# "Welcome to our 'ool - you'll notice there's no "P" in it" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217 "2017-03-02T17:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/1 "2017-03-02T17:27:31Z")
Lol yes there is. TL;DR: Researchers find large traces of urine in swimming pools. > **[National Post](https://nationalpost.com/category/news/)** > > Read the latest breaking news in Canada and the rest of the world. We bring all of today's top headlines and stories to your fingertips. Okay 'fess up: who here has ever pee’d in a swimming pool? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/2 "2017-03-02T17:37:21Z")
A better question would be who here has \*\*never \*\*peed in a swimming pool? My guess is the only people who have never peed in a pool are people who have never been in a pool. Granted, I’ve never done it as an adult, but when I was a kid or lazy teen… sure. Not in a hot tub or a kiddie pool, though. Not enough room for it to disperse. However, I pee in the Pacific Ocean all the time (that’s where it’ll end up anyway) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/3 "2017-03-02T18:22:11Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > TL;DR: Researchers find large traces of urine in swimming pools. No, they found large traces of urine in _ **Canadian** _ swimming pools. > [@](#): > > In total, the scientific team went to two undisclosed Canadians cities and collected samples from 31 different sites, including hot tubs, diving tanks, hotel pools and public pools — both outdoors and indoors — along with samples of tap water used to fill the pools. Just sayin. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/4 "2017-03-02T18:24:50Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > A better question would be who here has \*\*never \*\*peed in a swimming pool? My guess is the only people who have never peed in a pool are people who have never been in a pool. Granted, I’ve never done it as an adult, but when I was a kid or lazy teen… sure. Not in a hot tub or a kiddie pool, though. Not enough room for it to disperse. > > However, I pee in the Pacific Ocean all the time (that’s where it’ll end up anyway) I’ve been in a pool lots and have never urinated in one unless it was when I was too young to remember going in. In natural bodies of water, all bets are off (although I also would not do so in a natural pool that was part of a park.) ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/5 "2017-03-02T18:28:27Z")
The easiest way to deal with it is to just not care. Not snarking at the OP, it’s a good thread. That’s just my attitude about things many people consider gross, pee, germs, and just about anything else. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/6 "2017-03-02T18:30:15Z")
I don’t pee in the pool where I swim at the local rec center. The lifeguards sit high up in their chairs and I’m in a lane by myself, I am totally afraid of being noticed. I’m sure I’ve peed in other public pools though, when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/7 "2017-03-02T18:44:46Z")
My mother’s posted rule for neighborhood use of our small pool was, “Don’t pee in our pool. We don’t swim in your toilet.” And probably, as a kid. Don’t recall. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/8 "2017-03-02T18:45:10Z")
I took a crap in one when I was a little kid. It was too cold to get out and walk all the way to the bathroom! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/9 "2017-03-02T18:53:25Z")
Yes, especially having to roll your poop in front of you all that way. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/10 "2017-03-02T18:59:48Z")
Wow. I get out of the ocean/sea/river/pool/hot-tub to urinate. Maybe I’m too civilized. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/11 "2017-03-02T19:43:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Wow. > > I get out of the ocean/sea/river/pool/hot-tub to urinate. Maybe I’m too civilized. WASP: Someone who gets out of the shower to pee. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/12 "2017-03-02T19:44:58Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’ve been in a pool lots and have never urinated in one unless it was when I was too young to remember going in. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/13 "2017-03-02T20:27:12Z")
If it’s in your 'ackyard, I won’t wanna B in it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/14 "2017-03-02T20:30:01Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > WASP: Someone who gets out of the shower to pee. OK, I’ll cop to peeing in the shower. Or the sink (I’ve been in bars with one urinal, one toilet, one sink, and a line for each. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/15 "2017-03-02T20:41:31Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > WASP: Someone who gets out of the shower to pee. It’s all pipes! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/16 "2017-03-02T21:11:44Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Yes, especially having to roll your poop in front of you all that way. Perhaps if there had been a sign saying “Welcome to our ‘L’, you’ll notice there’s no poo in it.” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/17 "2017-03-02T21:13:32Z")
“Large traces”? Is that a metric thing? [sub]what a bunch of oxymaroons[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/18 "2017-03-02T21:56:00Z")
Nice study but it left out the important measurement: ACE-K’s presence in the local tap water. ACE-K is the marker they were using and it’s present in urine and ground water and from there tap water used to maintain water levels in the pools. Concentration of ACE-k was on the order of 1 in 5 billion. I’m going to go check back and see if the full study is available. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/19 "2017-03-03T01:12:12Z")
[quote=“kayaker, post:3, topic:781217”] No, they found large traces of urine in _ **Canadian** _ swimming pools. Yup. We’re really not that polite. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217/20 "2017-03-03T01:13:11Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > A better question would be who here has \*\*never \*\*peed in a swimming pool? My guess is the only people who have never peed in a pool are people who have never been in a pool. Granted, I’ve never done it as an adult, but when I was a kid or lazy teen… sure. Not in a hot tub or a kiddie pool, though. Not enough room for it to disperse. > > However, I pee in the Pacific Ocean all the time (that’s where it’ll end up anyway) I have never peed in a swimming pool as an adult or cognizant child. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-our-ool-youll-notice-theres-no-p-in-it/781217.md?page=2)