# Really Cool Pools **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602 "2008-02-29T04:07:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/1 "2008-02-29T04:07:21Z")
See [here](http://www.oobject.com/category/really-cool-pools/). And they are, too. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/2 "2008-02-29T04:30:34Z")
I want one! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/3 "2008-02-29T04:32:32Z")
I want Angkor Wat! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/4 "2008-02-29T05:09:33Z")
I like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOUCG3qckU) pool. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Labelless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Labelless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labelless)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/5 "2008-02-29T11:44:53Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] I like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOUCG3qckU) pool. šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] Thats great! I want one! ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/6 "2008-02-29T19:03:10Z")
Do the pools have to be manmade? If not, I vote for [Devilā€™s Pool](http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2008/02/swimming-at-edge-of-victoria-falls.html)! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/7 "2008-02-29T19:30:55Z")
[QUOTE=Tikki] Do the pools have to be manmade? If not, I vote for [Devilā€™s Pool](http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2008/02/swimming-at-edge-of-victoria-falls.html)! [/QUOTE] Yikes. I got dizzy just looking at the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/8 "2008-02-29T19:37:25Z")
[This](http://www.poolandspa.com/page6010.htm) one is perfect. So is [this](http://www.poolandspa.com/page6042.htm) one. Iā€™d also settle for [this](http://www.poolandspa.com/page6003.htm). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/9 "2008-02-29T20:36:09Z")
I love these, too, but I pity the guy who has to tend this: [http://www.poolandspa.com/page6042.htm](http://www.poolandspa.com/page6042.htm) How does he get the lawnmower over? On a raft? What about the clippings? Heā€™s gotta truck them over without dropping them in the pool. Not to mention the hedge trimming and the like. Iā€™ll take a barren island, myself, if I gotta look after it. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/10 "2008-02-29T20:43:42Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Iā€™ll take a barren island, myself, if I gotta look after it. [/QUOTE] Viewing my brotherā€™s yard with my uncle who hadnā€™t visited in 5 years, we talked about how many fewer trees there wereā€“especially in the vicinity of the pool. While the stated motivation for tree removal has generally been ā€œto get more sunshine in the pool, so maybe the water will get warm enough to swim inā€, one has to suspect that reducing the amount of leaves which must be fished out of the pool has been a factorā€“or at least a benefit. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/11 "2008-02-29T20:46:35Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] How does he get the lawnmower over? On a raft? [/QUOTE] Excellent question. My guess is that there is some sort of removable bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-pools/439602/12 "2008-03-02T20:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] [This](http://www.poolandspa.com/page6010.htm) one is perfect. [/QUOTE] I think that I been at that exact pool. It looks like a pool at a show home I saw in La Quinta about a year ago.