FabSwingers.com forum: The French

By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

The French are up to their old tricks. A couple who were out camping were attacked by a wild boar and had to climb a tree to escape from the bugger. They managed to call for rescue from a mobile phone but the police arrived. They chased off the wild boar but then fined the campers for camping illegally. Apparently it's against the law to camp illegally in France. Whats going on here guys ...

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Doing illegal things is against the law everywhere Tom

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Doing illegal things is against the law everywhere Tom

*Only illegal if you get caught!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Doing illegal things is against the law everywhere Tom

*Only illegal if you get caught!"

true?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The French are up to their old tricks. A couple who were out camping were attacked by a wild boar and had to climb a tree to escape from the bugger. They managed to call for rescue from a mobile phone but the police arrived. They chased off the wild boar but then fined the campers for camping illegally. Apparently it's against the law to camp illegally in France. Whats going on here guys ..."

Should have also fined them for wasting police time.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

This one is all over the news

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Doing illegal things is against the law everywhere Tom

*Only illegal if you get caught!

true?"

Well no it's illegal if you're caught or not

Being caught means there is potential punishment

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

Fining people for breaking the law? I thought I'd heard it all, but I'd put nothing past those frogleg-eating bastards.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Bloody french. Doing their jobs. Who do they think they are.

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

It's against the law to do something illegal ? Hold the front page.

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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago

Not all that North of North London

Maybe it was illegal to camp there because of the risk of a wild boar attack?

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

si nous vous attrapons, nous vous infligerons une amende simples....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This one is all over the news"

It was all over the news yesterday about wild campers in the UK, spoiling designated ancient monument sites.. unfortunately they can't be caught because there is no way of policing the areas .. so good on the French

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I thought this post would be intense but it's just boring ;-p

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

sacré bleu

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At least they didn’t kick it to death like that poor Cornish seagull.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

"I thought this post would be intense but it's just boring ;-p "
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I see what you did there.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Doing illegal things is against the law everywhere Tom

I think you spotted the dead give away word..

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"At least they didn’t kick it to death like that poor Cornish seagull."

I wouldn't want to go up against a wild boar. Or even one that's slightly miffed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I thought this post would be intense but it's just boring ;-p .

I see what you did there.

It's a dirty job but someone had to do it.

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

"The French are up to their old tricks"?

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

I thought the French would have filleted the boar and braised in a nice cognac with juniper berries and pinch of tarragon?

This isn’t the French I know…

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By *eachcplCouple
over a year ago

blackpool/preston/normandy france

"Fining people for breaking the law? I thought I'd heard it all, but I'd put nothing past those frogleg-eating bastards.

Hope he doesn't work in diplomacy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I thought the French would have filleted the boar and braised in a nice cognac with juniper berries and pinch of tarragon?

This isn’t the French I know…"

Mmmm sounds lush

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""The French are up to their old tricks"?

You know, having revolutions, chopping the heads off royalty, fineing wild campers.

I'm pretty sure the wild camping bit is one of the main points in the Code Napoleon, especially if the campers are "Le English".

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes wild camping is illegal in France. Plenty of campsites, rest stops provided. Some even free.

There is also a little known law that any parked car has to be moved every few days or it can be treated as abandoned.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

If wild camping is illegal then what did the revolution achieve..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bastille Day

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By *amish SMan
over a year ago

Eastleigh

"I thought the French would have filleted the boar and braised in a nice cognac with juniper berries and pinch of tarragon?

This isn’t the French I know…"

And turned the rest into air cured wild boar sausage, yum, yum.

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"If wild camping is illegal then what did the revolution achieve..

It got rid of the aristocracy.

Why would it lead to legalising wild camping?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don’t do the climb, if you can’t do the time!

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

Didn’t Duran Duran do a song about Wild Boars?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Doing illegal things is against the law everywhere Tom

*Only illegal if you get caught!"

Not getting caught doesn't make it legal!!

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Well these buggers got caught up a tree with a wild boar waiting below.. they got a hefty fine for some reason

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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago

North Norfolk

"At least they didn’t kick it to death like that poor Cornish seagull.

I wouldn't want to go up against a wild boar. Or even one that's slightly miffed

Only with at least a .308, and from a reasonable distance!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well these buggers got caught up a tree with a wild boar waiting below.. they got a hefty fine for some reason "

BECAUSE THEY BROKE FRENCH LAW.

Being British in France does not excuse lawbreaking, despite what a sense of English exceptionalism they might have.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's illegal here too.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

We have the right to roam but glad there are no wild boar in Essex.. they are aggressive beasts with no place in a civilised society

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We have the right to roam but glad there are no wild boar in Essex.. they are aggressive beasts with no place in a civilised society "

We have the right to roam but the recent trespass laws have made "wild camping" illegal in most parts of England.

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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago

North Norfolk

"We have the right to roam but glad there are no wild boar in Essex.. they are aggressive beasts with no place in a civilised society "

Yet again, you're talking out of your ar*e Tom!

There are (were) 131 known of in Braintree, and 36 I believe in Tendring.

I can agree that they can be aggressive, but a lot of wildlife can be when threatened.

Are you advocating the extinction of all wildlife??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We have the right to roam but glad there are no wild boar in Essex.. they are aggressive beasts with no place in a civilised society "

Your laws have damn all to do with France.

Ditch the xenophobia.

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