We were told that if we peed in the pool you would get a red ring around your waste. Many frantic rushes to get out of the pool before it was too late.
A childhood belief about weeing and pooing
others believed things like this
- 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
- 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 think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming poolAnon
- When I was little, my dad told me that if you pee in the pool the water will turn purpleAnon
- If you pee in a pool, the pee disappearsAnon