The Most Inappropriate Place That I Have Ever Used The Bathroom

When I was about 6, my older cousin Tonya had a summer job babysitting at a big, fancy house with a really awesome pool and a curvy waterslide. One afternoon she invited Mom, Grandma Booe, Kristin, and I over to swim. I know that there were other people there too, but I can't remember who it was.

When we got to the house, Tonya showed us around and pointed out the bathroom and said to be sure to dry ourselves off very well before going inside to pee. (I am sure you have a pretty good idea where this is going.)

All day long I went down that slide - I don't remember ever having more fun at a pool as a kid. When it was time to eat lunch, Mom forced me to get out so that I could eat. Of course, I cried and yelled and carried on, making a rather embarassing scene for my mom and Booe-Booe. Sometime during lunch, a comment was made about the fact that I had not been to the bathroom since we had gotten there, except to put on my bathing suit. I swore that I didn't have to go, and I never did. The adults knew better, they saw how much of that pool water I was gulping down, (accidentally), everytime I came up from under water.

Now, being 6 years old, I knew I was not suppossed to pee in a swimming pool. But on the other hand, being 6 years old, I was not going to miss one minuite of playing in this pool! Basically, I pissed all over myself all day long and couldn't have been happier.

Later on in the afternoon, Tonya swam up to me and asked if I knew how to tell that someone had peed in the pool. She went on to tell me that when someone pees in the pool, a yellow ring appears in the water behind them. Of course, I believed her. I knew that she had figures me out, so to keep myself out of trouble I did the only thing that I could think of.

"What does it mean when you see a red circle behind someome?", I asked Tonya as innocently as I could possibly manage.

"Why? Was there a red line behind you?"

"No, but there was one behind Kristin when she got off of the slide!"

That's right, I blamed it on my little sister. I know that everyone there knew that I was peeing in the pool all day long, but I seriously thought back then that I could just blame it on someone else. I don't see Tonya very often anymore now that I have moved away and she has a family of her own, but I think that the next time I see her I will have to ask her what it means when you see a red or yellow ring behind someone when they are swimming!