When I was very small, my older siblings would slide down the supporting poles of the slide in our park (about 7 ft high), fireman style. I was two or three, and decided to try it. Unfortunately I didn’t grab on quick enough, and plummeted to earth. Fortunately, it WAS earth underneath, with long grass, not gravel! I got a concussion and a huge lump on my head. I still remember hearing the moms scream as I fell.
Nothing was broken, but decades later when I had a CAT scan we discovered the mark is still there on my forehead.
If Calvin could just change recess classes across the playground away from pushy Susie, he would learn a valuable lesson:The class is more serener on the other slide.
It’s weird – Calvin can take his wagon/sled down that monstrous hill in his backyard/woods [who knows how steep it really is] but a simple slide scares him. – Maybe Hobbes is the calming factor in his backyard.
When I was younger and even more stupid I hit my head falling out of a tree. Everybody told me that I have not been right ever since. Perhaps that explains me voting Democrat.
I loved the slide! There is a little park around the corner from me and I have a sneaky go on the swings when nobody is about. But I haven’t done so for a while now.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover almost 7 years ago
Wonder how Calvin will die, and will it involve Susie?
jpayne4040 almost 7 years ago
Stupendous Man meets his “kryptonite”!
Bilan almost 7 years ago
It’s not the swooping that concerns him, it’s the part after the swoop.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr almost 7 years ago
I have this same problem with the high board at the pool.
orinoco womble almost 7 years ago
When I was very small, my older siblings would slide down the supporting poles of the slide in our park (about 7 ft high), fireman style. I was two or three, and decided to try it. Unfortunately I didn’t grab on quick enough, and plummeted to earth. Fortunately, it WAS earth underneath, with long grass, not gravel! I got a concussion and a huge lump on my head. I still remember hearing the moms scream as I fell.
Nothing was broken, but decades later when I had a CAT scan we discovered the mark is still there on my forehead.
rpmurray almost 7 years ago
Stupendous Man changes his name to Not So Stupendous Man.
Stuart Donaldson Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Who knew these things were so high?
johndifool almost 7 years ago
This is Stupendous Man’s 1st appearance I believe…
sandpiper almost 7 years ago
Calvin learns the first lesson in new experiences: sometime the first glance does not provide the complete picture
A Hip loving Canadian... almost 7 years ago
Stupendous Woman to the rescue… gives Calvin a push… “ARGH!”
ericbutts74 almost 7 years ago
If Calvin could just change recess classes across the playground away from pushy Susie, he would learn a valuable lesson:The class is more serener on the other slide.
rshive almost 7 years ago
We have to work up to this. Okay?
hoot1 almost 7 years ago
Susie…enough with the slide remarks…
Rose Madder Premium Member almost 7 years ago
It’s weird – Calvin can take his wagon/sled down that monstrous hill in his backyard/woods [who knows how steep it really is] but a simple slide scares him. – Maybe Hobbes is the calming factor in his backyard.
BiathlonNut almost 7 years ago
When I was younger and even more stupid I hit my head falling out of a tree. Everybody told me that I have not been right ever since. Perhaps that explains me voting Democrat.
Number Three almost 7 years ago
I loved the slide! There is a little park around the corner from me and I have a sneaky go on the swings when nobody is about. But I haven’t done so for a while now.
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Axeɫ handeɫ almost 7 years ago
Have fun.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Come on STUPENDOUS WIMP! Get a move on, you’re holding up the line.