What Is It With The French And Dogs ...

[sunny-dave]

... or to be more specific dogsh!t.

I'm having a very pleasant couple of days in Nice for a family birthday ... it's a very interesting place - but any attempt to walk the streets looking up at the interesting architecture is doomed to end in a pile of dog crap on the sole.

We're not talking 'little poodles in the gutter' but bloody great labradors in the middle of the pavement. It really is everywhere and I've seen nothing as bad anywhere (certainly not in the UK) for a very long time.

There appear to be laws - but not a shred of evidence that anyone gives a stuff about them. It's like a step back into the dark ages (or possibly a brown period).

Rant over - I'm off for some Moules Frites and a verre or three of vin rouge ... whilst walking very carefully.

[emmie]

nice to know somewhere else is in the s hit.

[tonyav]

Hope you wiped your feet before you got in the car dave !.

[Peter Pedant]

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I remember Nice

it is after all so much nicer in Nice


but I dont remember the dog poo

[Psybbo]

In France lucky you but complaining watch you step :-)

[snags]

Écoutez et répétez: les merdes de chien sur le trottoir.

[emmie]

i remember seeing every other person carrying, walking a dog, these tiny little creatures that look like they belonged on a woman's dressing table.

[tonyav]

Yes em, they resemble a rat on a string imo.

[sunny-dave]

Eurostar & TGV Tony - car would be a liability ...

[emmie]

trying to cross the Champs Elysée, nightmare..

[tonyav]

Yes I get the picture dave, no road rules in france.

[DTCwordfan]

do they poo on the other side of the street to our dogs?

[sunny-dave]

Was alarmed to be offered Guinness at 12€ ... for much less than a pint. Fortunately the Campari Soda was only 4€ and of a strength to fell a yellow elephant :-)

[FredPuli43]

There are certainly more turds on the trottoir in Nice, Antibes, Cannes and other towns in the Alpes Maritimes than there are on British pavements. Even the locals complain. The answer has been typically French. Rather than reeducate the dog owners or have draconian laws which are rigidly enforced, the towns have invested in little ride-on machines, designed to clear turds off the pavements. Paris also has these machines

[gness]

Bur Guinness is so worth it! Enjoy...x

[tonyav]

Good job you didn't take gness with you dave that could have seriously damaged the old wallet dept.

[emmie]

even i wouldn't pay that....

[excelsior-1]

a scooper-car .. really?

[emmie]

jesus, that's just over 10 quid...

[tonyav]

Makes London prices look cheat don't you think em ?.

[tonyav]

Cheat, I mean cheap.