Back in my day, trampolines didn't come with walls. You just flew off the side, or got your legs jammed between the springs. Bah! Kids today!
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Yup, my mom bought one for my brother and I. Just a rectangle with exposed springs. No pads, no walls or nets.
We never did get hurt, but man, we could do that double-jump timing thing and send each other ridiculously high.
I haven't broken many bones, but every bone I've broken broke during an unplanned trampoline dismount.
I haven't broken many bones, but every bone I've broken wasn't one of mine.
Call this guy an ambulance. Just to hover his surrondings.
We were rowdy kids.
I think this every time I see a trampoline with the walls and stuff.
Getting double bounced by an older siblings and launched into the stratosphere is truly terrifying.
how do you write with a trampoline?
If you think about it, blow up dolls and bouncy castles serve the same purpose:
- they provide you about 5 minutes of fun
- but your kids would stay in them indefinitely
the key difference though, is the format of the kids you put into each.
Wait till you hear about ball pits and bounce houses
And playpens. That one literally has pen in the name
I like to think of it as rage in the cage, like wrestlemania but for kids
Fight! Fight! Fight!
I was a child before ball pits were really a thing. I do have very young toddlers now though. Ive heard that theyre super duper unhygienic? Makes sense I guess.
For germs, a ball pit is like rolling around on a bathroom floor.
You need to tie the opening shut if you plan to leave them unattended, though. Even then, they can get out, the slippery little bastards.
This reminded me that when I was a kid, my best friend had a privacy flip lock on the outside of his bedroom door. I remember asking about it, but I don't remember what he said. I'm guessing they locked him in his room when he was sent to his room for being bad.
When I was in grade school there was a girl in a wheelchair that would make the circuit of school assemblies warning of the evils of trampolines. Never touched one to this day.
For kids? 🤨
Trampolines are for every fit adult and child.