I Chortled

Kintarō Hattori

While there had been much talk in the country during the boom years of the positive effects of the Polish gene pool in increasing the attractiveness of the somewhat pasty Irish...

http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/32632/polish-migrants-happy-ireland-recession-2010.html

I wasn't expecting to read that and while it may be harsh it most likely is true. Now this isn't a thread to attack the Poles, I believe the author is either French or Belgian. I just wanted to share that line above as it gave me a laugh. Yes I'm a simpleton, I know.

Captain Darling

Chortled??? Who chortles these days???

mathie

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Now this isn't a thread to attack the Poles, I believe the author is either French or Belgian.

So attack the cheese-eating surrender monkeys or chocolate-loving paedos instead please.

Kintarō Hattori

mathie wrote: »

So attack the cheese-eating surrender monkeys or chocolate-loving paedos instead please.

Ah no no, sorry if I gave that impression. Let's not attack anyone, there's no need for that. I simply hadn't imagined reading an article and being described as 'pasty'!

mikom

Mouses over Kintarō Hattori,
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paste.

Sanjuro

Captain Darling wrote: »

Chortled??? Who chortles these days???

Old cars.

Terry

Ahh fashion. You have to love it. Tanned or tangoed skin is in at the moment.
More self loathing Irish people.

Also, the writer appears to be Irish herself. http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/3056/paris-japan-dublin-with-erasmus.html

OutlawPete

'Pasty' eh?

I'll give her pasty, I'll paste her fecking face :mad:

mecanoman

The Polish ladies are quite sexyful, i must say!

bluto63

I still don't get it, most Polish people I've met have been fairly plain looking. Irish girls can be very attractive, when they're not orange

alwaysadub

I'm not pasty!
I'm just very very pale.

ejmaztec

She probably meant this, which is much worse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty

Kintarō Hattori

mikom wrote: »

Mouses over Kintarō Hattori,
right click,
copy,
right click,
paste.

I presume you were Googling the name?

Terry wrote: »

Ahh fashion. You have to love it. Tanned or tangoed skin is in at the moment.
More self loathing Irish people.

Also, the writer appears to be Irish herself. http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/3056/paris-japan-dublin-with-erasmus.html

Indeed Terry, I was only just talking to the brother in law about the craze for fake tans in Ireland. He couldn't get over it, he's from Malawi, living in Edinburgh and was shocked at the sheer amount of fake tan he saw while here. Oh and I didn't realize the author was Irish.

alwaysadub wrote: »

I'm not pasty!
I'm just very very pale.

And there's nothing wrong with that!

conorhal

Captain Darling wrote: »

Chortled??? Who chortles these days???

I occasionally chortle, though I predominantly guffaw....

Sea Sharp

But chortled do you mean you oinked like a little piggy when you were laughing?

Kintarō Hattori

Sea Sharp wrote: »

But chortled do you mean you oinked like a little piggy when you were laughing?

Not quite, it was more of a happy chuckle but with enough of a twist that it was a chortle.

Sea Sharp

I see.
Vocabulary +1.

sbsquarepants

mecanoman wrote: »

The Polish ladies are quite sexyful, i must say!

You can thank the nazis for that!
It's not often you get to use a sentence like that:D

Gyalist

A few Sundays ago, I was walking my dog on Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge and I saw huge crowds of people all dressed in red and white. The presence of lots of good-looking women caught my eye so I decided to investigate. Turned out that it was the Polish elections being held in the RDS. I went in and collected lots of the fliers that were being handed out. Most of them were for professional services being offered here by new Polish-owned businesses e.g. IT consultancies, accountancy and business services, architects, builders, dentists, etc. I was surprised to see that there were at least two business colleges in Ireland where the instruction is in Polish.

That night when I got home and logged into boards the first thread that greeted me was this one about Irish workers and I couldn't help but ponder the irony. While many on that thread were moaning about foreign workers, they are seeing it as a time of great opportunity in Ireland and are prepared to invest their time, money and expertise in starting up businesses.

Irish people are going to have to get used to the idea that many Poles and other Eastern Europeans are planning to be here for a while.

sponsoredwalk

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Now this isn't a thread to attack the Poles,

:pac:

I don't think it's really possible, when you see those Polish women
& get to know them you don't know whether their personalities or
their bodies are more sexy

wetling

Median gross salary per month in Warsaw PLN 5200. €1300
Median gross salary per month in Krakow PLN 3600. €904
Median gross salary per month Lublin PLN 2800. €704

as of 2010


And monthly Irish social welfare basic is about 900 per month.

Kintarō Hattori

wetling wrote: »

Median gross salary per month in Warsaw PLN 5200. €1300
Median gross salary per month in Krakow PLN 3600. €904
Median gross salary per month Lublin PLN 2800. €704

as of 2010


And monthly Irish social welfare basic is about 900 per month.

I'm not quite sure how you've brought wages into a thread that was about us lot being described as pasty!

sbsquarepants

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

I'm not quite sure how you've brought wages into a thread that was about us lot being described as pasty!

Damn foreigners, coming over here, taking our jobs, stealing our sunshine!

biko

Mmm, pasta.

Superbus

Captain Darling wrote: »

Chortled??? Who chortles these days???

Beano characters primarily.

Overheal

I don't think theres anything to argue here: diversity in the gene pool is good. And believe you me, it wouldn't be the first PI I'd read about someone accidentally dating their 2nd cousin or something like that. It's a small country.

InTheTrees

Captain Darling wrote: »

Chortled??? Who chortles these days???

The pasty?

fontanalis

Overheal wrote: »

I don't think theres anything to argue here: diversity in the gene pool is good. And believe you me, it wouldn't be the first PI I'd read about someone accidentally dating their 2nd cousin or something like that. It's a small country.

Damn Polish Europeans stealing our 2nd cousins, off to Shelbyville with them!

AckwelFoley

Poles

Fianna Fail dont like them

InTheTrees

I think the recent economic crap is separating the wheat from the chaff. Europeans who came here purely to make a fast buck have left.

Leaving those that really want to be here long term. And thats good.

Caoimhín

Terry wrote: »

Ahh fashion. You have to love it. Tanned or tangoed skin is in at the moment.
More self loathing Irish people.

Mr Jeremy Clarkson on Irish girls;

Wow. Not that long ago every girl on the Emerald Isle had a face the colour of straw and orange hair. Now it’s the other way around.