River Seine unfit for swimming one month from Paris Olympics, tests show ( www.rfi.fr ) Englisch

Snapz , vor 4 Tagen

Well, if the world keeps electing far right nut job leaders, things like this will all likely improve, yes.... Yes?

Luvs2Spuj , vor 4 Tagen

Is this a concern for the Olympics, or the environment (with a spotlight brought on it due to the Olympics)? Hopefully something is done to correct this for the long term.

JaN0h4ck , vor 4 Tagen

It's because of the historical sewage system, which will still occiassionally bleed sewage into the River Seine.
Hoog made a great video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S26CHpcD2zk

Luvs2Spuj , vor 4 Tagen

I understand that part.

anzo Mod , vor 4 Tagen

Let's have a contaminated river for years and just clean it for the event. What could wo grong? /s

alcoholicorn , vor 4 Tagen

Do they have a backup river? Or can they just go up stream past where the poo is discharged?

phdepressed , vor 4 Tagen

They don't have a backup.

teft , vor 5 Tagen

I guess you'd have to be insane to swim in it.

Contravariant , vor 4 Tagen

Almost makes you wonder if that's what the elections are for.

z00s , vor 4 Tagen

They have elections to decide who's going to shit in the Seine?

Contravariant , vor 4 Tagen

No that's all of Paris, that part is fixed.

The president promised to swim in it though, and a bad election result might just give him an excuse to 'step back'.

towerful , vor 4 Tagen

Fantastic pun

shasta , vor 4 Tagen

Would be better if it was actually pronounced that way. It sounds more like Sin.

bjoern_tantau , vor 4 Tagen

No it doesn't.

shasta , vor 4 Tagen

It does in French

loaExMachina , vor 4 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 4 Tagen)

It's pronounced [sϵn]
The ϵ sound exists in English, like the "ea" in " death" or the first "e" in "letter".

yuri , vor 4 Tagen

So just send without the d?

loaExMachina , vor 4 Tagen

Yes !

shasta , vor 4 Tagen

sin, sen, close enough. my point was that it does not sound like "sane" which is what the joke implied and is wrong.

bjoern_tantau , vor 4 Tagen

No it doesn't.