Trying to find out what Poles like to do in the UK

Sorry, I meant that he doesn't have any first hand knowledge of what Polish people like or do - its all secondary knowledge or stuff that he has made up! Sorry, should have explained myself better - I am tired :-)

True. Actually, I don't know where he gets what he says. Its not from Polish people anyway.

I have no experience of the Poles in England but I have been in so many flats in Poland for breakfast and they all do the same thing. They make breakfast and produce the same horrible black coffee with the powder at the bottom and the same disgusting kanapki- bread, butter, salami meat and then of course to finish off the table display is the God forsaken Polish television. I never listen to any of it, it disgusts me!

Excuse me but I have seen a lot more of Poland than you have and I was there during Communism when I had to stand in a line to buy meat at the butchers shop with a little white war time like coupon from the State. People waited for hours to buy petrol and waited in lines for hours pushing their cars to the State Petrol Stations. Little old ladies waiting all day to buy disgusting pink toilet rolls, I could never know why they were always pink. I remember that after the new Airport was built I was returning to the U.K. and I alway carried a spare roll of nice white toilet paper. Old habits die hard. I was stopped coming through customs. They asked me "what have you got in there?" looking through my hand luggage. I explained to them that "to jest tylko moja wlasna srajtasma" and she looked bemused. "oh, she said, panska srajtasma" and then they all laughed as I disappeared around the corner. I do not think that even until recently the Polish Nation has ever seen white tiolet paper or would even know what to do with the staff.

They are far from funny if you have to live in one!

Michal, still taking things out of context I see :(

Right let me explain it to you.......you said something about people watching breakfast tv in their concrete blocks. I said we all do that, switch on breakfast tv in the morning. It is totally irrelevant whether someone lives in a concrete block or an igloo. Where they watch tv from is unimportant in the context of what you wrote.

This is all very much out of date. We don't drink tea out of glasses, we have instant coffee, tea comes in tea bags. It's a different Poland to the one you speak about. We go to Tesco for the shopping the same as you.
Please, do some research on modern Poland.



You said on another thread that you do watch Polish TV. You said that you watch one of the Polish soaps to keep in contact with the language.



Yet again, do some research.

This is strange for someone who knows nothing of Poland or the Polish language so thank you for your comment but keep it all to yourself. I have now gained planning permission to convert your little semi in to a swimming pool to put against my house.

Actually, yes. I suppose that you have caught me out. I do indeed watch M jak Milosc on Saturdays and Sundays though it is not so good as it used to be. Mind you, it is only forty minutes a day in the afternoon twice a week and not the same thing as sitting glued to the bloody thing all day long like the Poles in Poland.

You beat me to it sapphire. I was just going to post exactly the same. I can't stand people who don't bother to get their facts straight and post stuff like this :(

exactly. and who cares where we live..we all here cos we have an interest in Poland and Polish people. Michal doesnt live in Poland, hasnt been there for years and bases all his opinions on a clearly unhappy marriage with a Polish woman imho. I dont profess to be Polish or live there, but Im not here to slate the people and country either.. why the hell would you bother.. just get a life

The one thing I like about Poland is that people still know how to live. The rat race has not yet taken over. I live in UK and I'm always working to pay the mortgage. There is no time for anything. I consider waking up and having a leisurely breakfast infront of the TV a luxury.