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osugrad21 said:
I was thinking the same thing, 21. The Polish police are a bunch of morons? Who woulda thunk it.
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tibor75
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osugrad21 said:
Actually I don't have any good ones.
I have always wondered what is the etiology of Polish jokes. In other words, why are Poles considered stoopid? I thought I heard once it was a reference to the German Blitzkrieg when the Polish attacked the German tanks with infantry (aka horses). You really would have been pretty dumb to do that.
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The Origin of Polish "stupidity". The Polish people were among the last Europeans to be industrialized, and were, in fact, largely still utilizing a feudal system into the 20th century. The more advanced and educated Prussian, Lithuanian, Swedish and Germanic people found the Poles to be a very simplistic people during their encounters with them. This has NOTHING to do with the intelligence of the people-just their comparable lack of education and sophistication, combined with an agricultural economy linked to the innefficient feudal system.
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"Pollock" jokes were around well before WWII, so the Polish attack on German tanks while on horseback has nothing to do with it. In Hawaii, the Portuguese are the brunt of stupidity jokes, essentially "Hawaiian Pollocks".
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MililaniBuckeye said:
I used to live in Massachusetts and Portugese people take it on the chin their as well. I don't know many Polish people but I do know a bunch of Portugese people and everything you hear about them is true
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Buckeyehead
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Now, tibor, don't be so humble.tibor75 said:
I'm sure your reputation extends beyond the limits of this board.
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I think we're missing the key issue here. That of course being that you're from Poland. Now where are the good ol' Pol' jokes?
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Poland has been one of the most conquered countries in Europe - both from Russia in the east, and Germany in the west. Conquered peoples often are the butt of jokes.
In America, Poles quickly gained a reputation for stupidity for one simple reason - they couldn't speak English. Also, as 21 pointed out, the Poles were somewhat behind the curve in terms of sophistication, and this enhanced their reputation as dimwitted rhubarbs. Although all foreigners have been made fun of, these two factors combined to make the Poles the easiest targets of the major European immigrant groups - the Scotch and Irish could speak English, and the Germans and Italians dressed more-or-less "normal" and were used to "modern" industrialized societies.
In America, Poles quickly gained a reputation for stupidity for one simple reason - they couldn't speak English. Also, as 21 pointed out, the Poles were somewhat behind the curve in terms of sophistication, and this enhanced their reputation as dimwitted rhubarbs. Although all foreigners have been made fun of, these two factors combined to make the Poles the easiest targets of the major European immigrant groups - the Scotch and Irish could speak English, and the Germans and Italians dressed more-or-less "normal" and were used to "modern" industrialized societies.
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