we have one in our backyard here at the new house.... i got on it for the first time today, the kids had MORE FUN than they should have making mommy sick


has anyone actually thrown up from this thing ?

Those things used to make me so sick, but that was the challenge, who would puke first! so much fun..we call them roundabouts. memories!

i never threw up while riding on 'em, but there was many a hot, sunny summer day when i'd burn my poor lil' ass on one of those merry-go-rounds.

LleeLlee said:

they are HORRIBLE !!!!


so, did anyone actually throw up when you were doing it ??


i really thought i was gonna throw up all over everything.... the more i begged to make them stop, the more they laughed and made it go faster i'll get them back for sure

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

lol, i remember they do get pretty damn hot

My grade school had one. I never had a problem with it back then. Now that I'm older, I'd probably be like

TMPletz said:

i love the lil guy

nakedpianoplayer said:

I havent been on one since I was kid and yes there was always someone who puked, or had to get off quick because they were going to be sick. Dont try getting off one of those things while its still turning, you could lose a limb!

fairground rides make me puke, i can only ever go on one.

I have a hairless spot on my arm which resulted from a skid-burn that I got while trying to jump off one of these as a kid.

I also have a puffy lump of scar tissue on my chin from falling off the iron monkey-bars & my jaw bouncing off three of the metal bars on the way down (12 stitches).

I suffered a slight concussion when I jumped off the swing at it's highest arc & landed on the concrete playground surface on my head.

I think my spine is still outta alighnment from my see-saw buddy suddenly jumping off her end.

Oh, & the burn-marks from going down the red-hot steel slide on a sunny day.

Ahh....the memories.

(This was back in the day when parents gave their children big heavy metal lawn darts to throw at each other.)




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I never threw up either, but I fell off and suffered minor scrapes and dirty clothes.

Now, I wouldn't even get on one of those things...looking at one's enough to make me puke

BUT

When I was a kid we use to try to go so fast we could hang off the bars while we were spinning.


Illustrator, did your mother survive your childhood?

Nothinbutjoy said:

I remember doing that!

nakedpianoplayer said:

I remember those, there was a playground close to my house many years ago that had one (not sure what they're called). Childhood memories.
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