"Things were better during communism!"

What words should you stay away from when you go to the Czech Republic? In other words, what words could get you there into a big trouble? According to the results of Readers Digest these sentences are a BIG no-no:

If you say: “Things were better during communism” (the winner)
Young people hate being asked what time they get home
Men hate hearing negative comments about their driving (universal law I think..)
Women hate being told to calm down

CZ: Pred jakymi slovy byste si meli davat pozor, kdyz budete travit nejaky ten cas v Cechach? Podle Readers Digest toto jsou ti nebezpecni ‘vyherci’:

Veta typu “Za komunismu nam bylo lip”
Mladi lide nesnasi, kdyz se jich rodice zeptaji v kolik budou vecer doma
Muzum se nelibi, kdyz nekdo okomentovava jejich rizeni
Zeny nenavidi, kdyz jim nekdo rika, aby se uklidnily

Source: http://www.radio.cz/en/article/120846

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Marika October 23, 2009 at 8:21 am: Hmm, I think besides the first question they are all universal laws. Nothing new under the sun
Tanja October 23, 2009 at 10:33 am: Yeah, but there is something about “uklidni se prosimte!” that makes it sound worse for me than “calm down”
vlastimil October 30, 2009 at 1:17 pm: Kdyz prijdu do ukourene hospody plne nespokojenych “aktivnich” obcanu a reknu “Za komunismu nam bylo lip”, tak si myslim, ze dostanu zadarmo pivo a v ocich unavenych pivaru se objevi slza v oku