Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Poland. Is. Weird.

Anyone who has known me for more than ten minutes knows that I'm Polish and, when drunk, may get hysterical about its plight.


But now that I'm here, I understand.


1. Everyone is obsessed with guns and swords.


2. The EU is a topic best broached in controlled circumstances: like a vacuum.


3. You don't refuse alcohol.


4. If you are a woman, there is no way you will be allowed to walk home on your own.


5. If you are a woman, all the men in your family will quarrel, decide upon and toast your fate.


6. If you go to a pub patroned by philosophy students talking about their theses, you will inevitably be privy to at least four punch-ons. If you start taking photos of these punch-ons, you will be threatened by shirtless men with shaved heads, until your male friends arrive to defend your honour. Maybe later, once the cops/hysterical girlfriends/sober talk of Nietzche has broken up the mood, you will all indulge in a jovial spitting match.

6 comments:

Daniel said...

But we knew Poland was weird, just by knowing you, right? Haha.

I think you'll find it's 'patronised'. Which is possibly ironic, since by pointing that out to you I'm probably being patronising.

I want you to define "obsessed with weapons" more though.

Jess said...

Does "defending your honour" entail drunkenly slapping your friends, shouting about cheese in rudimentary French and falling into the gutter?

Also, isn't it contingent on your having any honour in the first place?

nixwilliams said...

so where are the pictures? and also, i think you might be slightly amused by the livejournal community we started up 4 days ago that now has over 100 members: http://community.livejournal.com/loltheorists ... YES. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

Pusia said...

you knowz i luvs you now, yes?

and yes....yes i do wanna (just you wait)

nixwilliams said...

WE'VE GOT THE MIGHTY MIGHTY MUSHROOM

Jess said...

Update your blog, girl!

I grow thirsty for your writings.