The phrase "Spieprzaj dziadu!" (which is sometimes translated from Polish as "Piss off, you old git!")[1] was used by the late Polish President Lech Kaczyński on the street in the Praga district of Warsaw in response to a middle-aged heckler during the November 2002 Warsaw mayoral campaign.[2]
On November 4, 2002, after an afternoon campaign meeting, Kaczyński was about to get into his car when a unidentified passerby wearing a hat and dark glasses heckled him.
- Passerby: "You've changed parties, you've run away like rats."
- Lech Kaczyński: "Sir, piss off Sir! That's what I'd say to you."
- Passerby: "'Piss off, Sir'? Sir, you are just afraid of the truth!"
- Lech Kaczyński (closing door, from the seat of his car): "Piss off, old man!"
- Passerby (shouting to a journalist): "How can anyone respond like that: 'Piss off Sir'? I asked the man politely."[3]
The name of the passerby was, as of November 2009, unknown.[4] Since then the phrase had been quoted in television programmes and in films, had inspired websites, appeared on T-shirts and on a multitude of other objects.[5] In 2024 the man has been identified as Zbigniew Aniszewski who still continued to confront the second of the Kaczyński twin brothers after more than 20 years.[6]
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- ^ Gazeta.pl
- ^ Original Polish text reads:
- Passerby: "Partie żeście zmienili, pouciekaliście jak szczury."
- Lech Kaczyński: "Panie, spieprzaj pan! Oto panu powiem."
- Passerby: "'Spieprzaj pan'? Panie, bo pan się prawdy boisz!"
- Lech Kaczyński: "Spieprzaj, dziadu!"
- Passerby: "Ale jak tak się można odzywać: 'spieprzaj pan'? Ja się grzecznie spytałem człowieka."
- ^ "Spieprzaj, dziadu!" środkiem płatniczym..., Banzaj.pl
- ^ Wiadomosci.pl
- ^ "Dziś atakował go J. Kaczyński. W 2002 od Lecha usłyszał "Spieprzaj, dziadu" - OKO.press". OKO.press. February 10, 2024. Archived from the original on February 11, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.