Comments on: BFtP — The Merry-Go-Round

By: playground polly

playground polly — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:21:42 +0000

ours was a wagon wheel too
held on the outside and ran around
there was a groove worn into the ground
big heavy kids did the pushing
and
when it was really cooking they jumped on

pushing from the inside?
only psychos did that!

serious major life threatening injuries could result from pushing from within
as opposed to the major injuries that could result form riding or pushing from without

no one around our way did the inside push
we must have been cowards

By: Rosidah Abidin

Rosidah Abidin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:51:54 +0000

Ah, the merry-go-around. So joyful, but dangerous. Some kids here ended up with broken arms. Your last sentence made me want to read a story of your roller skate days. Have a wonderful week, Quilly. Rosidah Abidin’s last blog post..Friday Shoot Out: The Letter M

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:05:52 +0000

JD — most of my physics lessons have been “hands-on” so to speak!

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:04:53 +0000

Just wait until I tell you about my bike!

By: Thom

Thom — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:40:51 +0000

If there is one person I know that has flair and style it is you. So that response doesn’t work…Well it’s a good thing I stayed away from them or my parents for that matter…As I said…I did a good enjoy job trying to maim myself without the use of any aids.

By: Jamie Dawn

Jamie Dawn — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:11:52 +0000

I’m feeling quite an affinity with that part of you that you called “idiot.” Yes, I too can be described as that for I did many a stupid thing as a child… and even today I manage to continue to do some idiotic things just to stay consistent.

Oh, how I remember the burning, hot, summer slides!!! OUCH!!

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:42:17 +0000

Alas, Dr. John. Some childhoods just lack that special something that sets them apart — splints, casts, stitches, fun. . . .

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:40:45 +0000

Thom, some people do memes with flair and style. I am not one of them. And what would be the point of having a toy that couldn’t maim or kill? They would be too boring to play with.

By: Dr. John

Dr. John — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:04:54 +0000

Reading your story makes me sad. The kids in my school failed to break anything or knock out any teeth on the playground. We were obviously doing something wrong. We lacked creativity. WE didn’t run fast enough, climb high enough, jump far enough or whatever. If our grownups were trying to kill us they must have been so disappointed.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:44:19 +0000

I”d be one of the ones who’d have to get it started but not allowed to get on the Merry Go Round once it was in motion. I was really small for my age back then and picked on back then.

Childhood, some good memories, some not so good. Some day I’ll tell you about a girl named Brenda (I swear she was Hitler’s Granddaughter)

By: Thom

Thom — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:34:05 +0000

Are there any out door play equipment that you didn’t suffer any injuries from? or thought were trying to kill someone?

Question: this comment by you: If I don’t get well and do something interesting, I may have to resort to memes!…don’t tell me that you are going to come down to my level and do meme’s? LOL

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:45:00 +0000

Amber, merry-go-rounds have many cautionary tales to tell.

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:43:09 +0000

Oh! That was YOU? On our playground, you would have been covered in black grease when you finally left go.

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:42:17 +0000

Melli — I have seen merry-go-rounds like yours. Saucer shaped thingies. Ours looked more like a wagon wheel, only the hub was a couple of feet lower (and embedded in the ground) then the rim. Pushing from the inside got the thing going MUCH faster.

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:39:45 +0000

Nessa — I am feeling somewhat better. But still very tired and weak and mostly sleeping.