When I was a 7-8yr old kid, back in West Virginia, we’d go to the local Walgreen’s and but Tootsie rolls, small and large, and take them with us to he public pool, wrapped in our towels.
We’d each take a handfull and let them float around the public pool, causing a massive exodus of everyone but us. We’d be pitching them around at anyone who didn’t get out, and soon the pool’d be cleared.
It only worked once or twice, as the lifeguards caught on, quickly. LOL; good ol’ days.
You were the one that made a joke. I was the lifeguard that had to clear the pool, comfort the swim team, re-schedule everything, skim and vacuum the pool, re-test the pH levels, backwash, drain, re-fill, chlorinate, replace diatomaceous earth, check pressures, do paperwork, and apologize to everyone, including competitive swimmers, who lost their one day at the pool. Some wept. Congratulations: you were one of the “cool kids.”