Do The French Have A Slang Phrase Equivalent To Our, 'it Fell Off The Back Of A Lorry'?

[sandyRoe]

Might these wheels(of cheese) eventually be sold with that description?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11979486/Four-tonne-cheese-heist-leaves-French-police-stumped.html

[Jackdaw33]

C'est fauché (not quite the same effect)

[Jackdaw33]

Nice pun though

All that was left in the dairy was de brie

[wolf63]

It looks like a solid chunk of rubber.

It is amazing what some people will steal.

[wolf63]

No idea what happened in my post above, I would blame one of the cats but one is stuffing his face and Princess Merlin doesn't 'do' mornings.

[douglas9401]

Pssst. Wanna buy some camionbert?

[wolf63]

How long will it take you to get to Perth Duggie?

[Jackdaw33]

Very clever

[jomifl]

We had a local foie gras heist a coupe of years ago. Farmer and staff held at gunpoint whilst the entire stock of foie gras was nicked. Its not as if you could hide it until the fuss died down. The area was crawling with police for a couple of days. They didn't quite do a door to door enquiry with photos of the missing livers.

[Retrochic]

c'est des trucs tombaient

trucs translating as 'stuff' not 'truck' nearest translation -its fallen stuff

[aelmpvw]

they'll probably get clouseau on the case

[-Talbot-]

Maybe it wasn't stolen. Some of these activists are madder than cheese ... maybe they just wanted to set the Fromage free?

[TWR]

I could tell you a tale or two Wolf.

[jourdain2]

Jackdaw - that's an awful pun :o) The folks I knew used just to say 'Trouve' (acute accent on the e) with a knowing look.

[1ozzy]

Bet the insurance company will be wheely cheesed off.