What do you think about Poland?

[Domen]

Thanks Gorakshanat that you appreciate my posts.

Spoiler :

A Pole, an Estonian and a German met the Devil.
He ordered them to bring some plant with them.
A Pole brought a tulip, a German brought a briar and an Estonian doesn't have yet...
The Devil, not waiting for the last one, ordered them to eat this.
A Pole ate without problems.
A German, however, eats, cries and laughs at the same time.
- Why do you cry - asked the Devil.
- Because I have to eat a briar, this hurts!
- And why do you laugh?
- Because an Estonian comes with a cactus!

Satan sent a little devil with a task of gathering gifts.
Little devil goes to Russia and says:
- I'm a little devil with a little cup, give me some gift.
- We don't have money so we will give you some vodka.
Then he goes to Germany and says:
- I'm a little devil with a little cup, give me some gift.
- We are a rich country so we will give you some euro.
Then the little devil goes to Poland and says:
- I'm a little devil with a... Where is my little cup?

 

[TheLastOne36]

Cactus' are actually pretty delicious if you prepare them right. I have first hand experience.

 

[Domen]

Cactus' are actually pretty delicious if you prepare them right.

Yeap, this joke makes fun of Germans - not of Estonians.

 

[apocalypse105]

Well they are better then the germans ;(

I am from holland BTW

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

Well they are better then the germans ;(

I am from holland BTW

Funny. I was just told by my german colleague that the Czechs are better people than Germans...

 

[warpus]

I agree, but why stop there?

Spoiler :

Vratistlava = Wroclaw? That's where I was born! No way can that go to you guys.

Also @ Horni

Nationalism. No-one cares if a kingdom calling itself Poland (usually indeed it's Lithuania!) owned some Ukrainian or Lithuanian village. It doesn't impress anyone, and gives you no right to claim it.

Actually, my great great great grand father owned about 40% of what is now Lithuania.

I am technically a Lithuanian Prince of Polish descent.

Also, most of the above is untrue.

This subtle humor targets the absurd realities of life with its relativity and points out to the fact that to live in harmony and cooperation with its neighborhood can be greater achievement than conquest - especialy in the long run.

So why can't we all get along in this thread?

They hate Russians, and I hate those who hate me...

Nah, we don't hate Russians. A lot of Poles may hate Russia (the country) but that's another matter.

In a butterfly of doom sense, yes, they have of course.

You forget the Battle of Britain and the decoding of the Enigma, for example.

I only mention these because both events were "talked down" in the west following the war, in order to appease Stalin.

And either way, it's no big deal, in terms of this stuff not being taught in schools in other countries. You can't learn everything.. And history classes in high schools and elementary schools usually teach crap anyway.

Well, if he is what you say he is, then he's definitely an example of intelligence, cunning and luck far superior to Polish. Cause only Poles could embark all of their government on one plane at once, and then have it crushed on the soil of their most hated political enemy, the same day they planned to bite it with their regular defamation.

Bureaucracy in Poland is still a bit messed up, a remnant of communist times.. when it was really really messed up. My dad had to wait YEARS to get a license to be able to operate a kayak.

It was a stupid mistake (putting all those people on the plane at the same time), but being brought up in communist Poland I am not really that surprised.

Idiots are in charge of our country much like they are in charge of yours

Why would any of this bother the Poles? They know who they are, don't they?

It bothers me that (for example) Poland's contribution to the Battle of Britain was shoveled under the carpet by the West, like I said earlier. There is still a lot of feeling in the country that Poland was betrayed by the West after WW2. That's where that sort of thinking comes from.

A German, a Russian, an American and a Pole look at an elephant.

The German thinks: "What a huge animal... I wonder, were it tamed and trained, how much work could it do?"
The American thinks: "What a huge animal... I wonder, were it caught and put into cage, how much money could be made showing it?"
The Russian thinks: "What a huge animal... I wonder, how much vodka could it drink?"
The Pole thinks: "What a huge animal... I wonder, what does it think about me?!"

I would change it to:

The Pole thinks: "What a huge animal.. I hope I didn't sleep with her last night"

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Good thread, but the Czech vs Polandia & Battle of Grunwald tangents were a bit annoying

 

[Winner]

Vratistlava = Wroclaw? That's where I was born! No way can that go to you guys.

"We guys" founded the town, it's even named after one of our dukes (And it's spelled Vratislav, the thing you thought was "a" was just a map symbol for the city.)

Wiki: The city of Wrocław originated as a Bohemian stronghold at the intersection of two trade routes, the Via Regia and the Amber Road. The city was first recorded in the 10th century as Vratislavia, possibly derived from the name of a Bohemian duke Vratislav I.

Also @ Horni

That's not the whole name, there's Horní (Upper) and Dolní (Lower) Lužice (Lusatia, Lausitz).

Good thread, but the Czech vs Polandia & Battle of Grunwald tangents were a bit annoying

I reserve the right to prickle the Poles at my leisure In time, perhaps they will actually develop the self-depreciating sense of humour Czechs and Slovaks have already mastered

 

[Pangur Bán]

@Warpus, your response to me doesn't make any sense.

 

[warpus]

"We guys" founded the town, it's even named one of our dukes

Nice, that means we might be blood brothers or something. We should totally make out in the name of Polish-Czech relations.. I mean have a beer.

@Warpus, your response to me doesn't make any sense.

Get used to it

 

[TheLastOne36]

Actually, my great great great grand father owned about 40% of what is now Lithuania.

I am technically a Lithuanian Prince of Polish descent.

Also, most of the above is untrue.

My distant family used to own half of Minsk well until WWII.

My more direct ancestors owned a factory district of Minsk.

 

[Aleksey_aka_al]

And what are you now? Some emigrant in Toronto, heh...

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

Good thread, but the Czech vs Polandia & Battle of Grunwald tangents were a bit annoying

My favorites actualy. Its like in the family. Sometimes you can get the worst fights but we are still brothers.

 

[TheLastOne36]

And what are you now? Some emigrant in Toronto, heh...

Well the Soviets sent all of that side of the family to somewhere in Siberia or Uzbekistan.

 

[kronic]

Vratistlava = Wroclaw?

No, it's Breslau.

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

No, it's Breslau.

Named after duke Braslan von Bayern?

Quite recently I have learned about the offer of military aliance Poles have made to Czechs prior to WWII. But it was politicaly complicated times and it was declined. Anybody dares to envision an alternate history of what would have possibly happened if these two countries have cooperated? Would they have kicked the nacist butt (together with Franchies of course)?

 

[TheLastOne36]

I think Germany would've thought twice before invading Czech Republic. Probably wait and do a coordinated Polish-Czech invasion at the same time.

Question is, would the pact between Poland and UK&France still happen? Not sure when the timedate for that was.

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

I think Germany would've thought twice before invading Czech Republic. Probably wait and do a coordinated Polish-Czech invasion at the same time.

Quite incredible seem to me that when Hitler asked his generals when will be Wehrmacht ready to attack Czechoslovakia they told him in 1945! So he was either idiot, lucky bastard or maybe something else...

 

[warpus]

My favorites actualy. Its like in the family. Sometimes you can get the worst fights but we are still brothers.

Winner doesn't treat anyone like a brother.

 

[kronic]

I think Germany would've thought twice before invading Czech Republic. Probably wait and do a coordinated Polish-Czech invasion at the same time.

Question is, would the pact between Poland and UK&France still happen? Not sure when the timedate for that was.

There is a possibility that a strong Polish-Czech alliance back in 1938/39 could have changed events. Parts of the Wehrmacht leadership (Beck, the chief of staff for example) were frightened by the prospect of having to fight the Czechs and the Western Allies at the same time but couldn't really organise enough opposition. It is said that Beck was planning to remove Hitler from power in the event of war with Czechoslovakia. That war never happened though. Stronger support for the Czechs and Slovaks instead of making them give in thus could have made a big difference - but that's of course all speculation.

Named after duke Braslan von Bayern?

The German wiki says the German name is derived from Vratislav, too.

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

Winner doesn't treat anyone like a brother.

Well stepbrother counts as well.

Besides he wants to be a Winner so he needs to see bunch of losers around to make that happen

And he happens to be realy smart guy. So its good to have him on our side...