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I was too English to swim anywhere in the Mairie De Paris... hygiene was a real important factor - compulsory swim caps etc, which I did not anticipate needing thanks to the UK system.
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I'd settle for people at least paying lip service to the idea of washing their crevices out before getting in the pool. To do that properly you're going to have to get nekkid... like they do in Sweden.
UK, lots of dry people getting in the pool, clagnuts, ball sweat, smeg, fanny batter and everything in between all just biding its time to flood into your panting open mouth... a veritable arsehole bisque.
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I would swim more if pools in Britain weren't so fucking disgustingly dirty.
One of the few things I admired about Sweden was the cleanliness of the leisure facilities-these people don't swim about in a soup of old plasters, hair, sanitary towels and piss... it made you happy to take your shoes off at the leisure centre entrance and pad about in your socks when the changing rooms and poolside wasn't grimey with mud and shite. And you can use the whole leisure centre for about a fiver off peak or seven quid after 5.
Pool hygiene in the UK is grim, that's why participation rates are declining.