Polish man awakes to find communism just a bad dream

[Onkel Neal]

I couldn't resist, had to make up my own snappy title for this one


Democracy stuns Polish coma man

"When I went into a coma there was only tea and vinegar in the shops, meat was rationed and huge petrol lines were everywhere," Grzebski told TVN24, describing his recollections of the communist system's economic collapse. Now I see people on the streets with cell phones and there are so many goods in the shops it makes my head spin."

I saw this story earlier today and thought to myself;
He should be the happiest man in the world for many reasons!

[Onkel Neal]

No kidding, and what a wife!! Now that, my friends, is love.

[P_Funk]

Wasn't there some movie mad similar to this? I recall it going that communism fell and a son's mother or father was very ill and he feared that the knowledge of the fall of communism would cause them a shock that they'd die from. So he put up a charade that communism was still ruling.

Edit. Here it is. Good Bye Lenin! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/

[The Avon Lady]

Yet I found this to be the most fascinating part of the article:

"He said he vaguely recalled the family gatherings he was taken to while in a coma and his wife and children trying to communicate with him."

Now there's a potential topic starter. :hmm:

[Camaero]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

Yet I found this to be the most fascinating part of the article:

"He said he vaguely recalled the family gatherings he was taken to while in a coma and his wife and children trying to communicate with him."

Now there's a potential topic starter. :hmm:

oooo controversy awaits!

[Safe-Keeper]

Incredible story.

And yes, it's amazing what has happened in just so few years. Not only on the political front, but also when it comes to technology, moral values, and so on. Not to mention that yes, Good Bye, Lenin fits in here pretty well, for obvious reasons.

"He said he vaguely recalled the family gatherings he was taken to while in a coma and his wife and children trying to communicate with him."

Surely you realize that just because he states that he could hear his family at some time or another while unconscious... does not mean that 'certain other people' could when their treatment ended.