Are the French really that dirty & stupid?

MichaelT

MichaelT

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Currently on a French site and sitting watching a French couple in a PVC empty their cassette at the CDP, they wash out using the supplied hose. Then they proceed to drive their van over to the CDP and use the same hose to fill their fresh water tank even though there is a MH service area on site.
 
MichaelT said:
Currently on a French site and sitting watching a French couple in a PVC empty their cassette at the CDP, they wash out using the supplied hose. Then they proceed to drive their van over to the CDP and use the same hose to fill their fresh water tank even though there is a MH service area on site.
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Nothing to do with being ‘French’. If in a panel van they will be usually younger and less experienced, not fully aware of the accepted etiquette.

On the huge and fascinating subject of the stuff that some consider normal, while others find utterly disgusting, are you aware that the majority of the population of the rest of the world think of Europeans as being ‘utterly disgusting’ because we use toilet paper and don’t clean ourselves properly after visiting the loo?
 
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dawsey said:
Nothing to do with being ‘French’. If in a panel van they will be usually younger and less experienced, not fully aware of the accepted etiquette.
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No they were not young but mid 50 to 60

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seasideBill said:
Not good, but arrangements at too many sites make it almost inevitable that good hygiene is not observed.
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The CDP is next to toilet block thete is a sign I French and English saying its for rinsing cassette only, fresh water available elsewhere plus a dedicated MH service point to use.
 
MichaelT said:
Currently on a French site and sitting watching a French couple in a PVC empty their cassette at the CDP, they wash out using the supplied hose. Then they proceed to drive their van over to the CDP and use the same hose to fill their fresh water tank even though there is a MH service area on site.
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Errrrr ... I beg your pardon? You certainly know that dirtiness and stupidity can apply to ANY people .... I've met quite a few in England too!
That said, people can be dirty without being stupid, ..... And..... Vice versa!! :whistle2:
 
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dawsey said:
Nothing to do with being ‘French’. If in a panel van they will be usually younger and less experienced, not fully aware of the accepted etiquette.

On the huge and fascinating subject of the stuff that some consider normal, while others find utterly disgusting, are you aware that the majority of the population of the rest of the world think of Europeans as being ‘utterly disgusting’ because we use toilet paper and don’t clean ourselves properly after taking a dump?
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Wasn't it the French who invented the Bidet.
The "rest of the world" are just as ignorant as, well, the rest of the world.

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dawsey said:
Nothing to do with being ‘French’. If in a panel van they will be usually younger and less experienced, not fully aware of the accepted etiquette.

On the huge and fascinating subject of the stuff that some consider normal, while others find utterly disgusting, are you aware that the majority of the population of the rest of the world think of Europeans as being ‘utterly disgusting’ because we use toilet paper and don’t clean ourselves properly after taking a dump?
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Point well made. Get yourself a 'bum gun' great piece of kit. Son a long time resident in Saigon fitted ours on a recent visit home. As he said if you had a bit of bird poo hit your face you wouldn't just wipe it off with a dry tissue! :giggle:
 
dash300 said:
Point well made. Get yourself a 'bum gun' great piece of kit. Son a long time resident in Saigon fitted ours on a recent visit home. As he said if you had a bit of bird poo hit your face you wouldn't just wipe it off with a dry tissue! :giggle:
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In theory they look great, but in practice I need a change of clothes after attempting to use one! Must be my technique, but I like the idea.

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Mr porky said:
I remember watching a jogger wrap his lips around the cassette tap at Zaragoza, the harm was done before I could warn him.
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You could have shouted!!! Now the next poor b*gger to clean his cassette will unwittingly be using a hose that has been inside another human's mouth. YUK. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

Geoff
 
dash300 said:
Point well made. Get yourself a 'bum gun' great piece of kit. Son a long time resident in Saigon fitted ours on a recent visit home. As he said if you had a bit of bird poo hit your face you wouldn't just wipe it off with a dry tissue! :giggle:
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There’s one in our camper. Haven’t used toilet paper for a year :)
 
donkey said:
You could have shouted!!! Now the next poor b*gger to clean his cassette will unwittingly be using a hose that has been inside another human's mouth. YUK. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

Geoff
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We’ve seen local kids take a drink direct from the WC rinse tap at aires many times.
 
seasideBill said:
In theory they look great, but in practice I need a change of clothes after attempting to use one! Must be my technique, but I like the idea.
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You just need practise. It’s technique and hot water that makes the difference. I put them in my rented house after a year in Asia 20 years ago, but even I stopped using them as the water was too cold - had to connect to the cold water pipe. I should have put in a thermostatic mixer.

That’s not a problem with a campers bathroom though - just have to be careful with the mixer when the Truma is set to 60C !
 
Actually , any MoHomer having the toilet in the bathroom can have a wash after number 2! The shower is usually a hose you can move around so you should be able to wash your bum over the toilet bowl using it as a bidet . That way you also have enough water in to avoid flushing. Never done differently since I have mine.
....Happy lunch time! ..... :whistle2: ;):makeup::makeup:
 
Charlie57 said:
Wasn't it the French who invented the Bidet.
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And invented the idea of installing a bidet as a chemical waste dump on a campsite. I always thought they look a bit strange, a sort of outdoors porcelain loo :)
 
yodeli said:
Actually , any MoHomer having the toilet in the bathroom can have a wash after number 2! The shower is usually a hose you can move around so you should be able to wash your bum over the toilet bowl using it as a bidet . That way you also have enough water in to avoid flushing. Never done differently since I have mine.
....Happy lunch time! ..... :whistle2: ;):makeup::makeup:
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Absolutely spot on. For those who haven’t tried it’s very liberating - those billions of asians that do this by default can’t all be wrong!

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We one went on holiday with some friends and I was mortified that she had used her bidet in her room as a 'drinks chiller'
Bottles subermerged in the water n all
I know many will think this to be OK and you won't die (possibly) but for my OCD of dirt n germs, it sent it in to oblivion
Each to their own though
 
Elsie2010 said:
she had used her bidet in her room
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May be, just may be, she didn't use it for its purpose since .....she din't find it useful for her, except to chill bottles in. After a good wash and some chlorine in spray in it, it's probably cleaner than anyone hands (except Nannies' ones which are constantly in water) We can also speak of cookers... when you are in a restaurant... Have you checked if he/she had a rince after having been to the toilet? Well.... sorry if for now on you'll be wondering each time you go out for a meal....
 
yodeli said:
May be, just may be, she didn't use it for its purpose since .....she din't find it useful for her, except to chill bottles in. After a good wash and some chlorine in spray in it, it's probably cleaner than anyone hands (except Nannies' ones which are constantly in water) We can also speak of cookers... when you are in a restaurant... Have you checked if he/she had a rince after having been to the toilet? Well.... sorry if for now on you'll be wondering each time you go out for a meal....
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This is going to be one hell of a diet for me then! 🫣🤢😆

It wasn't the cleanest of hotels either, don't think they'd have of heard of cleaning products...the curtains had a wonderful decor a splattered blood up them. Beautiful it wasn't, but still a good hol in northern Spain
 
dash300 said:
Point well made. Get yourself a 'bum gun' great piece of kit. Son a long time resident in Saigon fitted ours on a recent visit home. As he said if you had a bit of bird poo hit your face you wouldn't just wipe it off with a dry tissue! :giggle:
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Or a poor man's version ... A water pisstol! 😆

Those who want a bit more excitement could get one of the blaster high powered ones! :LOL:
 

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