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Yeah, you can pretend that it was some other Sim who took away the ladder or boarded up the door, but it's just nowhere near as satisfying. Exploding doormats, now, that would be fun.

I could never figure out why the hell they couldn't get out of the pool without the ladder, anyway, especially when it was a matter of life and death. Of course, in the Sims 2, they can get all out of shape and flabby now, but still.