# Ze French Taunt Ze English...at sea. With Newslink

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**Created:** [April 6, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ze-french-taunt-ze-english-at-sea-with-newslink/351571 "2006-04-06T13:32:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ze-french-taunt-ze-english-at-sea-with-newslink/351571/1 "2006-04-06T13:32:59Z")

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[http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/articl...29&in\_page\_id=2](http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/articl...29&in_page_id=2)

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> The crew ejected their sewage overboard just as the British sailors pulled alongside in a dinghy in the Channel.
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> Lt Cdr Rex Cox, commanding officer of HMS Severn, said: 'All six men were covered and the smell was nauseating. I don’t think they were very happy at all. But having carried out inspections in all kind of conditions in the past, they weren’t going to be put off by this.

I can only quote—

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> ## French Soldier: I don’t want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
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> Sir Galahad: Is there someone else up there we could talk to?  
> French Soldier: No, now go away before I taunt you a second time.

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**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ze-french-taunt-ze-english-at-sea-with-newslink/351571/2 "2006-04-06T13:51:30Z")

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Payback for Trafalgar? Bloody _donkey bottom biters_.

BTW the link is busted, care to post some context?

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ze-french-taunt-ze-english-at-sea-with-newslink/351571/3 "2006-04-06T13:58:36Z")

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> [@Small Clanger](#):
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> Payback for Trafalgar? Bloody _donkey bottom biters_.
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> BTW the link is busted, care to post some context?

Try these–

> **[News](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/)**
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> Read the latest Scottish news covering Glasgow and Edinburgh. Scotland news, UK and world news. Covering all the latest headlines and full reports

> **[THE STENCH CONNECTION](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/the-stench-connection-619219)**
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> FRENCH fishermen dumped raw sewage on six Royal Navy sailors about to inspect their vessel.