Swimming Myths
I was reminded of these myths by Petite's recent post about the caca in the eau, and was so struck, as I always am, by the strength of the second one that I have decided it is my public duty to set the world straight.
There is no dye in existence which can indicate the presence of urine in a public swimming pool. There never has been. Really!
Not only that, but you will not die or get stomach cramps or nearly drown if you swim after eating. It's a load of rubbish. It always has been. Yup, that's right, all that time you spent sitting to one side and looking longingly at the sea or the swimming pool... it was wasted time. Food in the stomach of a swimming person does not create cramps.
Why there is no whistle-blowing anti-piss dye.
Why my life was not in danger when I went swimming immediately after lunch yesterday.
And remember, snopes.com is your friend. You can spend happy hours there, happily seeing all your favourite myths elegantly debunked.
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There is no dye in existence which can indicate the presence of urine in a public swimming pool. There never has been. Really!
Not only that, but you will not die or get stomach cramps or nearly drown if you swim after eating. It's a load of rubbish. It always has been. Yup, that's right, all that time you spent sitting to one side and looking longingly at the sea or the swimming pool... it was wasted time. Food in the stomach of a swimming person does not create cramps.
Why there is no whistle-blowing anti-piss dye.
Why my life was not in danger when I went swimming immediately after lunch yesterday.
And remember, snopes.com is your friend. You can spend happy hours there, happily seeing all your favourite myths elegantly debunked.
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Labels: Silly
4 Comments:
I did a poll about 'where do you secretly wee' on urban 75 once. The number of people weeing in pools, showers and the sea was startlingly high. So perhaps that 's why the purple dye tale was invented.
the sea 79 64.23%
the swimming pool 42 34.15%
the garden 47 38.21%
the bath 42 34.15%
the shower 85 69.11%
the sink 51 41.46%
the compost heap 31 25.20%
a bucket 21 17.07%
in the gutter 35 28.46%
up against a wall 63 51.22%
behind a bush 74 60.16%
in my pants 16 13.01%
I must have wasted so many hours of my childhood sitting by a pool after lunch waiting for my food to go down.
Why do parents tell us these things?
i've made it my mission for the last few years to dispel the eating/swimming myth in Portugal (where it's TWO hours!)... it is further confused by the fact that "to go swimming" and "to wash oneself" both translate as "tomar banho"... to take a bath... so you can't even take a bloody shower here if you've just eaten ANYTHING. too stupid for words.
once on my blog I did a big post about not dying and swimming and someone claimed that her best friend had died doing just that. sigh.
Rachel, I'm sure you're right. And what a great poll, LOL!
Debs, I reckon our parents believed it too, the interesting qu is where it started in the first place...
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