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Stereotypes about Polish and Irish

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  • #32
    CreepingDeath
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    They provoked the Germans into starting World War 2.


  • #33
    M5
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    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    They provoked the Germans into starting World War 2.

    Ah now!


  • #34
    Captain_Generic
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    I hear they eat babies and invented chafing


  • #35
    fryup
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    sold wrote: »
    OK WHERE ARE THE MODERATORS!!! LOOKS LIKE THIS THREAD SHOULD BE CALLED "LETS INSULT THE POLES!!"

    Well they're always insulting us, laughing and sniggering amongst themselves in polish in the shops & cafes.


  • #36
    M5
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    fryup wrote: »
    Well they're always insulting us, laughing and sniggering amongst themselves in polish in the shops & cafes.

    Are u really that self important and paranoid? U think that when you are in a shop/cafe ppl actually pay any attention to you, whatever their nationality?


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  • #37
    Biggins
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    Pass...


  • #38
    AnonoBoy
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    fryup wrote: »
    Well they're always insulting us, laughing and sniggering amongst themselves in polish in the shops & cafes.

    Nah mate that's just you they're laughing about. ;)


  • #39
    Gummy Panda
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    Before: Polish women look stand offish and have no sense of humour.

    After: Polish women don't mind being made fun of as long as its funny or about swan burgers :D


  • #40
    Mike 1972
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    M5 wrote: »
    Are u really that self important and paranoid? U think that when you are in a shop/cafe ppl actually pay any attention to you, whatever their nationality?

    Perhaps he learned Polish so he could know what they were saying ?????


  • #41
    polishchick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭polishchick


    betafrog wrote: »
    They're incredibly angry, the men look like bull dogs and the women look like men...

    Big jaws from eating swans and babies make us look less feminine :D


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  • #42
    sky88
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    the man like to have huge arms but still have fat stomachs and a lot of them are very cheap


  • #43
    hacx
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    a polish friend laughed heartily at this joke:

    "How do you stop a polish tank?
    Shoot the guy pushing it."


  • #44
    DazMarz
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    Most ''Polish'' people aren't from Poland at all: most of the people Irish love labelling ''Polish'' are usually from some other Eastern European nation and we just lazily pigeon hole them in 'Poland'...


  • #45
    Tchaikovsky
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    And can you tell the difference?

    It's the same if we're in Eastern Europe; they won't know whether we're Irish, British, American, Australian until we tell them.


  • #46
    Zatman
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    I dont think polish people are as hard working as people say especially in my job where they doss like the rest of us but i remember when they came people said they were not great at socialising among us but ive always found them nice guy/girls.

    Obviously you will get the odd bad case but same as any nationality


  • #47
    Azureus
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    There must be some law that states that a Polish girls clothing must be 95% rhinestone!! Everything seems to have em on it! :D


  • #48
    The_Kew_Tour
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    genericguy wrote: »
    i hope you weren't in iraq teaching english anyway.


    Iraq you mean :p

    EVENFLOW



  • #49
    Mike 1972
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    DazMarz wrote: »
    most of the people Irish love labelling ''Polish'' are usually from some other Eastern European nation and we just lazily pigeon hole them in 'Poland'...

    Most Polish people will insist out that Poland is in Central Europe :D

    Mind you having studied Geography in the eighties I have enough trouble remembering that "Czechslovakia" is two countries, Germany is one, Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia arent "in Russia" and in "Yugoslavia" every house is now an independent country with the neighbours arguing over the garden fence and at least one family member who thinks the people next door are their real parents.
    Tchaikovsky wrote: »
    It's the same if we're in Eastern Europe; they won't know whether we're Irish, British, American, Australian until we tell them.

    Spare a thought for those from Poland (or wherever) who live/work in Northern Ireland. Some of the locals get upset if one calls them "English" others take exception to being called "Irish" etc etc -must get very confusing !?!


  • #50
    Big Nasty
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    IBTL!:D


  • #51
    andala
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    Tchaikovsky wrote: »
    And can you tell the difference?

    It's the same if we're in Eastern Europe; they won't know whether we're Irish, British, American, Australian until we tell them.

    Are you kidding? It's sooo simple to tell the difference:
    the fat ones are American,
    the chavs in tracksuits are British,
    the ones walking upside down are Ausies,
    and the ugly ones with red hair and freckles are Irish - everybody knows that...:rolleyes:


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  • #52
    TitoPuente
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    Having spent a fair bit of time in Poland and having a few Polish friends, there are a few things I can say about Polish people. I know this is a bit of a serious observation for After Hours but here we go:
    • Many Irish people see Polish people of a lesser class and a 'bit rough'. However, they're a relatively less wealthy country (although that's changing) than Ireland has been for the last 15 years and they're only 20 years on the right side of communism... so give them a break.
    • If your lovely Irish son is going out with a Polish woman - she's no more likely to be after him for his money than an Irish woman.
    • Poland is a very Catholic country - certainly more so than Ireland is at the moment.
    • Polish people have a great sense of humour and are incredibly friendly - very like the Irish. They're not quite as gregarious but who is?
    • The Poles like a drink although it's generally considered unacceptable for women to be drunk in public. Don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing to be honest.
    • The Polish education system is excellent and Polish people are generally very well eduacted by Western standards.


  • #53
    TEMPLAR KNIGHT
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    they seem to congregate in the darkest parts of nightclubs and are always in a pack of about a 100 when on a night out


  • #54
    Piste
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    Regular Polish women tend to dress like chav girls- all mullets and severe hairstles and blingy tracksuits. The similarities end there though. It's easy to assume there's some rough wan in front of you when really it's just a normal Polish girl.


  • #55
    cruiser178
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    genericguy wrote: »
    i used to think they were harder workers than the irish. now i know that they are harder workers than the irish.

    You must be one of those lazy irish workers i hear so many kids talk about these days,you even get the idea for your post from the poster above you ffs.I know from experince the polish are no better or no worse then those of us who want to work.


  • #56
    Sharpshooter
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    Guess what.

    The OP is from??

    Unless he wants to refute it?


  • #57
    TheZohanS
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    Sharpshooter wrote: »
    Guess what.

    The OP is from??

    Unless he wants to refute it?

    Poland. But what does that have to do with anything?


  • #58
    Local-womanizer
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    They are actually good craic,was drinking with a few in a field while watching a rally.

    Worked with one,though she was abit of a nutter.


  • #59
    fonecrusher1
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    I think the Polish folks are sound enough actually.

    Polish women are much better looking than Irish women.
    I worked in Poland for a few weeks last year & holy **** it seems 80% of the women you see walking down the street are hot.


  • #60
    liah
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    Sharpshooter wrote: »
    Guess what.

    The OP is from??

    Unless he wants to refute it?

    Sorry if I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure his nationality was obvious enough from the OP, especially considering he said something along the lines of "I'll even give you some Irish stereotypes," implying that he wasn't Irish, that he was Polish and wanted to know what the Irish stereotypes of his nationality were.

    ..Maybe that was just me.


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  • #61
    M5
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    TitoPuente wrote: »
    Having spent a fair bit of time in Poland and having a few Polish friends, there are a few things I can say about Polish people. I know this is a bit of a serious observation for After Hours but here we go:
    • Many Irish people see Polish people of a lesser class and a 'bit rough'. However, they're a relatively less wealthy country (although that's changing) than Ireland has been for the last 15 years and they're only 20 years on the right side of communism... so give them a break.
    • If your lovely Irish son is going out with a Polish woman - she's no more likely to be after him for his money than an Irish woman.
    • Poland is a very Catholic country - certainly more so than Ireland is at the moment.
    • Polish people have a great sense of humour and are incredibly friendly - very like the Irish. They're not quite as gregarious but who is?
    • The Poles like a drink although it's generally considered unacceptable for women to be drunk in public. Don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing to be honest.
    • The Polish education system is excellent and Polish people are generally very well eduacted by Western standards.

    well said!

    And a lot of them are better educated and more experienced than their Irish counterparts but earn less money and are often treated in an unfair manner compared to us paddy's! never mind getting considerably less pay in many cases! You'd be a little pissed off if you lived and worked under those conditions in a foreign country, go ask your parents! Short memories we have! What a disgrace after all the BS we went through in England, USA, Australia our tiger generation treat others just the same!


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