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aphrodisiacThreads: 20
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Joined: Apr 15, 09 ♀ 		Edited by: aphrodisiac  Jun 26, 11, 21:03    #391
BubbaWoo:
because we can

you sound like Obama;), which is good.......lol
SeanusThreads: 22
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Jun 26, 11, 21:06    #392
Bubba, I think the counter went mad somewhere along the line :)
aphrodisiacThreads: 20
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Seanus:
I think the counter went mad somewhere along the line :)

must have;) since there is NO other explanation lol
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Jun 26, 11, 21:13    #394
Precisely! :)
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Joined: Jan 7, 11 ♂ 		 Jun 27, 11, 04:23    #395
BubbaWoo:
4 years later and drunk British tourists terrorising the locals is still the topic of conversation - love it!



Mr BubbaWoo welcome back to the forum, you must refresh the good people on the forum of your background, hmmm property guru, lover of everything Polish and married to a lady from the US, where have you been up to?? I hope not behind four walls with a window made from steel bars... What have you been up to??? yes forum members still love to sink the boots into Irish and British tourist who wish to ensure drink bars and Police earn there keep. Welcome Home BubbaWoo..
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Joined: Sep 26, 06 ♂ 		 Jun 27, 11, 11:13    #396
Haha, not a guru, just someone who was actually there doing it day-to-day rather than sprouting ill-informed crap from afar

Now living in self-imposed exile in a distant land where the temperature doesn't drop below 25C, the beer is less than a dollar and there is no problem sustaining a healthy vegetarian lifestyle. I've always wanted to live somewhere with palm trees...

Much as I love Poland, no honestly, I do, I wont be back for anything more than a quick visit for the foreseeable future - many more exciting things happening here with a much more positive attitude and an appreciation that was always lacking in Poland...

Never married an American woman, as lovely as she was...

Thanks for the welcome :-)
dxxThreads: 17
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Joined: Jul 22, 08 ♂ 		 Jun 27, 11, 15:17    #397
I am a foreigner living in Dublin now, but lived in Krakow for two years.
All I noticed is exactly that stereotype: drunken Brits acting like fools boozing up at a low price.
Some clubs do have a sign not allowing Brits, and I can not give them any more right than to do so.
If you wanna act like a swine, show disrespect to the country and do whatever the fck u want, then stay home and go out in Manchester for a night, they'll set ya right straight!
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Jun 27, 11, 17:08    #398
Crow, don't forget that many British people don't support that which is in the realm of geopolitics. Besides, most Brits just want a getaway from Blighty and some just want to get drunk. If they are obstreperous then shame on them :)
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Seanus:
obstreperous
Yep another word of the day by Seanus. I don't think there is anyone better than you to remind how bad my English is ;)
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Jun 27, 11, 18:00    #400
Would you have preferred rambunctious or even boisterous? ;) ;)

I loved Crow's warning to British people visiting Poland :) :) He made his opinion known :)
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Seanus:
He made his opinion known :)

Opinion or delusion?
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Jun 27, 11, 18:11    #402
The jury is out.
shocked  Jan 8, 12, 20:20    #403
dont go to poland and get drunk and cause trouble , my son did that and is just back , traumatised , after being thrown into a polish police cell , stripped to his boxers and tied to a table for many hours , i am disgusted that they are a member of the eu, i for one will not be visiting poland again , he has cuts and bruises were he was beaten and abused , for hours , what is wrong with just locking someone up in a cell to sobor up like they do in ireland, i am telling this story to warn people not to get drunk in poland , the police are monsters , also they took money from him to stay in the cell the night and to be set free next day , i am totally shocked by this treatment to an irish citizen .
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Joined: May 2, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 8, 12, 20:24    #404
Shocked:that is what we call the drunktank, and frankly, we very much approve of it. In fact, my only regret is that the police don't use it more to deal with drunken idiots from the British Isles.
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shocked:
my son did that and is just back

Come on mum im sure your son is not the angel that you believe, Polish Police are well known to ruff up the ones that ask for it.
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Joined: May 2, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 8, 12, 20:30    #406
" Polish Police are well known to ruff up the ones that ask for it."
Exactly. But if you're apologetic and explain that Polish beer is superb but very strong, they just smile and let you go on your way.
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shocked:
dont go to poland and get drunk and cause trouble

good advice for any country I suppose..:)
shocked:
i am totally shocked by this treatment to an irish citizen .

so, what are you saying? It would have been OK for anyone else?
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Joined: Feb 16, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 8, 12, 21:08    #408
My brothers sons' recent school trip to Poland resulted in one of the school boys being punched in the face by a drunken Polish man. The schoolboys are around 13 years old.
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Joined: Oct 2, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 12, 12, 14:29    #409
Well, it's still weird for me they don't allow British people in.

I've seen some Poles in England behaving really badly, but that doesn't mean Polish people in general shouldn't be allowed in. The difference with Polish morons is that many of them drink vodka at home so they don't vomit in pubs so often etc. ;) Don't get me wrong, I'm Polish, I don't think all Polish/English people abroad are morons, because it would be ridiculous. I just hate generalisations like that. Some English-speaking guys got drunk so we shouldn't allow any foreigners here, bah.
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Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ 		Edited by: delphiandomine  Jan 12, 12, 14:31    #410
Harry:
Shocked:that is what we call the drunktank, and frankly, we very much approve of it. In fact, my only regret is that the police don't use it more to deal with drunken idiots from the British Isles.


Works well, doesn't it?

I'm sure the drinking problem would solve itself overnight in the UK if the opening hours were truly liberalised along with the introduction of the drunk tank.

You do have to wonder what the tosser was doing to get a kicking from the police.
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Joined: Apr 6, 09 Pictures: 1 ♂ 		 Jan 12, 12, 14:37    #411
shocked:
stripped to his boxers and tied to a table for many hours , i am disgusted that they are a member of the e


this is what a 'sobering house' is like in Poland - you will not be treated good or with respect (taking personal chlothes is the norm before it was just a hospital gown those people who ended up in a 'izba wytrze¼wień' received being stripped naked otherwise) - those who cause trouble will be tied up or given cold shower from a hose - and then you have to pay for your 'stay' (and pay a lot - more than for a night in a good hotel) - btw the police are only responsible for the transport to such institutions - 'sobering house' is not part of the police
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Joined: May 2, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 12, 12, 14:41    #412
delphiandomine:
I'm sure the drinking problem would solve itself overnight in the UK if the opening hours were truly liberalised along with the introduction of the drunk tank.

I would love to see the system introduced in the UK. The main reason that one so often sees the results of binge drinking in the UK compared to in Poland is that in Poland those people get taken to the drunk tank. The only refinement I'd make is for the fine to be based on income, i.e. equal to a week's wage for the idiot who got pulled in.

delphiandomine:
You do have to wonder what the tosser was doing to get a kicking from the police.

I'd imagine that he got physical with them. Do that in the UK and the police are too worried about the consequences to do anything other then defend themselves and restrain you, six of them to restrain one drunk. Do that here and you just get a truncheon round the head.
isthatu2Threads: 12
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Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 12, 12, 14:47    #413
What a bunch of fekked up Dickensian tossers................suppose its that RC self loathing bollox again,something the irish mum should know all about......her own countries corective institutions acted much the same 30 years ago.
TBH, Id take it as far as you can love,that treatment is torture plain and simple and another reason why it was stupid expanding Europe when half the newcomers are frankly backwards tin pot nations with totally perverse ideas.
Stroll on 2012 when all this shabbiness is exposed to the world, you can get away with acting like the fekked up commies most of your institutions are still run by for only so long.
The saddest thing is that so many *people* seem proud of this sort of thing......weird gits.
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Joined: Apr 6, 09 Pictures: 1 ♂ 		Edited by: gumishu  Jan 12, 12, 14:58    #414
isthatu2:
TBH, Id take it as far as you can love,that treatment is torture plain and simple and another reason why it was stupid expanding Europe when half the newcomers are frankly backwards tin pot nations with totally perverse ideas.


if you don't get wasted and then go shouting and verbally abusing people around you you won't be taken into a drunktank - in many cities in Poland drunktanks are gone now (I think Opole has no longer one - they were pretty ubiquitous before) but most bigger cities still have them - I would think especially Kraków needs one as it needs to maintain some order so as normal tourists keep comeng and not only people who want to get drunk on cheap bear and vodka

http://www.inyourpocket.com/poland/warsaw/bars-pubs-clubs/drunk-tank

a good link and a must-read for those coming to Poland to feast over the cheap booze
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Joined: May 2, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 12, 12, 15:11    #415
gumishu:
a good link and a must-read for those coming to Poland to feast over the cheap booze

And, amazingly for those who know the author, the text is not based on personal experience!
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Joined: Oct 11, 11 Gold Member MEMBER ♀ 		 Jan 12, 12, 16:22    #416
shocked:
dont go to poland and get drunk and cause trouble , my son did that and is just back , traumatised , after being thrown into a polish police cell , stripped to his boxers and tied to a table for many hours , i am disgusted that they are a member of the eu, i for one will not be visiting poland again , he has cuts and bruises were he was beaten and abused , for hours , what is wrong with just locking someone up in a cell to sobor up like they do in ireland, i am telling this story to warn people not to get drunk in poland , the police are monsters , also they took money from him to stay in the cell the night and to be set free next day , i am totally shocked by this treatment to an irish citizen .

i am sorry for your sons experience, and hopefully he will have learned something from it. i dont know if its the norm to be beaten in a drunktank or not, but im guessing he was probably being lairy after too much to drink. i am not condoning his physical abuse, but i would welcome drunktanks in england. drunken idiots waste far too much police time, and maybe if they were introduced here it might make people think a bit more about the consequences of going out and getting legless. especially if they have to pay through the nose....one bit of advice to anyone travelling anywhere. respect the fact you are not in your own country and behave accordingly.i would never travel anywhere without checking out a few dos and donts first.only reason i knew about drunktanks was because i researched a bit before my first visit to poland. if you are going to behave like an idiot abroad, then expect that you will have to deal with that particular countrys laws. hope your son does a bit of thinking before his next holiday.
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Joined: Feb 21, 08 ♂ 		Edited by: hythorn  Jan 12, 12, 16:51    #417
@shocked

you admit that your son went to Poland with the intention of getting drunk and causing trouble

* you must be very proud of how you raised him

he sounds like a real prospective pillar of the community

and then those nasty Polish policeman locking him up

It appears you have raised the lad to take utterly no responsiblity for his actions

please tell me that he is an only child

* sarcasm
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Joined: May 29, 11 ♂ 		 Jan 12, 12, 18:38    #418
Harry:
Do that in the UK and the police are too worried about the consequences to do anything other then defend themselves and restrain you, six of them to restrain one drunk.

The London ambulance service now has dedicated vehicles for picking up drunks. They are known as vomit comets, which is pretty funny until you realise that the drunks now know that if they get smashed out of their heads, they can get two or three trained people to look after them in a nice warm ambulance. They should have drunk tanks in the UK. They would make people think very seriously about that last round of slammers.
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Joined: Jun 20, 09 Pictures: 1 ♂ 		 Jan 12, 12, 18:50    #419
What a marvellous idea. Arrest and beat up tourists. That will do wonders for tourism.

Then charge them a nice chunk of change for the pleasure.

An even better idea is to beat up lads from countries were hundreds of thousands of your citizens emigrated too.

Meanwhile, in civilised lands; http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1222/garda.html
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Joined: May 2, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 12, 12, 18:59    #420
Pity you know nothing about Poland. If you did, you'd know that the reason people like me will no longer go to to Krakow is twats like the son of this poor mother.

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