Comments on: Michael Phelps and pool hygiene

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By: gpc31

gpc31 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:19:04 +0000

Never, not once. But anybody who spends hours upon hours in the pool, like Phelps, gets a pass from me.

By: Southpaw

Southpaw — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:53:26 +0000

Beverly you’re welcome in my pool anytime. But for the rest of you jokers….the neo-neocon Texas pool party bash is officially cancelled. 🙁

By: beverly

beverly — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:47:40 +0000

People, people, people!

You make me thank God, once again, that I was a country club kid. NO ONE peed in the pool.

GROSS.

Never mind the chemistry: do you want to drink someone else’s piss? Gag!

Never peed in the pool. Never peed in the shower: had a boyfriend who lived in a house with the band, and they all did: and the shower stank of it. GROSS.

But I did finally learn to pee in the ocean, thanks to going to the beach in NYC and being so far from the (incredibly nasty) public jakes that even this fastidious WASP couldn’t hack it. (Yes, honey, you do tweak your suit to one side, and try not to think of Miss Manners!)

By: IGotBupkis -- "Faecies Evenio", Mr. Holder?

IGotBupkis -- "Faecies Evenio", Mr. Holder? — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:18:54 +0000

>>> But I will close by noting that there’s a potent motivation for peeing in the pool: it’s cold to get out, and taking off that wet bathing suit and trying to shoehorn yourself back into it is remarkably arduous. Prob. this is less so for guys... I confess, I've never considered the issue, but can't women just pull the crotch part aside? If it works for impulse sex it seems like it ought to work for peeing. Also: >>> A lot of people are more upset about the idea of others peeing in the pool than about the actual science of it. Indeed. This is the real crux of it. There was an episode of Seinfeld where George goes nuts over someone peeing in the shower. And: >>> I assume freshwater fish pee too. No one seems to mind swimming in and imbibing water with fish pee. along with: >>> Not only do fish pee in the water they mate in it. LOL, this is actually a classic W.C. Fields comment -- "I don't drink water, fish fornicate in it." No, I don't think he ever actually said it in a film. :-D This is the closest I can get you. More directly OT: Unless one is abnormally sick (VERY sick, as in "Why aren't you in the hospital?" sick), urine is sterile. The ammonia content of urine is just as hostile to bacteria as the chorine is. There ARE, hence, no "germs" in the urine itself. In a pinch, in the field, peeing on your hands is a fairly decent way to sanitize your hands, lacking a more standard means. So the only concern with regards to peeing in the pool is really much more to do with the neutralizing the chlorine, and, as fmt notes, the quantity of this done by a full bladder, even in something the size of an above-ground pool, would be very nominal.

By: Southpaw

Southpaw — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:03:25 +0000

Ok – I swam competitively for 10 years and didn’t pee in the pool. Never have. Why? Because when you’re busting your butt in workouts, you can’t help swallowing water. A lot of it. And if you watch every swimmer after a race, he’s spitting water out- it’s almost a reflex to do that. Don’t know why, but you do it without thinking. Maybe I should rethink my admiration for these knuckleheads.

By: daisy

daisy — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:34:10 +0000

Not only do fish pee in the water they mate in it. We survive that so what’s a little urine in a big tank of chrlorine and water?

By: Hangtown Bob

Hangtown Bob — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:28:41 +0000

Fresh chlorine (sodium hypochlorite), in a well-adjusted and chemically balanced pool, has no (or very little) oder. What people think of as a chlorine smell is actually chloramines, a byproduct of the reaction of the free chlorine with various organic compounds in the water, including pee. Thus, a pool witha strong chlorine smell is actually a pool with a lot of pee (and other things) in it.

By: waltj

waltj — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:09:09 +0000

From a couple of years ago, I remember Vanderleun’s “Urine Luck” photo of a Chinese swimming pool packed beyond capacity with little kids and their parents. It’s likely there was more pee than plain water in that pool.