The French and Underpants of swimming
Discussion
saleen836 said:
Heard about this on Chris Evans breakfast show a few weeks ago, some chap phoned in and said it was to stop people wearing shorts which can collect/hold sand if they have been on a beach wearing them, the sand then gets loose in the pool and clogs filters.
Ahem! One of the common filter media used for filtering pool water is sand!It's a daft rule that's been around for yonks and is to prevent people wearing beach shorts all day and then jumping in the pool with dirty shorts. France has lots of dumb rules that are usually ignored, but this one seems to be universally accepted and is applied fairly strictly. I've seen it enforced in Paris and the Alps, so it's nothing to do with sand.
Bluebarge said:
It's a daft rule that's been around for yonks and is to prevent people wearing beach shorts all day and then jumping in the pool with dirty shorts. France has lots of dumb rules that are usually ignored, but this one seems to be universally accepted and is applied fairly strictly. I've seen it enforced in Paris and the Alps, so it's nothing to do with sand.
This. Bizarrely on a recent holiday the only campsite (of 3 or 4) that enforced the rule was one that was mostly full of Brits. I've heard it's a little more subtle than that, our French cousins don't want to spend their evenings pulling pubes out of clogged filters. Or so I was told by the chalet owner we stayed with in the Alps or that was the original reason anyway...
We actually had the same rule in our school pool. Didn't make much sense at the time, but if you wanted to wear shorts rather than Budgie Smugglers you had to take them to the games teacher to be ok'd first, if they had the netting that made them 'proper swimming shorts' you were ok, rather naively we never knew why 'Sir' was so bothered about whether they were 'proper' or not.
Really, any lifeguard confronted with Speedo brand swimming shorts or the like shouldn't really be fazed, but….. Being French and awkward goes pretty much hand-in-hand.
We actually had the same rule in our school pool. Didn't make much sense at the time, but if you wanted to wear shorts rather than Budgie Smugglers you had to take them to the games teacher to be ok'd first, if they had the netting that made them 'proper swimming shorts' you were ok, rather naively we never knew why 'Sir' was so bothered about whether they were 'proper' or not.
Really, any lifeguard confronted with Speedo brand swimming shorts or the like shouldn't really be fazed, but….. Being French and awkward goes pretty much hand-in-hand.
I was told by a French poole owner that depending on where you are a lot of locals lads will sneak in in their cut down jeans from the fields and splash about until getting thrown out. Enforcing the budgies smuggle rule means you are less likely to have these fellas. ALso several places I've been to demand swim hats for fellas and ladies.
Don't like hair the French....or soap...or working.
Don't like hair the French....or soap...or working.
I've heard lots of reasons, most of them posted on here already.
Doesn't bother me at all though, if those are the rules for their pool it is their choice to make them and my choice if I wish to comply so I can use their pool.
Now I do wonder how they would feel if someone was a 'grower rather than a shower' and wished to avoid false advertising by adding a pair of rolled up socks to the front of their swimming trunks
Doesn't bother me at all though, if those are the rules for their pool it is their choice to make them and my choice if I wish to comply so I can use their pool.
Now I do wonder how they would feel if someone was a 'grower rather than a shower' and wished to avoid false advertising by adding a pair of rolled up socks to the front of their swimming trunks
hyperblue said:
PGM said:
Our campsite stated that it was to save water, apparently 10 times the amount of water is dragged out of the pool with shorts by comparison with speedo type ones.
Yeah, I've done some calculations and it saves 10 times the square root of f
k all.
P-Jay said:
I've heard it's a little more subtle than that, our French cousins don't want to spend their evenings pulling pubes out of clogged filters. Or so I was told by the chalet owner we stayed with in the Alps or that was the original reason anyway...
We actually had the same rule in our school pool. Didn't make much sense at the time, but if you wanted to wear shorts rather than Budgie Smugglers you had to take them to the games teacher to be ok'd first, if they had the netting that made them 'proper swimming shorts' you were ok, rather naively we never knew why 'Sir' was so bothered about whether they were 'proper' or not.
Really, any lifeguard confronted with Speedo brand swimming shorts or the like shouldn't really be fazed, but….. Being French and awkward goes pretty much hand-in-hand.
Erm your games teacher was a pervert.We actually had the same rule in our school pool. Didn't make much sense at the time, but if you wanted to wear shorts rather than Budgie Smugglers you had to take them to the games teacher to be ok'd first, if they had the netting that made them 'proper swimming shorts' you were ok, rather naively we never knew why 'Sir' was so bothered about whether they were 'proper' or not.
Really, any lifeguard confronted with Speedo brand swimming shorts or the like shouldn't really be fazed, but….. Being French and awkward goes pretty much hand-in-hand.
chris7676 said:
Isn't it completely opposite of a water park in England who 'banned' trunks?
Idiocy in either case.
Ha ha yes - I remember that story. I also remember someone telling me about going on holiday in the US and there being a general uproar by those around the hotel pool, big baggy shorts are ok, tight speedoes are definitley NOT OK! Idiocy in either case.
obob said:
P-Jay said:
I've heard it's a little more subtle than that, our French cousins don't want to spend their evenings pulling pubes out of clogged filters. Or so I was told by the chalet owner we stayed with in the Alps or that was the original reason anyway...
We actually had the same rule in our school pool. Didn't make much sense at the time, but if you wanted to wear shorts rather than Budgie Smugglers you had to take them to the games teacher to be ok'd first, if they had the netting that made them 'proper swimming shorts' you were ok, rather naively we never knew why 'Sir' was so bothered about whether they were 'proper' or not.
Really, any lifeguard confronted with Speedo brand swimming shorts or the like shouldn't really be fazed, but….. Being French and awkward goes pretty much hand-in-hand.
Erm your games teacher was a pervert.We actually had the same rule in our school pool. Didn't make much sense at the time, but if you wanted to wear shorts rather than Budgie Smugglers you had to take them to the games teacher to be ok'd first, if they had the netting that made them 'proper swimming shorts' you were ok, rather naively we never knew why 'Sir' was so bothered about whether they were 'proper' or not.
Really, any lifeguard confronted with Speedo brand swimming shorts or the like shouldn't really be fazed, but….. Being French and awkward goes pretty much hand-in-hand.
Puggit said:
In all seriousness, this is a law practised fairly widely across Europe. The reason is to prevent people wearing the shorts outside and then coming in with the same shorts.
Agreed. As far as I'm aware, it's for 2 reasons:1: So you don't just jump in the pool wearing the shorts you have been wearing all day
2: So you don't come back from the beach pocketfulls of sand that then empty out into the pool
Personally, I hate swimming in swimming shorts, there just feels to be so much material. I'm no Daniel Craig, but I much prefer slightly longer swimming trunks
What do you do if your in he following situation
1. Very large todger which you don't want people to notice (no idea why)
2. Large "brains" small todger
3. Child size manhood which you don't want people to see/be aware of
4. Your so fat the rolls of tummy and thighs when you sit down make it appear your nude as in they overlap the trunks
1. Very large todger which you don't want people to notice (no idea why)
2. Large "brains" small todger
3. Child size manhood which you don't want people to see/be aware of
4. Your so fat the rolls of tummy and thighs when you sit down make it appear your nude as in they overlap the trunks
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