Clevedon Pool had to close when the solitary purpose of a nappy – to hold any solid or liquid waste – failed to perform its function.
Some of the water (ONLY SOME?!) had to be drained and replaced and the pool closed for a number of hours.
We got upset about this but then remembered that if we are swimming in public pools, most of it is piss anyway, right?

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