Speedos at french swimming pool

realistic anorak · 11-11-2014 02:12PM #1

Have you ever been forced to wear speedos at a swimming pool in France ?

Sauve · 11-11-2014 02:16PM

I have not.

Have you?

black & white · 11-11-2014 02:17PM

Yes, in a holiday village near Montpellier a couple of years ago, no shorts allowed and signs up everywhere. I had rugby shorts and they were banned. When I asked about it I was told that this is the rule everywhere in the country. I have no idea if that's true or not but it's what I was told. To be honest, I didn't give a shi'ite about wearing speedos but my teenage daughter wouldn't sit near me when I was wearing them.

naughtysmurf · 11-11-2014 02:24PM

Don't know if it's all France but was looking at a Disneyland Paris hotel last week, had a pool and the rule was speedo's only, may be a hygiene thing

Duck's hoop · 11-11-2014 02:24PM

It's ben like that for over 20 years. But I used to use an outdoor pool in board shorts with no problems. But was turned back from 2 indoor pools.

Aubrey loves Joe · 11-11-2014 02:27PM

If i got into a pair of speedos they wouldn't be long changing the rules

Autonomous · 11-11-2014 02:28PM

Yip..i got asked to change to "stick-on" swim shorts, even though the ones i had on were speedo!!
Fecking french perverts.

The Backwards Man · 11-11-2014 02:30PM

I've never been in a swimming pool in France.

Or speedos.

wilhelm roentgen · 11-11-2014 02:30PM

se il vous plaît porter ces trafiquants de perruche

To Elland Back · 11-11-2014 02:32PM

It's a hygiene thing and I wish we had it here. Where I go swimming, the place is full of disgusting lads who come straight down from the gym and hop in the pool/jacuzzi wearing sweaty jocks under their football shorts

Manky creatures :mad:

Autonomous · 11-11-2014 02:32PM

wilhelm roentgen wrote: »

se il vous plaît porter ces trafiquants de perruche

sacré bleu :-0

SEPT 23 1989 · 11-11-2014 02:32PM

I have my 25m,50m and 100m swimming badges sewn on mine

suicide_circus · 11-11-2014 02:41PM

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6O3HYeLATas/TDnAHWTet2I/AAAAAAAAAII/NpBgX129ydk/s1600/speedos.jpg

One eyed Jack · 11-11-2014 02:47PM

I thought for a minute "This can't really be a thing?" when I read the opening post, I'm a bit mystified at the reasons behind it tbh.

Why?

I know that in Lourdes alright they have you wear just a small towel before they whip it off you and throw you in the pool, but what's the story with the speedos?

Do you have to wear a rubber cap too?

Do they put chlorine in the water?

Banjo String · 11-11-2014 02:47PM

Lé Budgié smuggloúrs.

IvyTheTerrible · 11-11-2014 02:49PM

Yes it's a widespread rule and it makes perfect sense. It's hot here in the summer so you have people wearing shorts all day, doing god knows what, and it'd be really unhygienic if they were to then get into a pool.
Speedos aren't pretty but I don't have a problem with the rule at all.

Kim Kardashi Un · 11-11-2014 03:08PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I have my 25m,50m and 100m swimming badges sewn on mine

I would have been happy if the manufacturer just sewed their logo on more securely. The 's' came off mine and I hadn't realised. Caused quite a fuss.

GAAman · 11-11-2014 03:19PM

naughtysmurf wrote: »

Don't know if it's all France but was looking at a Disneyland Paris hotel last week, had a pool and the rule was speedo's only, may be a hygiene thing

This the pool near the Sequoia Lodge? I swam in that in shorts, plenty of others with shorts on too

topper75 · 11-11-2014 03:44PM

Swimming in rugby shorts is like playing indoor soccer in a duffle coat.

Long live proper swimming togs.

Not sure where they would be going with a hygiene argument though.

Buona Fortuna · 11-11-2014 03:55PM

I only ever swim in the nip

topper75 · 11-11-2014 03:57PM

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

I only ever swim in the nip

Get some togs mate and you'll get anything up to 10 secs off your 100m time.

josip · 11-11-2014 04:04PM

topper75 wrote: »

Get some togs mate and you'll get anything up to 10 secs off your 100m time.

Depends on how much drag there is in the nip

Wossack · 11-11-2014 04:07PM

mon dieu! la banane hamac?

ElvisChrist6 · 11-11-2014 04:09PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Yes it's a widespread rule and it makes perfect sense. It's hot here in the summer so you have people wearing shorts all day, doing god knows what, and it'd be really unhygienic if they were to then get into a pool.
Speedos aren't pretty but I don't have a problem with the rule at all.

I wouldn't have had a problem with the rule when I had to years ago, if everyone in the complex wasn't riding and getting blowjobs in the pool. Really defeats the purpose! Got straight out after that!

Chips Lovell · 11-11-2014 04:23PM

Where is this swimming pool?

ElvisChrist6 · 11-11-2014 04:26PM

Oscar Gateaux wrote: »

Where is this swimming pool?

It was a large swimming complex yoke near Stade de France, I think... or maybe not, can't remember, was with the school!

DazMarz · 11-11-2014 04:56PM

Unhygienic? Well, what's the point of the chlorine in the pool then?

I agree with a previous poster: French perverts... :P

rainbow kirby · 11-11-2014 05:00PM

One of the pools I swim at in London has a poster up at the front desk reminding people not to wear jeans or tracksuit bottoms in the pool :eek:

I'm all in favour of people having to wear proper togs, and definitely showering before they go near the pool.

The J Stands for Jay · 11-11-2014 05:04PM

Was in France almost 20 years ago, and can confirm. Apparently it's the law, but most places didn't enforce it. Except the one in the campsite where I stayed for most of my holiday...

catallus · 11-11-2014 05:10PM

Speedos should be mandatory for all water-based activity.

stimpson · 11-11-2014 07:20PM

Went to France this year and there was only a handful of idiots in speedos. Nobody seemed to care.

Speedos at french swimming pool

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