France and Speedos?

[cjd]

Slip de bain this one used to crack me up when I was living over there. You could wear swimming shots ala Daniel Craig but the 'Bermuda' style super baggy shorts were a non non.

Logic being you might wear your baggy swim shorts as normal shorts to the pool. If you do they could get dirty. No man is going to wander around town wearing his budgie smugglers, so when you go swimming, they will be clean. Helps to keep the pool clean.

Is the correct answer.

I understand it is ok in the UK as your summer only lasts every third Wednesday afternoon in July. However, over here it is common to sunshine on several days consecutively and long shorts ( I only have little legs,so they come down to my ankles ) does attract dust....( called mud in the rainy UK ).

Lots of people living here have their own pool so is not an issue....neither is at the beach.

 

[el punal]

Maybe the French like looking at cock in speedos?

Le Coq Sportif, non?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Funnily enough the chance to don this magnificent item of swimwear was the very reason that i chose to go to France

I wear Speedos most of the time. Practical and they look good. Trunks are good as well. Board shorts just look plain daft imho. I pop on my aviators, add a canvas tote (and depending on how much running I've been doing suck my stomach in) to complete the look.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I wear Speedos most of the time. Practical and they look good. .

Just as well you work from home, innit.

 

[symyjym]

What is their obsession with the budgie smugglers? I would look like Andy or Daffyd if I wore those...do the French really want this on their conscience?

What you need is a pair of Slowdoughs.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

I'm currently cowering in the shade on a beach in Sicily; I'd say there's about a 50/50 split between normal, socially adept gentlemen, and overt sexual deviants.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Just as well you work from home, innit.

 

[black & white seagull]

A regular poster on this board and his friend once wore women's pants in order to be able to swim in a pool in France. They were acceptable. Swimming shorts were not.

 

[Surf's Up]

I wear Speedos most of the time. Practical and they look good. Trunks are good as well. Board shorts just look plain daft imho. I pop on my aviators, add a canvas tote (and depending on how much running I've been doing suck my stomach in) to complete the look.

Which is all well and good, but holding your stomach in for a whole day

 

[Conelli98]

Is the correct answer.

I understand it is ok in the UK as your summer only lasts every third Wednesday afternoon in July. However, over here it is common to sunshine on several days consecutively and long shorts ( I only have little legs,so they come down to my ankles ) does attract dust....( called mud in the rainy UK ).

Lots of people living here have their own pool so is not an issue....neither is at the beach.

Ahhhh...you may be able to solve my problem then. I'm bald as a coot up top, so if I promise not to go anywhere near a beach with sand in said beach shorts and shave off all my pubes, you will let me use your pool! Thanks xxx

 

[Gwylan]

It's not just long baggy shorts that are a no-no. I wore a pair of trunk-sized shorts (ie covered by groin area but not the legs) and was told that they were unacceptable. I have a pair of budgie smugglers that are solely for France now.

Some French pools insist you wear a cap too. It's hard to go swimming there

 

[indy3050]

Currently sat on a French campsite bog, shorts not a problem here.

 

[Mackenzie]

I wear Speedos most of the time. Practical and they look good. Trunks are good as well. Board shorts just look plain daft imho. I pop on my aviators, add a canvas tote (and depending on how much running I've been doing suck my stomach in) to complete the look.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Lose the hair and that's no too far off...although my nose is a bit bigger.

 

[Paris]

Had to wear swimming caps in Italy...shorts ok

Went swimming at a pool on the Seine the other week. Was wearing the speedos and cap, otherwise i'd have been in trouble with the life-guard. Will this agony every end?

 

[cjd]

Ahhhh...you may be able to solve my problem then. I'm bald as a coot up top, so if I promise not to go anywhere near a beach with sand in said beach shorts and shave off all my pubes, you will let me use your pool! Thanks xxx

You are more than welcome to use my pool.

It is only 3 feet in diameter and has a slow puncture. However, I have carried out full Health and Safety Risk Assessment and never have it deeper than 3 inches of water.

 

[marlowe]

Lose the hair and that's no too far off...

Which hair, chest or head?

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Why has no one owned up for having a pee in the pool

 

[Conelli98]

You are more than welcome to use my pool.

It is only 3 feet in diameter and has a slow puncture. However, I have carried out full Health and Safety Risk Assessment and never have it deeper than 3 inches of water.

Merci !

 

[spongy]

In my experience the only people who don't like wearing speedo's are those who are self conscious of the size of their penis and those who actually have a small penis.

All depends in which boat you sit really.