# What's the nastiest thing you could find in a ball pool? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698 "2014-03-02T21:15:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![compositejoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/compositejoe/32/7232_2.png) [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/21 "2014-03-03T00:59:25Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > Used pad or tampon. > > Dirty needle. > > Ball pits gross me out. Who knows what’s under there? Maybe a cut off penis? :eek:😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/22 "2014-03-03T04:06:40Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > The discarded remains of a child’s innocence. > > Or poop. Ex Chuck-E-Cheese employees are regulars on Reddit. And yes, there’s pee and poop in there. ---
**Author:** ![compositejoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/compositejoe/32/7232_2.png) [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/23 "2014-03-04T23:15:19Z")
My childhood has been a big dirty lie. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/24 "2014-03-05T06:47:06Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > If it was still attached to your best friend, that might not be nasty at all, therefore, I suggest: > > Your best friend’s head, three months after they buried his headless body. Three months after they buried his HEADED body. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/25 "2014-03-05T19:41:32Z")
According to China Mieville (in his short story _The Ball Room_), a dead child. Who still wants to play… ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/26 "2014-03-05T19:45:48Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > A used condom, surely. With both poop and spooge on it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/27 "2014-03-05T19:53:23Z")
1/4 inch of congealed blood. ---
**Author:** ![compositejoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/compositejoe/32/7232_2.png) [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/28 "2014-03-05T21:18:51Z")
> [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](#): > > According to China Mieville (in his short story _The Ball Room_), a dead child. Who still wants to play… I do! 🆒😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peaton\_of\_peat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@Peaton\_of\_peat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peaton_of_peat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/29 "2014-03-05T21:24:41Z")
> [@Inna\_Minnit](#): > > Spooge. That would be pretty nasty. Let’s rewind a little bit: the sound of heavy breathing and some rhythmic grunting. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/30 "2014-03-05T21:57:16Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > Ball pits gross me out. Who knows what’s under there? Then [make your own,](http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/02/27/ballpit-phase-ii/) so you can keep the riff-raff out. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698/31 "2014-03-06T00:22:06Z")
Used to work at a place with a ball pit! Worst thing we found was a used sopping wet diaper. (Not poop thank Og) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-nastiest-thing-you-could-find-in-a-ball-pool/682698.md?page=1)