March 11, 2013
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Swimming in the Dirty Pond
I had a friend that talked about swimming in this pond.
I think the pond is gross and dirty. I can’t imagine swimming in it.Would you swim in that pond?
I had a friend that talked about swimming in this pond.
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That looks like a choleric cesspool of fun!
I have skinny dipped in similar ponds, but they don’t look so filthy at night.
I have swam in ponds like that before. I don’t see any chemicals floating on the top in a rainbow swirl. I don’t see anything but regular old dirt. No big deal if that’s all you got. I’m so glad I now have a crystal clear river to go swimming in though.
Never!!!
I love pond swimming but I’ll pass on that one
Nope!
Not a chance in hell.
remember I’m a retired nurse and I wouldn’t want anyone to swim in that stagnent water. You can have water go up into your sinus area and really make you sick or even cause death here in Texas.
That looks more like a giant puddle, the kind that accumulates in farmer’s fields after a torrential rain.
I wouldn’t. I’m always afraid of getting that brain-eating bacteria that can be present in ponds and lakes.
it depends on where the picture was taken. where I live, the red dirt makes it improbable to find a clear river, pond, or lake. Like @mtngirlsouth - said it just looks like dirt. If I was that paranoid about the algae or other microbes growing in it, I’d buy a water testing kit.
no
I think snakes live there. No.
Depends on how it felt once I put a foot in. I can’t stand the feeling of really fine and slimy sediment, or lots of underwater plant growth.
Not for fun.
Think of all the communicable diseases lurking in that dirty, promiscuous pond.
@SlickRick297 - “I have skinny dipped in similar ponds, but they don’t look so filthy at night.”
FDR swam in such a pond. That was one of the last times he used his legs.
No
That depends. Is it a Republican pond, or a Democratic pond?
I prefer clear water and the sweet scent of chlorine.
Nope. There could be flesh eating bacteria in the pond.
ponds = mosquitoes = west nile
Yeah that is quite murkey for a pond, I probably wouldn’t go in that, if it was a lake of that murkiness I probably would.
If it was hot enough, or I was drunk enough haha
No way!!!!
I would cannonball into that pond and displace all of the water. Problem solved.
Hm, that does look quite gross. I have, however, on a dare jumped into the duck pond at the university. I promptly got a cold the next day. It was probably a bad idea, but I still felt pretty rad anyway
@Celestial_Teapot - Whoops! I’ll stick to breaking into peoples’ pools then.,Thanks for that info.
Cows poop in ponds like that.
No, I don’t even like going in the sea on holiday, even though the water is nice.
I wouldn’t put my big toe in that shitty pond!
i guess it depends where it is and what most likely is living in it. could be full of big ole snapping turtles. so no, i would not swim in it.–karen
That looks like Ebola city out there!
Looks like a farmer’s cattle tank in TX. If I didn’t see any water moccasins, I’d prob’ly go for a dip if the day was hot enough.
If I were a youngster and that pond was in the neighborhood I’m pretty sure I would have – probably not today though.
HELL NO!!!
As long as there was a shower to clean off what was in there, why not?
That looks like somthing scary movies start out of. No way.
No, probably not. If you can’t see through the water, a swamp thing could come up and grab you!
Seriously, that is my genuine fear.
I was raised n the northwest. Our ponds rivers and the sound are all crystal clear. Our mud puddles are cleaner than that pond. That thing looks like the cow manure pond at the dairy
When we were kids we did not even think about how brown our ponds were!!!! We just knew it was 100 degrees out side and we wanted to jump in!!!!
I’ve been swimming in many lakes before but never a pond quite that small. I probably wouldn’t now but as a kid I would have said, “heck yeah!”
Only if I wanted to commit suicide.
When I lived in Georgia, we used to go swimming in something that looked similar to that. It is just cloudy from all the sediments floating around in it.
Now that I live in Minnesota, all we have are ponds and lakes to swim in. I am more of an ocean kind of gal myself. The kelp grows so long in a pond. I hate when I swim in a deep spot and feel the kelp drag across my stomach. Ick (・_・;)
i do swim in ponds but not dirty ones
No…not even if some dared me to do it for some serious cash.
no…not even if someone dared me to do it for a lot of money.
Its water and dirt…looks fun
Hell no, would I ever touch that filth. I don’t even go in the ocean anymore, and barely get wet in a swimming pool.
Never.
by your words you have made believe an entire community that this beautiful pond is dirty..that is prejudice….shame on those who can’t think for themselves….
I remember being with Mr. Gill from years ago, a friend of my Dad’s. He had a private lake that me and his kids swam in cause he owned the land, and – well, it was really kinna dirty in there and had a scum on top.
The water was green and brown and warm like a hot bath from the sun beating down on it earlier and it was summertime and it was pure mud where you stepped. It squished down to your ankles with every step, and where the water was shallow at the shore, you could mash your foot down and make the most disgusting splurping noises when it burbled around your bare toes.
There were no sharp stones or really anything in there except mud.
And I was 14-years old at the time so I thought it was awesome stinky fun. I remember yelling back to Dad that it was super keen like a giant toilet we were all swimming in.
He was not so happy with this description, he never went in. But after several hours of me and Mr. Gill’s kids, he had two of them, a boy and girl my age -
We swam in that lake till evening and were laughing our heads off at how gross and nasty it was as Dad and Mr. Gill played cards and drank beer on the shore. We finally came in and bathed off in hot showers he had in his lake-house to try and get the mud and smell off and Dad still had me sit on the towels in the back seat on the way home and he had me take 2-more baths when I got home.
When I think about it now – there were no fish or really any life at all in that lake we came across – maybe that tells me how bad off it really was.
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There’s a possibility, just depends on my mood.
I’ve swam in worse.
What a bunch of Purell packing pussies…
CANNONBALL!!!
Texas water is safe, no matter what.
For Money!
Probably not.
Nah…