Pee in the pool

Here are a few thoughts on what might be happening at the twenty something pools.

1. There are hundreds in the pool. If you leave to go to the bathroom, you might lose your spot in the pool. This could also include not being able to order another drink while in the pool.

2. There are long lines at the restrooms and the bathroom floors are completely wet (God only knows if it is water, toilet water, or urine)

3. They know no better and don't care if you just go ahead and relieve yourself. Hopefully the chlorine neutralizes it. Just be sure to not go completely under water.

A couple of thoughts:

Don't they recycle the water every so often and remove any "impurities"?

No ones ever pee'd in the tub before, or the shower?

Both Les and Bear have drank their own pee, although both stated only if you have to and recycle only once.

Beer and 20 somethings mean stay there until the beer runs out and have others get more for you.

Women are far more likely to get out of the pool and go to the bathroom than boys.

I did it when I was younger. In fact when I saw someone get out the pool to go pee in the bathroom I thought it was kinda weird.

In the shower yes but I've never peed in the bathtub.

I've lost count of the number of times I've taken a leak in a pool. Nothing wrong with a few cups of urine in a pool filled with thousands of gallons of water.

Now if you encounter an FR (accidental or otherwise), run like hell. Especially if it's of the Houdini variety!

This story has all the hallmarks of irresponsible journalism.

LVA didn't do any reporting here. Instead, it cites to a story at Fox5, a local Vegas TV station.

Fox5 also didn't do any reporting. Instead, it cites to a story published by something called The Daily.

The Daily didn't cite to any public health reports. Instead, it hired two labs and tested a number of pools. Those labs found evidence of urine.

How is that news? Are there people walking this earth who haven't long realized that weirdos still pee in public pools? Seriously, it's like reporting that hot dogs have a little lip and anus in them.

According to the story in The Daily, none of the pools violated the standards of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. The authority recommends pools not exceed a "total dissolved solids" level of 1,500 parts per million. They all passed!

It looks to me like The Daily decided to make a story that Vegas' pools are very dirty, hired two labs to test the water, found out that the water met standards, yet went ahead and published a story saying that Vegas' pools are very dirty.

And LVA then reported it as if it was true.

A little pee in the pool never hurt anyone besides chlorine kills just about anything.

Personally I don't care to swim in someone else's body eliminations- no matter what Chilcoot or the labs say. Moral of "my" story- swim at your own risk.

It is not safe to drink the water either

I just hope you have never been in lake Erie's waters.