Pedals (homomiewiadomo)

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   Greetings from Zakopane, Poland, your basic ski resort/tourist trap, now without snow, but still with crowds.

PEDALS--Homosexuals.  When I asked my tour guide for an explanation, he said "because there are two."

HOMOMIEWIADOMO--A rhyme, not really to be translated, unless you want "Homo, what's up?"

CIOTA--Another term for "homosexual," but my guide couldn't translate it.

SKI ON LUMBER--To ski.
SKI ON WINDOWSILL--To snowboard.

HIGHLANDERS' TEA--Vodka & tea & honey, and not bad.  Also called "tea with (electric) current."

OSCYPEK--Sheep cheese.  Check the web for "Polish sheep cheese."  This stuff is everywhere here.

(There's a church for John Paul II here in Zakopane, and we had just come from a smoked sheep cheese place, which prompted me to rip into a "Cheese-Us" joke.  Pretty cheesy, but these tourists of Polish descent have been telling Polish jokes all week--ed.)