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View Poll Results: Your favourite ever Pole? | |
Copernicus (proved the earth revolved around the sun, church unimpressed)
|     | 7 | 53.85% | |
Marie Curie (discovered radiation, won 2 nobel prizes, died of cancer)
|    | 5 | 38.46% | |
John Paul II (erstwhile head of the Catholic church)
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Chopin (was good at the piano or something)
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Joseph Conrad (novelist, racist)
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Casimir The Great (united medieval Poland, waged many wars)
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Roman Polanski (directs films, doesn’t like Charles Manson)
| | 1 | 7.69% |
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20th September 2005, 7:12pm
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#16 | | Frankly my dear.....  Editor
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
If you are going to have a poll of Poles I would have thought the least you could do is research the topic thoroughly. 
The year ahead is going to be interesting!! 
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20th September 2005, 7:28pm
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#17 | | Curiosity killed the twat SuperMod
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
What about the year ahead?
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20th September 2005, 7:31pm
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#18 | | Frankly my dear..... Editor
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
The amount of research you are supposed to do!! 
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20th September 2005, 7:38pm
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#19 | | Curiosity killed the twat SuperMod
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
Oh yeah, I thought you were talking about something that was happening in Poland.
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20th September 2005, 8:10pm
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#20 | | Frankly my dear..... Editor
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
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Originally Posted by LesMTS Oh yeah, I thought you were talking about something that was happening in Poland. | *sigh*
There is no hope is there
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21st September 2005, 10:30am
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#21 | | into shit and piss
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
Dude, every year is interesting in Poland, you never know what is going to happen next, or indeed if anything is going to happen next, but something always does, thats what makes Poland such a fascinating place.
Foxglove what Witold Lutoslawski compositions do you recommend seeking out? | |
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21st September 2005, 1:03pm
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#22 | | fire walk with me
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
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Originally Posted by Andy Temple what Witold Lutoslawski compositions do you recommend seeking out? | Symphony Number 4!
I'd recommend listening to Krzysztof Penderecki (another Pole!). Listen to Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima if you can. Weird avant-garde stuff, but 'tis good. | |
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22nd September 2005, 12:35am
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#23 | | death by cricket bat
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
Can't believe you left out Liverpool Goalie Jerzy Dudek.
He only won Liverpool the European Cup in a penalty shoot out!!! | |
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22nd September 2005, 8:48am
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#24 | | Frankly my dear..... Editor
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
Have you seen Jerzy Dudek play much? He is one of those really inconsistent players that you love and hate depending on the day. I am not sure even people in Liverpool or Poland would have him in their lists!
Good luck in Belfast 
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22nd September 2005, 10:07pm
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#25 | | into shit and piss
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
Wow, just listened to Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima, and Lutoslawski's The Dream of Jacob, Music for 2 pianos and Funeral music, which made me think of another Pole Krzysztof Kieslowski and his Short Film About Killing, which is a dark dark film and that was some dark dark music. Not exactly what you would call easy listening.
couldn't find symphony number 4, but I'll keep looking. I'm intrigued to find out more | |
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23rd September 2005, 7:21am
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#26 | | Frankly my dear..... Editor
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| Re: Poll of Poles (it should work this time)
Glad you enjoyed. I can't say I am an expert in his music but I have liked what I have heard.
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