July 9, 2009


bad manners in the sun

But urinating in the water was voted the most annoying violation of beach or pool etiquette, with 16 percent calling it the worst breach.

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11 Responses to “bad manners in the sun”

  1. Andrew Simone on July 9th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    When my family owned a pool, my father used to tell the kids that he put a special chemical in the water that would turn the water purple. We never seemed to have unexplained warm spots.

  2. Aaron Winslow on July 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    Is it cool if I pee next to the pool?

  3. Michael Smith on July 9th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    My sister used to have a sign that read, “Welcome to our ool! Please note there is no ‘P’ let’s keep it that way.”

  4. Michael Smith on July 9th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    I also recall a time when my little brother was about 5 or 6. We were at the lake and he ran up to my mom, “I have to pee!” My mom looked around leaned in, “just pee in the lake.”

    In seconds we were sorrounded by the sound of horrified onlookers as my brother stood at the waters edge, swim trunks around his ankles and peed into the lake.

  5. Kathy Hilen-Smith on July 9th, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    That’s cute Michael!

  6. Sheila Ryan on July 9th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    I remember when my ex- and his friend drifted over into that shoreline section of Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota where the kidlets swam.

    The friend’s wife looked at me knowingly and said. “They’re going in the pee-water.”

  7. Dave Vogt on July 9th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    yeah, pool-peeing is right out. As far as beaches go, eh. You almost have to expect it. When a friend objects to joining me in the lake with the line “but fish pee in that water” my standard reply is “that’s the least of your worries.”

  8. Sheila Ryan on July 9th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Oh, yeah, Dave, I agree. What gives me the heebie-jeebies is the thought that fish may rub against me!

  9. Dave Vogt on July 9th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    Don’t worry Sheila, there aren’t any candiru in upstate New York.

  10. Sheila Ryan on July 9th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Damn, Dave. I count my blessings. I am neither eel-shaped nor translucent. Life is sweet.

  11. KG on July 10th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    Dimitri Martin had a joke something along the lines of “There’s a big difference between peeing in the pool and peeing into the pool”

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