Quebec sex shop fined $500 for English-only sex toy - Polidicks

[url]http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/04/26/Sex-toy-store-fined-over-package-language/UPI-41161272309893/[/url] [release]MONTREAL, April 26 (UPI) -- A Montreal sex toy store was fined $499 by a Quebec court for selling a product -- Sleeve Super Stretch -- with English only on its packaging. The Quebec Board of the French Language told the Quebec Court judge it had unsuccessfully attempted for six years to get Distribution Percour Inc., the owners of Boutique Seduction, to stick French language labels on boxes for the Sleeve Super Stretch, described as a sex toy accessory worn by men, The Montreal Gazette reported Monday. Judge Gilles Michaud rejected Distribution Percour's argument that the product was exempt from Quebec's law on the language of commerce and trade. He said the issue had to do with safety. "We must protect those who benefit from warnings and need to understand them," Michaud wrote in his ruling. "What the defendant is really complaining about is the cost of producing packaging that conforms to the charter." The store was given six months to pay the $499 fine. [/release] Those cops are dicks.

whiny french

"Le Dildo" :v: It's not the store's fault if the product comes with english instructions... :/

Who in Montreal does not speak English? Honestly.

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21584226]Who in Montreal does not speak English? Honestly.[/QUOTE] 80% of Frenchies are asshats, from my personal experience.

The Quebecois are really, really pedantic like this. Funnily enough, I doubt French-only instructions on a similar product would raise a ruckus from English-speakers like these whiny bastards do.

Sometimes I wonder, who the fuck reports shit like this.

And this is why the world hates the French.

They seem like illogical regulations, but they're viewed as necessary for preserving the French culture of Quebec. Quebec is vastly more successful, on a cultural level, than the rest of Canada, so they're doing something right.

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21584129]Those cops are dicks.[/QUOTE] uh, no cops were involved.

"[i]Whai are zes dildos wrapped in an box wiz out any Franch on zem? I zhall complain to ze government, HON HON HON![/i]"

[QUOTE=Tanner;21592330]They seem like illogical regulations, but they're viewed as necessary for preserving the French culture of Quebec. Quebec is vastly more successful, on a cultural level, than the rest of Canada, so they're doing something right.[/QUOTE] I was going to disagree with you there, but then I remembered artistic masterpiece [i]J'ai Tué Ma Mére[/i] [img]http://www.cinecritic.biz/es/images/stories/afiches-estrenos/afiches-julio09/j-ai-tue-ma-mere.jpg[/img] and I tried to think of a recent English speaking Canadian film to compare it to and all I came up with was [img]http://www.toonarific.com/pics_root//00003077/romie0andjulie8logo.jpg[/img] :geno:

It's the language police guys. They have police in Quebec that check to make sure everything comes in French. Kind of gay but they just want to preserve french culture.

[QUOTE=Tanner;21592330]Quebec is vastly more successful, on a cultural level, than the rest of Canada, so they're doing something right.[/QUOTE] Non post très mauvaise [editline]03:31PM[/editline] le ban

[QUOTE=Zeke129;21593038]Non post très mauvaise [editline]03:31PM[/editline] le ban[/QUOTE] mon dieu

i was imagining a vibrating queen elizabeth i was wrong

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21584232]80% of Frenchies are asshats, from my personal experience.[/QUOTE] That may be so, but 80% of them are asshats who also speak english.

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21593422]That may be so, but 80% of them are asshats who also speak english.[/QUOTE] 80% of them are asshats who speak English but drive like they're drunk.

[img]http://www.bedroompleasures.co.uk/sex-toys/images/super_stretch_sleeve_med.jpg[/img] hatin' on the french

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21593422]That may be so, but 80% of them are asshats who also speak english.[/QUOTE] sup

um... why would a dildo need instructions? Can't you figure this out?

[QUOTE=Splurgy;21592984][QUOTE=Tanner;21592330]They seem like illogical regulations, but they're viewed as necessary for preserving the French culture of Quebec. Quebec is vastly more successful, on a cultural level, than the rest of Canada, so they're doing something right.[/QUOTE] I was going to disagree with you there, but then I remembered artistic masterpiece [i]J'ai Tué Ma Mére[/i] [img]http://www.cinecritic.biz/es/images/stories/afiches-estrenos/afiches-julio09/j-ai-tue-ma-mere.jpg[/img] and I tried to think of a recent English speaking Canadian film to compare it to and all I came up with was [img]http://www.toonarific.com/pics_root//00003077/romie0andjulie8logo.jpg[/img] :geno:[/QUOTE] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Passchendaele.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Lambeth;21596733][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Passchendaele.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I haven't seen that film and now feel deserving of a flood of boxes

[QUOTE=Nitrowing;21592846]"[I]Whai are zes dildos wrapped in an box wiz out any Franch on zem? I zhall complain to ze government, HON HON HON![/I]"[/QUOTE] made my day.

They should ask whoever filed the complaint why they were in a sex shop in the first place! :v:

This is just Quebec being Quebec. [editline]08:16PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Thrasher1018;21596821]They should ask whoever filed the complaint why they were in a sex shop in the first place! :v:[/QUOTE] Bondage gear to keep their bitch stable in check :colbert:

The French are such language purists. We adopted a fuckload of their words, but every time something new comes around, they make a new French word for it. I say we make up new words for all the French language we imported to English: attorney, bailiff, chancellor, chattel, country, court, crime, defendent, evidence, government, jail, judge, jury, larceny, noble, parliament, plaintiff, plea, prison, revenue, state, tax, verdict abbot, chaplain, chapter, clergy, friar, prayer, preach, priest, religion, sacrament, saint, sermon baron, baroness; count, countess; duke, duchess; marquis, marquess; prince, princess; viscount, viscountess; noble, royal army, artillery, battle, captain, company, corporal, defense, enemy, marine, navy, sergeant, soldier, volunteer beef, boil, broil, butcher, dine, fry, mutton, pork, poultry, roast, salmon, stew, veal art, bracelet, claret, clarinet, dance, diamond, fashion, fur, jewel, oboe, painting, pendant, satin, ruby, sculpture adventure, change, charge, chart, courage, devout, dignity, enamor, feign, fruit, letter, literature, magic, male, female, mirror, pilgrimage, proud, question, regard, special ballet, bouillabaise, cabernet, cachet, chaise longue, champagne, chic, cognac, corsage, faux pas, nom de plume, quiche, rouge, roulet, sachet, salon, saloon, sang froid, savoir faire bastion, brigade, battalion, cavalry, grenade, infantry, pallisade, rebuff, bayonet bigot, chassis, clique, denim, garage, grotesque, jean(s), niche, shock Well shit.

[QUOTE=Splurgy;21593071]mon dieu[/QUOTE] Ve surrender!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tdZkcV8o54[/media] Somehow this feels relevant.

[QUOTE=Cheezy;21597311][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tdZkcV8o54[/media] Somehow this feels relevant.[/QUOTE] I was [I]just[/I] thinking of this. Lol, "Mange mes briefs".