My dad once told me that water reservoirs were paddling pool in the sky , I used to shout out paddling pool when I saw one
A childhood belief about swimming pools

others believed things like this
- When I was little, my dad told me that if you pee in the pool the water will turn purpleAnon
- I believed that the Kreepy Crawlie used to clean our pool, would follow me around the pool and eat me. — Mother-of-2
- I used to believe that your tap water came from the swimmimg pool.— Mimi
- I used to think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming poolAnon
- My big brother told me that if you peed in the pool, it would turn purple and chase you.— Elizabeth
- my aunt told us there was a special chemical in the pool that would turn red if we peed in it.Anon