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    lilad: isn't urine sanitary...? more »
    SharonTaint: I will never understand the appeal of public pools. Reminds me of a line from "Little Britain:" "If you'd like to get a wart, visit one of our many ... more »
    Liz11685: Seriously: 17% of people pee in swimming pools and 83% lie. Everyone has done it at least once and I'm guessing most still do. There is nothing gross... more »
    MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治: OK, so when I was little I had to take swimming lessons at the YMCA and one day I was treading water and decided I needed to pee, so I did. As I was ... more »
    momentsofabsurdity: I don't pee in the shower. I will jump out, sit on the toilet soaking wet, pee, then get back in. I've never peed in the ocean and MAYBE in a public s... more »
    chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish: My Dad has a derisive Navy expression that I first heard him use to describe the senior George Bush: "He's the kind of guy who gets out of the shower ... more »
    haguenite: Aaaaand this was a postsecret today! Okay, so it's a lake, but clearly this person is not a toilet-only type. more »
    bluebears: One time (many many years ago) a bunch of my cousins and I were swimming one cousin said she had to pee and got out, then just stood next to the pool,... more »
    Devonna: AKA yet another reason you should never drink the water in Lake of the Ozarks. more »
    Devonna: I haven't peed in a pool, but definitely in the lake. My grandparents' lake home had 120 gravel topped steps from the dock to the cabin. NO FUCKING ... more »
    Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: I can´t pee outdoors, in any context. Just can´t. This makes the life of the drunken college student a little more difficult. more »
    TildeMarks: I live in a part of the country where being in the pool is pretty much mandatory for much of the year. People pee in them...that much is understood. I... more »
    MissyMcCLung: meh - chlorine is a pretty good disinfectant. more »
    Dodgergirl: But what of the "fake-drowning so you'll receive mouth to mouth from the cute lifeguard" epidemic? Or was that just a problem for Squints Palledorous? more »
    keldo: Our neighbors had a sign near their pool: Welcome to our "ool" - Notice there's no "P" in it. Ha-ha. We all peed in that pool. more »
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    For 17% Of Americans, The Public Pool Is A Urination Station

    Back in my lifeguarding days, I started every season with a message to our pool patrons: "We don't swim in your toilet, please don't pee in our pool." Turns out 17% of Americans didn't listen. Gross! More »