Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “Let’s act quick, before we realise it makes no sense!” – this is one of the most famous quotes from Julien, the king of lemurs from the popular cartoon Madagascar (at least from the Polish […]
Author: Tomasz Oryński
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Yet again, Polish diplomacy raises from it’s knees only to hit it’s head hard in the corner of the table. This time they managed to enrage everyone – the West, the Jews and both sides […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “For Adolf Hitler and our country – three times Sieg Heil!”. Those words came from prime time TV program in Poland recently. And it was not a historical movie. It was a recent documentary in which […]
“Driving in the snow is impossible. Period”
I always loved winter driving. When I lived in Poland, I was taking every opportunity to drive out of the town, or to have some winter fun on the empty supermarket car park. But since I live in the UK, I do it less and less often. And it’s not even because there is rarely […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 53
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far When I submitted my last week‘s piece I was met with editor’s reaction “the government has been reshuffled, it’s important, you cannot omit that from your piece!”. I was of a different opinion: I […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Christmas in Poland went rather peacefully. Not much was going on in Politics. Although the legend, that animals and pets speak in human voice on Christmas Eve proved to be just a fairy tale, the […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 51
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Recently popular joke in Poland goes like that: a guy gets into the taxi and shouts at the driver “to Kaczyński, quick!”. The driver looks back and asks “but where exactly? Kaczyński street? Kaczyński square? […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 50
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Apparently “Atlas of Cats” (see here) was not enough to cover the fact, that PiS is on the last stretch in their race to finally take over Polish courts. They feel a bit relaxed and […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Delusions of Polish Right wing can be present everywhere. The XIX-century notion of Poles being the chosen ones, the Christ of the nation, who’s role is to bring the light to other countries is omnipresent. […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far I would like to start this week’s column by giving you a peek into the process of writing them. Every day I trawl Polish news for some absurd happenings and dig through all of the […]