I have a vision of him going around in a big circle, what with having one arm - but it could be that he has a centrally-mounted arm, perhaps e.g. coming out of his back, like a shark's fin (the article doesn't say).

....is?

Surely said Frenchman must have been using the backstroke going to wrong way. Were the chips covered in garlic and cheese like most other food in France, also beer - they only know how to drink wine I thought

Paris because she likes going the wrong way with a back-stroke

What do you call an man with no legs and no arms swimming the Channel....

Clever DIck!!

I'd love to make a comment about silly french accents and all, but I'm a little too impressed by the thought of a one armed man coming that close to crossing. I have two arms and can't swim more than 1/2 a kilo. Someone buy that man an ale.

Once again the channel saves us from this wannabe Canutes!

So did he get off the beach then?

typical French Success then...

(ah the good old google Im feeling lucky trick)

With only one arm, doesn't he swim in circles?

Yes yes, I'll get my coat...

"For me it's a great success and not a failure."

I successfully didnt swim the channel too - can I have my medal?

Would the French immigration authorities allow him back in? Presumably he is not much of a threat. He seems mostly armless anyway.

Already on my way out.

"Mostly armless."

One-eyed milkman arrested for filming himself driving at 150kph on a drugs run...

At least he brought along a friend to give him a hand.

...just as well all that beer didn't leave him legless

He would just swim around in circles anyway?

Sorry.

No wonder he had trouble, he was just going in circles!

I kid, I kid...

Yup, he was standing on the beach, and we told him the Germans were coming... Next thing we knew he was in the water and swimming round in circles!

I think he should give himself a big round of applause.

Oh !

..... is a cheeky little f**ker.

My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in.

calculating the circumference of the circles he swam in!.

Mine's the one with the pinned up sleeve.

Chips and beer?

Bootnote to a bootnote... nice one.

This guy has more balls than all the tosssers who knock him here Gary

Less arms though...

"And the IT angle is?"

It's a story about a one-armed Frenchman who has narrowly failed to swim the English channel. I can't think of a more IT-relevant story. What more IT angle do you need?

Since he is French, he will have swum "La Manche", or more precisely not swum "La Manche". That man has "les grandes couilles!"

Can any of you pisstakers swim for 14½ hours in cold water with one arm tied behind your back? Nah, didn't think so. Yer a bunch of overweight mouse pushers. And yes, I'm an overweight mouse pusher too! :)

This page doesn't seem to lack "wannabe Canutes", if you drop a couple of letters. (And he was actually also called Cnut and even Knut.)

Geeks wouldn't know a joke if it slapped them in the face. I've never read such a stream of utter drivel. There's a reason you're not all comedians you know.

Just how close was he to making it across? Was he an arms length away from success?

*i'll get my coat*