hi Ruby,

Not picked  title yet, I quite liked 2 of the suggestions:

"Pip Pip Hurray"...But that feels like more of a statement than a title and the other potential is "Chocolate Pip Cookie"

I haven't seen Ultimo...maybe he has melted...I have gotten through 5 litres of water today and I'm still feeling dry

Yeah...we're in the 90's and melting

I do but often enough. There are 3 pools in town...though one is closed cos someone stole the water.

I live by the sea....the cold irish sea.....

Someone stole the water?

-- Edited by Sparky at 14:23, 2006-07-18

I think I get it. The water between Pip and us?

Sparky wrote:

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Someone stole the water? -- Edited by Sparky at 14:23, 2006-07-18

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Taken from BlackpoolToday.com:

 

Pupils are left high and dry by 'burglar'
SCHOOLCHILDREN will have swimming lessons on dry land after the mysterious disappearance of thousands of gallons of water from a local baths.
Police were today investigating how more than 110,000 gallons of water was drained from the two pools at Moor Park Swimming Baths, Bristol Avenue, Bispham, over the weekend.
And the schoolchildren who were due to have lessons in the pools this week will be taught about water safety from their seats in the classroom instead of taking a dip.
As revealed in the later editions of yesterday's Gazette, police and security staff were called to Moor Park baths just before 1am on Sunday when an automatic alarm went off.
The officers searched the perimeter but, unable to find any sign of a break-in or the reason behind the alarm being set off, left after securing the area.
It was only when staff arrived for work later that morning the empty pools were found.
Police have discovered the valves under the pools had been opened and left to drain the water out while the pumps around the side have been damaged after being left on all night.
The building is now a crime scene and police forensic experts spent yesterday piecing together how those responsible got in.
Only a handful of people have been allowed inside and although the arduous task of refilling the pools has now begun, the doors will remain shut to swimmers until next week.
A Blackpool Council spokeswoman confirmed: "Unfortunately both pools will be shut all week because we need to fill them at a controlled rate, heat the water to the right temperature and check the pumps for any damage that may have been caused by them being left on all night.
"School swimming lessons have been cancelled for this week with pupils taking water safety lessons in the classroom instead, while courses will be extended by one week to take in the cancellation.
Burglary
"We're very disappointed this has happened and clearly the matter will be investigated by ourselves and the police.
Sgt Brian Stanley, of Blackpool Police, said: "Technically this is classed as a burglary and we will be investigating fully.
"Scenes of crime officers have been in the building since Sunday looking for fingerprints and other evidence that will lead us to those responsible."

it was aliens.... yup, aliens...

This was about a couple of weeks ago, they couldn't re open as quickly as they liked because apparently they found that some of the valves had been damaged...

Sounds like an inside job to me...perhaps....

If it wasn't so annoying it would be amusing...what a waste though...

It's a nice swimming pool. It's not far from where I worked and I sometimes tried to pop inafter work and before school pick up time ...

Absolutely, I couldn't agree more

Bumpin for Ultimo again!