Julie Anne Exter (UK)

For a lazy child, it was the ultimate pool hack. No need to stop playing and get out! Sure, it was a little gross, but pools have chlorine, and chlorine sterilizes pretty much everything, right? It really seemed like a victimless crime. It was also the kind of crime that everyone committed in secret. You didn't want to be called out for it -- ultimate shame. But still, if there was any possibility of getting away with it, you were gonna do it. Or, at least, I was gonna do it.

Karamay people swim at the standard pool of the expanded Karamay Swimming Pool, one of the best swimming pools in northwest China. [Photo/Agencies]