Arpa Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 (edited) An anecdote posted by Maral here; http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=79...mp;#entry209169 I’ll just get to the premise and the punch line. Cute! That joke could have ben told about an "armo" asking where the "khorovats" (maschine) is. Are we mature and confident enough to compose such jokes about ourselves? "In what aisle could I find the Polish sausage?" The clerk looks at him and says, "Are you Polish ===== With deep self-righteous indignation, the guy says, "Well then, why did you ask me if I'm Polish because I asked for Polish sausage?" The clerk replies, "Because you're at Home Depot." If only we, “armos” would be so lucky to have so many jokes told about us. All these “pollok jokes” can be taken as a compliment, a recognition of their culture. Of course, all these so called “pollok jokes” were perpetrated by the Irish and Italian immigrants who may have landed at Ellis Island a few years before the Polish, and who thought they spoke perfect “amerikanish” made fun of those who did not. They did not spare the “armos” either. If only they knew how much the Polish, the likes of Stanslaw Boniatowski, Copernicus, the French Polish Chopin have contributed to world science culture and politics. Polish Americans the like Pulaski, in whose name many streets and bridges have been named, The very bridge in my backyard that was named for Thaddeus- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaddeus_Kosciusko_Bridge Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge Carries 6 lanes (3 on NB bridge & 3 on SB bridge) of I-87 Crosses Mohawk River Locale Town of Halfmoon and Town of Colonie, New York Design Twin through arch bridges Opening date 1959 [/b]The Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge, commonly referred to as the Twin Bridges, is a pair of identical through arch bridges made of steel that span the Mohawk River between the Town of Colonie and the Town of Halfmoon in New York. The bridge carries three northbound lanes and three southbound lanes of Interstate 87 between exits 7 and 8. The bridge opened in 1959 and is named in honor of Thaddeus Kosciusko, a Polish volunteer who was a General in the American Revolutionary War.[/b] and not so ancient history of Lech Walesa who may be, if only for those 1988 rallies in Yerevan asserting "Artsakh@ Mern E", credited of having bringing the “mighty” Soviet Union down. I have, and still have many friends of Polish heritage. Yes some of them, for wahetevr reason may be sensitive to the label of “pollok” , but many of them LOVE it when I address them as “POLLOK”, those are the ones who have no problem with the term and take it as a compliment, an acknowledgement of their heritage and culture. We should be so confidently lucky when someone cracks a joke about our culture and heritage. Does anyone? Does anyone know who we are, what our culture and heritage is, aside from “dolma, sarma and basturma”? Edited August 12, 2007 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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