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Drunk tourists arrested for posing nude in front of Arc de Triomphe
AFP ^ | 6-16-2005

Posted on 06/16/2005 8:04:33 PM PDT by kingattax

PARIS (AFP) - Two US tourists have been arrested in Paris for drunkenly undressing and posing naked in front of the Arc de Triomphe.

The men, aged 20 and 24 but not identified, stripped off late Wednesday to stand in front of the famous monument while their friends took photos, police said Thursday.

Spotted by a police patrol, the pair were ordered dressed and hauled off to explain their actions before being released



TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: arcdetriomphe; drunk; nakedtourists; tourism

1 posted on 06/16/2005 8:04:33 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax

All the Freeperettes will be along in a minute asking for pics.


2 posted on 06/16/2005 8:06:51 PM PDT by umgud (Comment removed by poster before moderator could get to it)
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To: kingattax

As much as I have gripes with the French government, that seems like a reasonable thing for them to do.


3 posted on 06/16/2005 8:06:55 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: umgud
How come the ladies never get into the act of posing nude in front of landmarks?  
4 posted on 06/16/2005 8:08:19 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: kingattax

Hey, I left Paris yesterday. All I did in front of the Arc Triomphe was knock over some muslims on the way to the Etoile Charles De Gaulle Metro stop.


5 posted on 06/16/2005 8:10:12 PM PDT by Clemenza (Frylock is my Homeboy)
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To: softwarecreator
How come the ladies never get into the act of posing nude in front of landmarks?

Because if they did, the "gentlemen" in Congress might start declaring themselves official landmarks? :-)

6 posted on 06/16/2005 8:11:07 PM PDT by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

ah, good one!


7 posted on 06/16/2005 8:11:56 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: Bluegrass Conservative
And that would solve the problem right quick!

It could have been alot worse...They could have been peeing on it.

8 posted on 06/16/2005 8:13:01 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs ("Se habla, MoFo!")
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To: kingattax

I've always wanted to do that for some inexplicable reason.


9 posted on 06/16/2005 8:17:15 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
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To: kingattax

PICTURES!!!

I just wanna see if I know them.


;-)


10 posted on 06/16/2005 8:23:33 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of FReepers...)
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To: Dashing Dasher

Or if you'd like to! ;-)


11 posted on 06/16/2005 8:30:53 PM PDT by CO Gal (Liberals should be seen, but not heard..)
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To: CO Gal

I just hope they're Americans....

We've got to keep up our "Cochon American" image up!


;-)


12 posted on 06/16/2005 8:34:43 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of FReepers...)
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To: Dashing Dasher

Hey, I thought it was the provincial Americans were so sexually repressed, not the so sophisticated Francais...



Apparently it isn't that way.....


13 posted on 06/16/2005 8:44:00 PM PDT by Donald Meaker (i)
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To: Donald Meaker

I'm picturing drunken rugby players streaking through l'arc.

And you are correct - I remember nude sunbathers on the banks of Lake Geneva at lunch time - what's a little nude picture taking in front of a national monument between "amis"?


14 posted on 06/16/2005 8:46:56 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of FReepers...)
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To: softwarecreator
How come the ladies never get into the act of posing nude in front of landmarks?

er, there are websites (or so I'm told)

15 posted on 06/16/2005 9:05:50 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (A wowser, lacking any of the greater virtues, makes up that lack by denunciation of little vices)
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To: Oztrich Boy
I wouldn't know anything about that.  {{Looking innocent, with halo on}}
16 posted on 06/16/2005 9:12:31 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: kingattax
Spotted by a police patrol, the pair were ordered dressed and hauled off to explain their actions before being released.

What's there to explain at that point?
17 posted on 06/17/2005 8:54:29 AM PDT by Welsh Rabbit
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To: kingattax; Berosus; blam; dervish; Do not dub me shapka broham; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; ..

I dunno. Maybe they were all set to urinate on the national symbol of French imperialism. Why aren't we all headed to the airport right now?


18 posted on 06/22/2005 10:41:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
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