Design A Playground for Grownups

Juniper · 11-20-2009, 01:43 AM

I just had one of those oh, so fun Random Thoughts. Remember how much fun you had playing on the playground as a kid? (or with your kids?) But if you go to a playground now, there's only so much you can do. Your ass won't fit in the swings, unless it's the soft-bottomed kind that makes your legs sort of twist inward on themselves. You can't climb stuff like you used to, and you're probably too heavy for the slide. The monkey bars are my favorite -- I can finally get all the way across them. Yeah, 'cause I'm basically walking and pretending to reach for the bars.

There's a playground near where we used to live that's all made out of heavy duty wood and actually has some adult-scale stuff to do. Like the spinny-tire thingy, some balance stuff, a sort of bouncy bridge. I like those wet playgrounds too, you know the kind with water spraying everywhere, except that I tend to trample kids when I get water in my eyes and they look at me like I'm some kind of nutroll.

To heck with the kids' stuff. If you were to design a playground Just For Adults - that is, a public, outdoor playground (so no sex stuff . . . I mean "adult" as in "adults use it" not in the NSFW sense) what would be there?

Let's encourage actual physical activity, and keep it in the spirit of the playground - nothing virtual, nothing passive. I mean, you know, big adult-scale see-saws, climbing walls, etc.

And . . . wouldn't that be COOL?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2009, 01:52 AM

OK

DanaC · 11-20-2009, 06:31 AM

I saw a report years ago, can't remember where it was. There is a playground, designed for adults where older people can exercise with ease and fun. Had roundabouts and big swings and all sorts!

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2009, 07:12 AM

Yes, that was in England. Remember we were saying one of the women looked like SG?

Shawnee123 · 11-20-2009, 11:59 AM

I love playing on playgrounds, still.

Last time I was crawling around on one of those playground structures and realized later there was a sign prohibiting an old fart like me from doing so. wtf? It's not like it couldn't hold an average adult. Eh, too bad...I played anyway.

Undertoad · 11-20-2009, 12:36 PM

Design a playground for grownups?

I did. You're posting on it.

Cloud · 11-20-2009, 12:49 PM

swings, def need swings!

ZenGum · 11-20-2009, 07:15 PM

I demand a giant ball-crawl.

TheMercenary · 11-20-2009, 07:19 PM

How about one of those places like you see those crazy Japanese people competing, running across moving bits and gettting knocked into the water. They have it on some comedy show where they over dub the audio with stupid stuff in English. That might be fun. An adult obstacle course.

jujuwwhite · 11-20-2009, 11:16 PM

There is a playground right next door to my work place with swings large enough for 'voluptious' women like myself. Over the summer when my work day ended at midnight, some of the other 'girls' and I would slip up to the playground and play like small kids on the equipment. It was wonderful to slip back in time to a place that was much more free and less restrictive of 'adult expectations'.

If I ever get filthy rich that is the first thing I plan on building in my backyard. A large playground with lots of swings, wide slides, sturdy tire structures for climbing, and right in the middle of the complex....a huge merry-go-round!!

All kids over the age of 40 are invited to come and play!

xoxoxoBruce · 11-22-2009, 11:07 PM

Hey Juniper, I found your playground. Kirk's a member of the Cellar, too.

monster · 11-22-2009, 11:37 PM

Fireman's pole into a huge ballpool.
zipline
big deep slide ...with cushions to slide on

jujuwwhite · 11-22-2009, 11:47 PM

In the summer time, a big water slide leading into a pool of jello! (uh oh...wrong playground) lol

Yznhymr · 11-23-2009, 12:45 AM

Or better yet: NSFW

xoxoxoBruce · 11-23-2009, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yznhymr

Or better yet:

Tramps on an oline.

11-20-2009, 01:43 AM	#1
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Design A Playground for Grownups I just had one of those oh, so fun Random Thoughts. Remember how much fun you had playing on the playground as a kid? (or with your kids?) But if you go to a playground now, there's only so much you can do. Your ass won't fit in the swings, unless it's the soft-bottomed kind that makes your legs sort of twist inward on themselves. You can't climb stuff like you used to, and you're probably too heavy for the slide. The monkey bars are my favorite -- I can finally get all the way across them. Yeah, 'cause I'm basically walking and pretending to reach for the bars. There's a playground near where we used to live that's all made out of heavy duty wood and actually has some adult-scale stuff to do. Like the spinny-tire thingy, some balance stuff, a sort of bouncy bridge. I like those wet playgrounds too, you know the kind with water spraying everywhere, except that I tend to trample kids when I get water in my eyes and they look at me like I'm some kind of nutroll. To heck with the kids' stuff. If you were to design a playground Just For Adults - that is, a public, outdoor playground (so no sex stuff . . . I mean "adult" as in "adults use it" not in the NSFW sense) what would be there? Let's encourage actual physical activity, and keep it in the spirit of the playground - nothing virtual, nothing passive. I mean, you know, big adult-scale see-saws, climbing walls, etc. And . . . wouldn't that be COOL?

11-20-2009, 01:52 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Design A Playground for Grownups OK Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-20-2009, 07:12 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, that was in England. Remember we were saying one of the women looked like SG? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-20-2009, 11:59 AM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I love playing on playgrounds, still. Last time I was crawling around on one of those playground structures and realized later there was a sign prohibiting an old fart like me from doing so. wtf? It's not like it couldn't hold an average adult. Eh, too bad...I played anyway. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-20-2009, 12:49 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	swings, def need swings! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-20-2009, 12:36 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Design a playground for grownups? I did. You're posting on it.

11-20-2009, 07:15 PM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I demand a giant ball-crawl. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-20-2009, 07:19 PM	#9
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	How about one of those places like you see those crazy Japanese people competing, running across moving bits and gettting knocked into the water. They have it on some comedy show where they over dub the audio with stupid stuff in English. That might be fun. An adult obstacle course. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-20-2009, 11:16 PM	#10
jujuwwhite Capnhowdy's #1 smasher Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Rentz, GA Posts: 339	There is a playground right next door to my work place with swings large enough for 'voluptious' women like myself. Over the summer when my work day ended at midnight, some of the other 'girls' and I would slip up to the playground and play like small kids on the equipment. It was wonderful to slip back in time to a place that was much more free and less restrictive of 'adult expectations'. If I ever get filthy rich that is the first thing I plan on building in my backyard. A large playground with lots of swings, wide slides, sturdy tire structures for climbing, and right in the middle of the complex....a huge merry-go-round!! All kids over the age of 40 are invited to come and play! __________________ I don't suffer from insanity...i enjoy every moment of it.

11-22-2009, 11:07 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hey Juniper, I found your playground. Kirk's a member of the Cellar, too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-22-2009, 11:37 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Fireman's pole into a huge ballpool. zipline big deep slide ...with cushions to slide on __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-22-2009, 11:47 PM	#13
jujuwwhite Capnhowdy's #1 smasher Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Rentz, GA Posts: 339	In the summer time, a big water slide leading into a pool of jello! (uh oh...wrong playground) lol __________________ I don't suffer from insanity...i enjoy every moment of it.

11-23-2009, 12:45 AM	#14
Yznhymr the crowd goes wild! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 663	Or better yet: NSFW __________________ "The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.

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