Swimming pool forced to release poster to tell blokes not to blow-dry their scrotums
Staff at Sundhollin pool in Iceland were forced to take action after someone wrote a complaint to a local newspaper
A SWIMMING pool in Iceland has been forced to release a poster to tell blokes not to use communal hairdryers to dry their nether regions.
Staff at the popular Sundhollin pool, in Reykjavik put up the signs around the facilities to remind male swimmers that blow-dryers are not for their pubes.
They were forced to take action after a disgruntled patron took to a local newspaper called Fréttatíminn to write a letter of complaint entitled "This is not a scrotum dryer".
According to , Haraldur Jónasson slammed the mis-use of blow-dryers describing it as "inconsiderate and offensive behaviour".
After the letter was published, bosses at Sundhollin decided to issue the new pool rule to its users.
The laminated poster features an elderly gentleman with one leg up blow-drying his privates with a large X over his naked body.
It states: "Don‘t dry your ball sack or your butt with the communal hair dryer in the swimming pool or the gym.
"Bald older gentlemen with hairy torsos must either bring their own blow-dryers or just buy a more absorbent towel."
But this strange behaviour is nothing new.
Someone posted a asking: “Old men who blow dry your balls in gym locker rooms, why do you do it?”
It received hundreds of replies from men who gave bizarre excuses from avoiding “dampness” to “stickiness” and “friction”.
The poster has become a viral hit on social media with many finding it hilarious.
Twitter user Glen Ma wrote: "Ugggh, I hate it when guys use the hand dryers in the gym locker room to dry their scrotum."
Sundhollin, which is the oldest public baths in Iceland, were designed by the architect Guojon Samuelsson and opened in 1937.
The building's exterior is a minimalist white that is almost Art Deco in style with tall narrow rectangular windows.
The main pool is 25 metres long by 10 metres wide and the pool runs from 0.9 to 4 metres.
There are also hot tubs and the Church of Hallgrimur, most striking landmarks, can be seen from the sun deck.