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26 Nov, 2008

Do you have a PLan?

Posted by: Michał In: p for press

Polish PM Donald Tusk was in London yesterday. He was supposed to try and convince Poles living here to come back to Poland, by asking “Do you have a return PLan?’ (PL stands for Poland, of course). All that because the Polish government has launched a special site, where Poles living in the UK can [...]

18 Nov, 2008

Racism or bad taste? Or a technical error?

Posted by: Michał In: p for press

“Did you know Barack Obama has Polish blood? Yes, his grandpa ate a Polish missionary”
This is a ‘joke’ I heard in Poland last week. It was attributed to Poland’s Foreign Minister (!), Radek Sikorski. The politician later had to explain that he did not actually tell the joke, he only used it as an example [...]


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