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Originally Posted by RezZ
(Post 993497)
Ok Yac I have a question about Poland. I do not mean any offense (keep in mind Im Jewish and we are considered the second most cheap people) by this, but what do Polish people think about the being REALLY cheap stereotype? And do you consider them to be?
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No offense taken my friend, it's close to impossible to offend an old (internet)trollslayer like me ;)
Well, I'm walking around with holes in my shoes, "they're still good" and all that :P
Seriously though, I've never heard about Poles being cheap. Dirty, smelly, dumb, they're thieves (ask a German :P) - I think I could come up with more - these I heard and they are, sadly, to some extent true (like many stereotypes). But cheap ? There's an old Polish saying "zastaw się, a postaw się" which loosly translated means there may be no money to live on but there will always be enough money to dazzle your guests. And as far as I can tell, it's true.
As for Norway - apart from many of my friends working there and making amazing money, there's the Fjords (one day I will go diving there, to see the sunk U-boats), Vikings, amazingly high prices (regular bread is like 10x more expensive than here ....) and an amazingly high standard of living. Norway is often referred to here as "the Japan of europe", though quite frankly I hope you guys aren't as perverted :P
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