The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for September 27, 2020

ew…

You should have checked the slide while you were still on the ground, Wilberforce.

Some thoughtless kid on the playground must have got tired of chewing his Bazooka Joe bubble gumand left it for the next kid to find.

We used to take waxed paper to slide on so we would go faster.

I feel so sorry for today’s children, all those old playground gizmo’s that have been deemed “Unsafe at any Speed” were actually quite fun. But now we don’t want kids falling down or getting dirty. Yes, I know we also want them to return home. Damn, the world has gone to hell.

A regular PITA, eh, Wil?

obviously you never went down a slide in 90 degree weather wearing shorts

I can remember as a kid (remarkable, no?) saving the waxed paper from the sandwich my Mom sent in my lunch to rub on the slide during afternoon recess. Made it lightning fast.

Never know what’s been on and down that slide. Who cares. It’s fun, Just do it…..

Did you ever try going down head first?

We had a 15 foot slide in our city park up until the late 80’s, the city lawyers managed to get rid of that and the monkey bars.

Or down after someone who couldn’t hold it.

I’d say that a splinter from a wooden slide would he worse than chewing gum. Maybe that’s why you don’t find many wooden slides anymore.

Where I grew up moms used metal foil and plastic, but oil and cooking oil were plentiful. In the school after lunch much grease was available from the school cafeteria. Back in the classes some had trouble remaining in their seats and washing machines at home were not all thorough removing it from the clothes. Did somebody catch on? The aforementioned options became scarce to nonexistent. Eventually non existent. Some tried sand, but it was uncomfortable in class. The custodian began leaving brooms and dustpans in the classrooms. By the moment we held new methods we had lost interest.