Friday Top 5: Playground Implements

We are monkeys, and if you need proof, go watch some kids at a playground.

5) Anything Tall

Of course, being tall, there has to be a way to get up to the top, so in order to be fun, it requires a myriad of steps and hand-holds. Hopefully the top of it is not too slippery or dangerous, though if it is it won't stop too many folks. The vantage point is always better from the top.

4) Slide-y Horizontal Handle Thing

Yes, that's the technical name. The first time that I was presented with one of these, I was awe-struck. Who-ever dreamed up this idea needs to be given a lifetime supply of chocolate, or happiness, whichever you think is better (I tend to think they're interchangeable).

3) Horizontal Tire Swing

More vertigo that one would initially expect, with the right "pusher." You can get some really gut-wrenching spins out of these things if they are installed right, with enough space around them. Physics, baby.

2) Spring-loaded Bouncy Seat

You know, the motorcycle or horse on a spring that bounces around and back and forth. It tends to be more fun when you are clearly too large for it, since the thing keels over like a sailboat in a hurricane. I think that I have broken a couple of these... though I can't remember exactly.

1) Swings

As if the swings wouldn't be first.

• Swinging
• Swing-Racing (seeing who gets to the high-point first)
• Swing Jumping
• Stand Swinging
• Belly Swinging
• Swing-Spinning
• ETC.
  

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