French at it again

[Walker570]

I have refused to purchase anything made in France for 40 yrs or more ... why?? ..... remember our lambs being burnt in the delivery lorries at French ports ? ... no, you probably was still a glint in your fathers eye back then, so why should you. Well they are at it again but this time with wine. Hijacked a number of tankers filled with Spanish wine and drained it onto the streets as they crossed the border and now have opened the taps on storage vats of an importer in southern France. It has increased my resolve to check everything I buy ........ a friend recently brought half a dozen small bottles of French beer to a Barbie, I had drunk a couple of mouthfuls before asking what it was, because it was pathetically awful, like maidens water. I poured the remainder down the drain where it belonged. If we are going to get any problems with Brexit, it will come from the French, without a doubt.

[wymberley]

+1

 

Two questions: were the perpetrators ever taken to task and if not why not?

[Brixsmaid]

+1

 

Two questions: were the perpetrators ever taken to task and if not why not?

+1

 

Unfortunately I remember the lamb saga - must be old!

 

And in answer to your question, obviously no as they were French

Edited August 4, 2016 by Brixsmaid

[bruno22rf]

Well they are proactive at least - how do the English react when we are outraged? When a female police officer is shot dead in the street and the guilty party walks away with diplomatic immunity - when a serving soldier is murdered in the street in broad daylight or when an attempted abduction of a member of the RAF took place a couple of weeks ago (and we can all imagine his fate) - how many times can we turn the other cheek or sit and sup Darjeeling in denial - we all talk the talk but at least the French gets off their backsides and do something.

[buze]

And they don't taze the terrorists ;-)

[Dougy]

Well they are proactive at least - how do the English react when we are outraged? When a female police officer is shot dead in the street and the guilty party walks away with diplomatic immunity - when a serving soldier is murdered in the street in broad daylight or when an attempted abduction of a member of the RAF took place a couple of weeks ago (and we can all imagine his fate) - how many times can we turn the other cheek or sit and sup Darjeeling in denial - we all talk the talk but at least the French gets off their backsides and do something.

 

Have to agree, we don't agree with things they do. But seem to accept or take on the chin what some idiots do to us, whether its political or extremists.

[Scully]

Well they are proactive at least - how do the English react when we are outraged? When a female police officer is shot dead in the street and the guilty party walks away with diplomatic immunity - when a serving soldier is murdered in the street in broad daylight or when an attempted abduction of a member of the RAF took place a couple of weeks ago (and we can all imagine his fate) - how many times can we turn the other cheek or sit and sup Darjeeling in denial - we all talk the talk but at least the French gets off their backsides and do something.

 

Absolutely cracking post.

And they don't taze the terrorists ;-)

And another!

[toontastic]

Well they are proactive at least - how do the English react when we are outraged? When a female police officer is shot dead in the street and the guilty party walks away with diplomatic immunity - when a serving soldier is murdered in the street in broad daylight or when an attempted abduction of a member of the RAF took place a couple of weeks ago (and we can all imagine his fate) - how many times can we turn the other cheek or sit and sup Darjeeling in denial - we all talk the talk but at least the French gets off their backsides and do something.

So what do you suggest we do about the three examples you give.

And they don't taze the terrorists ;-)

Which terrorist was tazered Edited August 4, 2016 by toontastic

[Penelope]

Leytonstone. Cut the musician's throat whilst shouting Allah Akbar.

 

So what do you suggest we do about the three examples you give.
Which terrorist was tazered

[toontastic]

Leytonstone. Cut the musician's throat whilst shouting Allah Akbar.

 

He didn't actually shout that, he said this is for Syria. But apart from a tazering what else were the officers at the scene able to do. Edited August 4, 2016 by toontastic

[Jaymo]

He didn't actually shout that, he said this is for Syria. But apart from a tazering what else were the officers at the scene able to do.

 

Un-Armed so taser / Mace were their only options unfortunately.

[toontastic]

Un-Armed so taser / Mace were their only options unfortunately.

Exactly, how is an unarmed officer meant to shoot an armed attacker without a gun.

[four-wheel-drive]

There are always some bad eggs in the mix do you remember the miners strike when they was throwing large rocks off motorway bridges smashing into lorry windscreens but that is ok as they are British there are people who overreact in all countries.

 

On another subject it would seem that good old London are getting a load more armed police to protect them what about the rest of us it seems that we do not matter as much as people living in London and 50% of them are not British they are from all over the world.

[Penelope]

So you knew all along then!

 

He didn't actually shout that, he said this is for Syria. But apart from a tazering what else were the officers at the scene able to do.

Edited August 4, 2016 by Penelope

[toontastic]

You asked which one was tazered, I answered.

 

And I thank you for your answer, it was actually an incident I had forgot about.

My comment about what were the police supposed to do wasn't particularly a question aimed at you but a reference to the fact they were only armed with tazers and had no other option available.

[Scully]

And I thank you for your answer, it was actually an incident I had forgot about.

My comment about what were the police supposed to do wasn't particularly a question aimed at you but a reference to the fact they were only armed with tazers and had no other option available.

 

Indeed. And fortunately the attacker only had a knife and not a gun, otherwise not even tasers would have been any use. Even so, the victim was in no position to defend himself at all and was totally reliant on the police, but would still have received a potentially fatal wound if the knife hadn't in fact snapped.

Edited August 4, 2016 by Scully

[Gordon R]

If someone was so inclined they would probably never eat anything, drink anything, buy anything or go on holiday because they could find something about a particular country they didn't like.

 

I am unclear about the reason for the OP's original rant - and it is a rant - as it seems over the top. Atrocities committed in the last World War haven't stopped us from buying German, Japanese or Italian products. Look at the treatment of people in the Middle East. I suppose the OP doesn't buy petrol or diesel either.

 

At some point in time you have to draw a line under events. The OP can boycott whatever he wants - I just don't see the need to publicise it on a public forum or draw others into the boycott.

 

Most people might look at what they were drinking - happy to drink French beer until he didn't like the taste. A zealot, with an increased resolve, should have double checked beforehand.

 

As for the French causing all Brexit problems - no sweeping statements there.

[wymberley]

If someone was so inclined they would probably never eat anything, drink anything, buy anything or go on holiday because they could find something about a particular country they didn't like.

 

I am unclear about the reason for the OP's original rant - and it is a rant - as it seems over the top. Atrocities committed in the last World War haven't stopped us from buying German, Japanese or Italian products. Look at the treatment of people in the Middle East. I suppose the OP doesn't buy petrol or diesel either.

 

At some point in time you have to draw a line under events. The OP can boycott whatever he wants - I just don't see the need to publicise it on a public forum or draw others into the boycott.

 

Most people might look at what they were drinking - happy to drink French beer until he didn't like the taste. A zealot, with an increased resolve, should have double checked beforehand.

 

As for the French causing all Brexit problems - no sweeping statements there.

Well debated post. Re the last sentence, if they do kick off, then never mind the Boston Tea Party, perhaps we should have a Dover Fruit Fest and chuck the next delivery of Golden Disgusting into the docks.

[Dekers]

There are very few good things that come out of France, but their wines are generally excellent.

 

I don't quite understand why they should fear imports from anywhere, either on quality or price.

 

I'm just back from a brief trip to France with 97 assorted bottles of wine and Fizz and Liquor.

 

Nothing else worth bringing back, except the odd Boar!

[CharlieT]

 

 

Nothing else worth bringing back, except the odd Boar!

 

Oh, I don't know. Saw several rather attractive maids last time I was there.

[old man]

 

Oh, I don't know. Saw several rather attractive maids last time I was there.

Absolutely.

[mudpatten]

Each to his own, but of the French maids with whom I`ve been acquainted most have been as hirsute as the boar.

 

Underarm and pubic hair - It`s a French thing.

[Gordon R]

mudpatten - just too much detail.

[Scully]

Each to his own, but of the French maids with whom I`ve been acquainted most have been as hirsute as the boar.

 

Underarm and pubic hair - It`s a French thing.

 

I don't mind a hairy woman, so long as it doesn't include a full beard or moustache. Even half a pound of Old Holborn hanging out of a gusset has never put me off.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

I shall put dinner off for a while until that image goes from my mind!