Why Don't People Like Poles?

[Deja Q]

Well?


Edited: Spelling error

[Guy Fawkes]

1. You'd be surprised...

not to rain on your parade, but a good Polish friend of mine informs me that in many places in the US that he has been, people really do hate the Polish.

[Deja Q]

3. Eek!

I was only copycatting a thread and the Poland reference was NOT intended as a form of hostility. (the word just fit in, and I couldn't resist.)

I don't know why the Polish are hated. Not sure I'd want to know either. And if 5 years' worth of "All in the Family" wouldn't explain it, it's so much for the better.

[Lisa0825]

5. I'm half Polack - never encountered any hostility...

My dad grew up in a Polish neighborhood in Syracuse. He never mentioned anything about any ethnic tensions, but I imagine where there is separation by ethnicity, there often occurs backlash to it.

[MoseyWalker]

2. Isn't it obvious? n/t

[wickerwoman]

4. Because inconsiderate asshats on the subway

have to put their *whole* back against it even when you're already holding it thereby crushing your hand and sweeping greasy hair all over your fist.

:grrr:

[Guava Jelly]

6. I thought you said Proles

my bad

[Deja Q]

7. Just in case - a clarification

Ch. 1 pertains to stripper poles

Ch. 2 pertains to pole cats

Ch. 3 pertains to something you don't want to know about

Ch. 4 pertains to Pole vaulting (a giveaway choice)

Ch. 5 pertains to pole position (classic arcade game)

Ch. 6 pertains to the North Pole

ch. 7 is about Poland

Choice 8 would have referred to barber poles...