Saturday, September 15th, 2007...8:39 am
NEED PARENTAL RELIEF? EXERCERA DELUXE 40” DIAMETER TRAMPOLINE!
Sure, you could take some parenting classes, read some how-to books to release years of emotional baggage and improve your personal skills at calm, relaxed instruction to your hyper monkey, maybe even seek counseling for yourself or your whole family to better relate to each other without the use of screaming at the top of your lungs and having either your spouse or your kid say, “You’re repeating yourself again….” as they ignore you.
OR, you could buy one of these:
Yes, readers, on sale this week at Big 5 Sporting Goods, the Exercera Trampoline may be intended for adult jumping, but who knows your kids better than you? Some nervous, legally advised, litigation-adverse manufacturer or you? And there IS a pad around the edge.
Weather permitting, I recommend placing it under a tree with a low branch and then request the “best leaf” that your monkey can reach. We all like to have a purpose, don’t we?
This gives you plenty of time to whip up a new batch of margaritas. I recommend the frozen limeade/triple sec/tequila recipe, but I’ve save that for another post.
(skinny, black-tights legs sold separately)
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7 Comments
September 16th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Tramampoleen! Didn’t you learn anything from that episode of the Simpsons where Homer gets the free trampoline? Or from the endless series of trampoline-related mishaps shown on endless episodes of America’s Funniest Home Videos? Trampolines are best left in the store or in other people’s yards.
September 16th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
I thought the trampoline was a death trap as well.. but I saw a number of them this summer. Is that because I am in Iowa now or is there a resurgence?
September 16th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Ours is only six inches off the ground! Is that dangerous (maybe if she bounces into the fireplace…..)? I’ve seen the big ones here, too, but with netting all around so no one can fall/get out.
September 17th, 2007 at 6:21 am
Yeah, the little ones are nice. We had one (until it got left outside all winter and rusted all to crap), and the kids LOVED it.
We have a big one, too, and the kids NEVER use it. Well, the oldest and her friends lay on it and gossip, but that’s about it. I’m going to take it down and toss it this fall.
September 17th, 2007 at 6:59 am
A tigers gotta bounce, thats what tigers do who! who!
September 21st, 2007 at 8:35 pm
I have had my life turned upside down for the past 15 months due to a trampoline injury. I frequently go through periods of 1-3 weeks of constant neck and back pain. Just looking at that photo makes me sad and angry (at myself).
These things are lethal.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
We have one of these - same brand, same size, bought at Big 5 — we’ve had it for less than a year and the pad fell apart in the first few months. I just came online to see about getting rid of it - a little kid just fell through the side and hurt his foot. This trampoline stinks for us.
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