like when smart guys answer my riddles too quickly, giving no chance for others... :):):):)

Look below: :):):)

SeanBM:

I know you know :)
Wait a little and then answer :)

Here is a solution to the white celebration:

BTW, I edited my previous post and added 3 riddles.

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Dec 8, 08, 15:17 #192

pawian:

No, I`d better wait for Sean`s approval. I also don`t like when smart guys answer my riddles too quickly, giving no chance for others... :):):):)

Ha ha ha, naw, fire a head.
When I first came to Poland I was told some very intruiging BS about that knife.
I will tell you all about it in a while.

Kids going to ŚWIĘTY MIKOŁAJ?
Actually now I look at the bishops hat in the first one....
I should have payed more attention, good one.

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: pawian Dec 8, 08, 15:30 #193
SeanBM: Kids going to ŚWIĘTY MIKOŁAJ? Yes, kids went to the theater to watch a play and afterwards there was free gift distribution. A rich company organised it for their employees` children. I spoiled the first photo but on second thoughts I kept it for riddle posing purposes.

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Dec 8, 08, 15:31 #194
pawian: I spolied the first photo but on second thoughts I kept it for riddle posing purposes. That is one of the reasons I like PF photos, it is not a photo forum, so it can be a bit more rough and ready, which i find interesting :) So what's the knife about? I will tell you the yarn that was spun to me about it after :)

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: pawian Dec 8, 08, 15:32 #195
SeanBM: Ha ha ha, naw, fire a head. May I start? I will tell you all about it in a while. Hmm I don`t know. Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble An if I stay it will be double So come on and let me know

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Dec 8, 08, 15:37 #196
come on :) But only if you get the correct answer, see?

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Edited by: pawian Dec 8, 08, 15:38 #197

SeanBM:

So what's the knife about?

OK. Two brothers were building St. Mary`s Cathedral in Krakow. One brother`s tower was taller so the other got furious and killed his rival sibling with a knife which is now hanging in the Clothes Hall.
If you wanted to tell us the knife is a replica which must be replaced a few times a year because tourists steal it, then there is no longer need to do it. :):):):):)

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Edited by: SeanBM Dec 8, 08, 15:47 #198
pawian: Two brothers were building St. Mary`s Cathedral in Krakow. One brother`s tower was taller so the other got furious and killed his rival sibling with a knife which is now hanging in the Clothes Hall. How interesting.............

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Edited by: pawian Dec 8, 08, 15:49 #199

SeanBM:

Ha ha ha ha, that is the story that was told to me, it is in fact not true.

Of course, it is one of Krakow`s legends. I never said it was true. :):):)

SeanBM:

The knife is just for the cloth market.

What does it mean?

http://www.cracow-life.com/culture/culture_details/1174-St_Mary%27s_Ba silica

The lop-sided glory of St. Mary's is one of the most photographed sites in all Cracow. According to legend, two brothers built the towers, and one brother deliberately built higher in a bid for greater glory. When the tricked sibling returned to town and discovered the betrayal, he did away with his brother in a fit of rage (the grisly knife still hangs in the Cloth Hall). After that lovely story, we should add that St. Mary's gained most of her present form following the Tatar raid of the mid-thirteenth century. The church was to be a proud symbol of the merchants' prestige. The jewel in the crown came many years later with Veit Stoss's altar-piece - still in situ - which contains some two hundred sculpted figures. Legends abound with this building. Besides the embittered brothers, the northern tower is the home of the Hejnal trumpet call.

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Edited by: SeanBM Dec 8, 08, 15:51 #200
pawian: Of course, it is one of Krakow`s legends. I never said it was true. :):):) Fair enough should I edit my last post? pawian: What does it mean? I don't really know, it is a knife that was used for cutting cloth, no?

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: pawian Dec 8, 08, 15:58 #201
SeanBM: Fair enough should I edit my last post? Nope. Look how I edited my last post. :):):) SeanBM: I don't really know, it is a knife that was used for cutting cloth, no? No, the knife is strictly connected with the legend of two towers. More riddles: What nationality are the soldiers? What and why? Where are the dates and what do they mean? Whose countenance can you see?

polishgirltx	Dec 8, 08, 16:04 #202
pawian: What and why? Grunwald monument... by Academy of Art.... Matejko plaza....

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Dec 8, 08, 16:06 #203

pawian:

Nope. Look how I edited my last post. :):):)

Too late, I love it.
Us Irish call it "Gift of the gab"
Where are you from Pawian? or is that a riddle too :)?

pawian:

What nationality are the soldiers?

You ask about the soldiers, are the uniforms from their country?

pawian:

What and why?

Is that out side the art college in Krakow near stary kleparz?
For luck?

pawian:

Where are the dates and what do they mean?

In Warsaw? and they are important dates for Poland?

pawian:

Whose countenance can you see?

What's a countenance?

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Dec 8, 08, 16:48 #204

polishgirltx:

Grunwald monument... by Academy of Art.... Matejko plaza....

Yes, exactly. But why???? :):):)

SeanBM:

Where are you from Pawian? or is that a riddle too :)?

Krakow. Always.

SeanBM:

You ask about the soldiers, are the uniforms from their country?

About the soldiers.

SeanBM:

Is that out side the art college in Krakow near stary kleparz?
For luck?

Yes and yes.

SeanBM:

In Warsaw? and they are important dates for Poland?

No, in Krakow. Yes, important but what exactly?

SeanBM:

What's a countenance?

Face.

polishgirltx	Dec 8, 08, 16:51 #205
pawian: Whose countenance can you see? JP II

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Dec 8, 08, 17:08 #206
polishgirltx: JP II Yes.

polishgirltx	Dec 8, 08, 17:15 #207
pawian... could you give us some hints to the rest of you pix?

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Dec 8, 08, 17:27 #208
polishgirltx: pawian... could you give us some hints to the rest of you pix? Hmm...It is hard to give hints without revealing the secret... But, e.g., if you are Polish, you should know the dates on the piece of wood. :):) If you are from Krakow, you should know where it stands. :):):)

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,410 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Edited by: plk123 Dec 8, 08, 17:30 #209
pawian: What nationality are the soldiers? the helmets look nazi. the uniforms are indistinguishable. pawian: Where are the dates and what do they mean? mostly uprisings

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Edited by: SeanBM Dec 8, 08, 17:35 #210
Which bar and where? was this taken in today?

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