Swing Set Flippers Only

[Ursuline Chick]

It must have been a bugger to get down the chimney

We didn't have a chimney.....

 

[sdm111]

Oh man! My mission in life was to swing so hard & so high that I’d flip over the top. I spent more time training for this than an Olympic athlete.

Having an extreme case of undiagnosed ADHD (it didn’t exist back then. We were called hyperactive & lazy which is a stupid oxymoron, but I digress...) having an extreme case of ADHD I would often get distracted from my Olympic Swing Training & start hyper focusing on trying to see how far I could get that back leg off the ground.

Despite my sketchy dedication I never accomplished tossing the swing set, flipping over the top or getting the leg higher than about a foot off the ground.

I was kind of a scrawny kid tho. As an adult I’m sure I could tip it, if only I could get my butt into the swing.

Its sad its like every kid has been labeled something wrong with them. Some weird ism word thats usually accompanied with a pill of some sort. Back in the day it was just an umbrella term called bad asses. Which I carried around like a trophy (I actually earned)

 

[RUNuts]

It must have been a bugger to get down the chimney

Santa is magical. He can do many things.

Almost as much as Wile E Coyote.

Dad threatened to cement ours but we were military & moved every four years. That & the legs were short. I liked the home built ones that were twice the height & cemented. The school had some nice swings! I couldn’t flip over the top on that one either but we tried so hard.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Its sad its like every kid has been labeled something wrong with them. Some weird ism word thats usually is accompanied with a pill of some sort. Back in the day it was just an umbrella term called bad asses. Which I carried around like a trophy (I actually earned)

It's hereditary (ADHD) I was a girl so my label was a "Dreamer and lazy". DS (will turn 41 this year) was a bad ass.
Daddy was sent to the head nun in 2nd grade for something, knowing that he was going to be wacked with a ruler and instead, just walked out the building and never returned to Catholic School.

 

[sdm111]

It's hereditary (ADHD) I was a girl so my label was a "Dreamer and lazy". DS (will turn 41 this year) was a bad ass.
Daddy was sent to the head nun in 2nd grade for something, knowing that he was going to be wacked with a ruler and instead, just walked out the building and never returned to Catholic School.

I dont know exactly what for but I know my dad did time at Madonna manor and hope haven. (My family is from the westbank) westwego and waggoman specifically

 

[muddy75]

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Did he feed it peanut m&m’s?????? It looks a lot like my squirrel buddy!!

 

[muddy75]

SO GLAD IT WASNT JUST ME THOUGH CAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS IN DC

And wow what the heck!

And I’m done yelling now, I swear. Just had to get that one last one out

She could never be in DC.......she’d have to stop at Club Muddy first and she’d never make it past IN

 

[muddy75]

Oh man! My mission in life was to swing so hard & so high that I’d flip over the top. I spent more time training for this than an Olympic athlete.

Having an extreme case of undiagnosed ADHD (it didn’t exist back then. We were called hyperactive & lazy which is a stupid oxymoron, but I digress...) having an extreme case of ADHD I would often get distracted from my Olympic Swing Training & start hyper focusing on trying to see how far I could get that back leg off the ground.

Despite my sketchy dedication I never accomplished tossing the swing set, flipping over the top or getting the leg higher than about a foot off the ground.

I was kind of a scrawny kid tho. As an adult I’m sure I could tip it, if only I could get my butt into the swing.

I had a feeling you were a SWINGER!

 

[ShrekDawg]

She could never be in DC.......she’d have to stop at Club Muddy first and she’d never make it past IN

probably true!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Kids always used to try to swing over the top of our school swing sets too and wrap them around. Must be one of those ongoing kid things that just never dies

They were never successful btw. We had the big metal ones at our school.

I also was too chicken to ever try it.

I did used to try to swing as high as I could and leap off though both on ours and the school ones. Any one really. It’s a miracle no one ever broke anything doing that