Just saw this. The site wasn't loading earlier today so I googled the site to see if it'd make a difference, and this post came up on google results. Otherwise I'd have never seen this despite being a regular reader. OMG what a funny story. I think you wrote it well, and that's what made it really funny. I'm glad the penguin thing was a hoax, cos sounds like you used tap water, which is usually chlorinated, to fill the pool.