Comments on: Our HOA is hilarious

By: MasterSid

MasterSid — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:23:58 +0000

The “no cut-offs” rule isn’t from people being prudish. It’s because many old-school pool pumps didn’t have shut-off valves for when things got stuck in the exchange…which on occasion meant women’s long hair or long stringy clothes (ie. cut-offs) getting sucked in and ending in a drowning. So, it used to be that girls had to also wear bathing-caps. Modern pools don’t have that problem as long as they’re up to code, but that old rule still lives on.

By: T.J.

T.J. — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:48:46 +0000

First time I’ve ever seen a pool rule that disallowed sun tan oil.. most of the others are ridiculous too..

By: Billifer

Billifer — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:25:51 +0000

ROFL That last one makes me think you live in Arizona with all the retirees. Oh, wait… ;-)

By: Darth Sidious

Darth Sidious — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:44:37 +0000

I *HATE* HOAs. They’re usually run by someone who feels it gives them a sense of power and purpose in their life. So of course, there’s nothing much else to do other than to exert that power.

We have HOA constantly hounding on us for one of our tenants kids leaving his bicycle on the apt porch.

Good lord…

By: sean

sean — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:33:24 +0000

DOOKIE!!!

By: james

james — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:25:45 +0000

“Wow.. That last one is outrageous. ”

I’m with Jim on that one. Ditch all the others; just make sure there’s no leakage.

By: Jim Priest

Jim Priest — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:36:23 +0000

I’m thinking the last one is THE most important one… I don’t want any Caddyshack action going on when I’m in the pool!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:06:01 +0000

Wow.. That last one is outrageous. If I had to read rules like those before getting into a pool, I probably wouldn’t be in the mood for swimming any more.

By: LolaLB

LolaLB — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:25:04 +0000

Geesh . . .

By: Ben Nadel

Ben Nadel — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:54:16 +0000

Ha ha, no cuttoffs. That reminds me of the Daily Show segment Steve Carrel did one time about short-shorts. He ended the segment saying:

“When it comes to How short is too short for short-shorts… I say, Not short enough”