A school district in Washington state is phasing out swings on the playground, saying they cause more injuries than any other play equipment.
Good plan. Say… why not get the injury rate to zero and just ban kids?
A school district in Washington state is phasing out swings on the playground, saying they cause more injuries than any other play equipment.
Good plan. Say… why not get the injury rate to zero and just ban kids?
And now that swings are being phased out, some other piece of equipment will cause more injuries than any other, and they’ll ban that, and then yet another piece of . . .
There were no swings on my school’s playground. We just chased and hit each other with sticks while pretending to be Zorro.
@2 Jimmy – you kids today are lucky. Back in MY day, sticks hadn’t even been invented yet.
Now get offa my lawn!
Seems a little harsh, Can the students still swing with the teachers?
Bums used to sleep on our playground. Gave “Hop Scotch” a whole new meaning.
Yeah, @3: And people with beards in the decade I was born were called ‘beatniks!’ Now, get to work!
No swings, no peace.
More room to play dodgeball now.
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(*swish swish swish*)
declare playgrounds “No Injury Zones” and put up plenty of signage
Probably hire some union labor to fix the swings so the chubby kids can “go outside and play on the chair”.
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(And if they’re that dangerous, why phrase them out vice “remove?”)
Weasels!