Posted on 08/04/2016 5:02:48 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
A West Philadelphia neighborhood has lost its block party privileges, and others around the city will have to find an alternate form of aquatic entertainment after the Philadelphia Department of Licenses & Inspections came down with a firm – if obvious – edict:
Residents are not allowed to tap into fire hydrants to turn dumpsters into swimming pools.
"We are not screwing around, Philly," the Department of Licenses & Inspections wrote, listing several reasons why "you shouldn’t swim in a receptacle most often used for waste."
City officials said they were obliged to make that declaration after several residents in multiple neighborhoods across the city sought permission to turn trash bins into makeshift pool parties.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Party Poopers.
“you shouldn’t swim in a receptacle most often used for waste.”
No kidding?
Doesn’t that describe all of Philadelphia?
Pro tip:
Trashbags are not improvised flotation devices.
I have to wonder about the IQs of those who would even consider a dumpster as some sort of aquatic playground.
They’re just trying to duplicate the Olympics experience.
I was wondering how they kept the water in the dumpster as dumpsters are not water tight. Now I see they used one of the bus plastic tarps as a liner.
Trash for trash.
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I thought that’s what our Olympic athletes were doing in Brazil?
Did they have fire hoses? Otherwise, how you gonna get fireplug water into a dumpster? In buckets????
Business opportunity: buy used dumpsters, weld ‘em up tight, clean and powder-coat ‘em, then rent porta-pools.
You'll see most every kind of gal and guy, including a private eye.
Good questions. Are there fire plug-to-garden hose adapters available at Ace Hardware?
I had a neighbor that did that tarp liner trick to fill the back of his El Camino with water. Blew out his air shocks.
2 dudes in a dumpster with inflatable animals - typical Hillary voters, for sure!
And then if somebody gets drunk and drowns in a dumpster, the city would no doubt get sued.
Idiots.
Man-o-man
I could have saved big bucks on a pool.
IMO a new, galvanized livestock watering tank would make a much better pool/tub. Even has a drain plug.
I think the use of dumpsters for swimming pools is quite innovative. The city officials were quite innovative thinking of reasons to stomp their feet down on them.
It looks like the entire block is partaking in the swimming dumpster.
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