

How
to Spot a Pool Junkie?
He has DPD
stains on his fingers.
She slips
a tri-chlor tablet into the water before using the hotel spa.
He has a
white BullFrog nose and a red V below the neck.
He sings
in the shower, wearing his Voits, Squale mask and dangling snorkel.
She makes
her kid wear a life ring in the bathtub.
He wears
a Speedo as underwear.
She has a
PPOA bumper sticker on her car and one by the welcome sign at
the front door.
On his desk
he has an AFO or CPO certificate in front of his kids' photos.
He has only
Pool and Spa News and the AFO Manual in the rack
by the toilet.
Her idea
of a vacation is seeing how they treat the pool water in Cancun,
Mexico.
His favorite
pick-up line goes something like "Have you ever seen a pump
room?"
Her favorite
answer is "I'd love to help you backwash."
She brings
her test kit to the kids' neighborhood pool party.
He has the
pool controller's data access set as #1 on his phone's autodial.
The pool-water
controller has his cell phone as the first alarm callout.
He takes
his cell phone to bed.
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