Furious Frenchmen are threatening to turn the Seine into a sewer this Sunday in a bizarre protest against the eye-watering costs of Olympic preparations.
The movement, cheekily dubbed #JeChieDansLaSeineLe23Juin (I’ll poo in the Seine on June 23), has gained traction after Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo boasted she’d take a dip to prove the river’s cleanliness.
Hidalgo, however, has now back-pedalled on her pledge, conveniently citing the hastily-called French elections as reason to postpone her plunge.
A staggering £1.2 billion has been poured into purifying the Seine for Olympic swimmers and triathletes, as the river prepares to host key events during the Games.
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With just five weeks until the Games, recent tests revealed alarming levels of two types of faecal bacteria, including E.coli, falling short of Olympic standards.
Sorta crazy to think about. Unfortunately some of those people have been prepping for 4 years or more and it might be their only chance to be in the Olympics. They’re in a bad spot.
Lol thought you were going to say “…prepping for four years and it might be their only chance to shit in the Seine”
Lul, they could always just go there on vacation to shit in it.
I’m booking flights as we speak
That’s expensive. Do you think if I shit in a box and address it to the river, the postman will dump it in for me?
Postman: Ce n’est pas grand-chose, mais c’est un travail honnête