Stop picking on my peeps!

I love the Poles! They are an earthy people. They just don't have that paprika dignity of the Czechs.

bon, I've always meant to ask, but when you were there, did you have the really old czech history professor who taught in his office of old town square?

Probably not-- all my classes were in a building on Jungmannova, about midway between Vaclavske nam. and Tesco.

ETA: paprika is Hungarian!

Polish Sausage vs. The Sausage of Prague.

This reminds me of listening to the radio this morning, and they were discussing the Cubs "magic number." Someone asked if the Brewers (in 2nd place) also have a magic number, and the traffic reported retorted, "2008. Or 1-800-SAUSAGE."

I am a fan of getting gorgeous picture frames as wedding gifts.

That's what I got my mom when she remarried a few years back. We stopped by a store filled with Lladros, Hummels, Wedgewood, and Waterford, and I found a really gorgeous Waterford picture frame on their clearance shelf, reduced from $120 to $75.

Yes, it's now tradition.

Indeed.

Seriously, paperdol, I'm sure you weren't an asshole about it. You only have so much time and energy. It's really important to know where you have to draw lines.

ETA: paprika is Hungarian!

Oops. Clearly I meant Pilsner Dignity.

Poles I love:

Bruno Schulz
Stanislaw Lem

Please Note the lack of maypole/barber pole et al. puns.

Someone asked if the Brewers (in 2nd place) also have a magic number, and the traffic reported retorted, "2008. Or 1-800-SAUSAGE."

Heh. After the Mariners' historically awful slump at the end of August knocked them out of contention (sure, we weren't mathematically eliminated until a few days ago, but the writing was on the wall), one of the major M's blogs started displaying 2008 AL West standings. Sigh. Except that they're bringing McLaren back as manager, which I figure means we have to write them off till at least 2009. I bet Ichiro regrets re-signing already. I kinda regret that he's staying. I love to watch him play, but he's such a gifted player and AFAICT decent human being that I wish he could go play somewhere that'll give him a chance at a ring.

I'm going to the game tonight, where I will probably eat a Polish sausage. I can't quite imagine the Sausage of Prague on a bun with mustard and onions.

Man, once again, I am passed over for a genius grant:

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Oh that's right. I need to be a genius. They need to develop a grant for the moderately smart that need a break from the rat race to see if they can develop into genius.

Clearly I meant Pilsner Dignity.

All Czechs are crazy, is the conclusion I've made from my totally non-random sampling of Czechs.

My husband has a Polish sausage.

[is 12]

I love the old Bette Midler line: "I married a German boy, a Kraut. Every night I dress up like Poland, and he invades me."

The thing I love about the genius grants is that it alwasy seems like someone I know could win one. Not me though. But that's okay.