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Sign reads: "WARNING: POOL HAS CHEMICAL THAT
REACTS
TO SOME PEOPLE'S URINE TO TURN IT PURPLE AND STAIN
BATHING SUIT. IF ACCIDENT OCCURES, LEAVE POOL
IMMEDIATELY AND WASH SUIT WITH BLEACH."
Works along the same lines as the "stick your hand in a
box
lie detector." In other words, it doesn't.
(or does it?)
Simply psychological warfare against nefarious pool pee-
ers.
Yea, Bobby just got away with unloading a yellow cloud
but is your chemistry different as the sign suggests? It's
probably b.s., but do you want to test this by walking in
front of everybody with a big purple stain in your crotch?
Sure you can bleach it out as the sign suggests, you did
remember to bring bleach to the pool today didn't you?
That's ok, just take it home and show it to mom to wash
out.
So here's your choice: Get out of the pool and use the
bathroom or risk everybody saying: "Hey! That kid's got
weird pee and a purple pee stained crotch! Let's
all laugh and point!"
You might be 90% sure it's a lie, but is 90% enough to risk
it?
Or say these are in the pool
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru
[doctorremulac3, Jul 14 2010]
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Uh, isn't this idea a long-standing and well-known urban
myth? Aside from the various posts here, a google for "pee
purple pool" produces a long list of results. |
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Uh, I'm adding the "some people's urine" part. |
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The old tale is everyone's urine turns purple which
is
easily
tested and debunked. This says only certain
people's
chemistry provides reactive urine, so the guy next
to you might have gotten away with it but that
doesn't mean you will. |
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Plus, this stuff stains your suit. |
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I'll clarify in the title post. |
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Maybe the pool should be filled with pee in the first place, instead of water. That would save a lot of hassle. |
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Most public pools are currently 93.27% pee. |
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I can vouch for this figure because I just made it up. |
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//I can vouch for this figure because I just made it up.// |
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//93.27%// It must be correct -- look how many significant
figures it's got! |
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What you need is the help of some babies whose
mothers are willing to stain their children's suits
strategically. |
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Gotta agree with [21_Quest]. On the other hand, maybe it
would teach inductive reasoning to toddlers. More swimming
fun for the future scientists, while the others wasted time
in the WC. |
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Why not have two sections? |
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A peeers and a non-peeers pool. |
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There could be a third jury pool of once peeers. |
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You'd need to vet people's choice of swimwear to bar anyone in anything with a purple crotch. It would be too easy to get round this system just by wearing a swimsuit which was already purple. |
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Well, if I were someone really out to beat this I'd
just do my
test sans suit, or partially sans suit anyway. I don't
think I need to paint a picture. I know that the
group of kids I grew up with would be obsessed
with peeing in that pool somehow or another even
if they didn't need to go. We'd go and drink a lot
of water. |
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The sign would be taken as a challenge. |
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Now what would definately work is saying there
are candirus in the water, but at that point
nobody would be going in anyway. |
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