would you do it on a crocodile mile???

[frogprincess]

i am thinking about get freaky on a crocodile mile. has anyone experenced getting freaking on a crocodile mile before??? if so please share the details or give any advice you may have about getting freaky on a crocodile mile.

PLURoof

[sebcoe]

This Toy Can Hurt You

Have you ever seen children running and diving onto a wet slippery sheet of plastic? Have you ever done it yourself? Did it seem like fun?

Unfortunately, for thousands of people, these common backyard water slides have led to bruises, severe cuts and broken bones. For a handful of people, these toys have led to a lifetime in a wheelchair.

Our firm recently represented a 35 year old man, Mr. Bill Evans, who was rendered a quadriplegic while using one of these backyard water slides, the Slip 'N Slide. In the course of our investigation, we learned that at least seven other individuals had also suffered neck fractures while using this same toy, and one of them had died.

We also learned the details of the design problem which led to these accidents.

Essentially, the watering system in the Slip 'N Slide creates "pockets" underneath the slide. Persons of a certain body weight or size, typically teenagers or adults, run the risk of hitting a "pocket" with their chins, causing their heads to stop or slow down. Tragically, the remainder of the torso continues to travel forward, causing the neck to fracture.

The Slip 'N Slide was originally manufactured in the 1960s by a company called Wham-O, which also developed the hula hoop and the frisbee. After at least three people fractured their necks on the Slip 'N Slide, Wham-O discontinued the product and removed it from the market place.

However, in 1982 Wham-O and its entire product line were purchased by Kransco. Kransco began manufacturing the Slip 'N Slide again. We learned that Kransco had reintroduced the product without conducting any bio-mechanical studies to determine why individuals over a certain body weight or size ran the risk of fracturing their necks when using the backyard toy.

We also learned that at least four other individuals, in addition to our client, had fractured their necks after the re-introduction of the Slip 'N Slide, and that tens of thousands of this product remained in use throughout the country.

We achieved a settlement for Bill Evans which significantly improved his quality of life.

We also were able to defeat Kransco's efforts to prevent publicity, and we won the right to alert the public.

Since that time, our efforts have led to the dangers of the Slip 'N Slide being featured in articles in the Washington Post, Contra Costa Times and the Seattle Times. The story also received significant television coverage on the CBS news magazine show, Eye to Eye.

In addition, the Washington Post article led the Consumer Products Safety Commission to open its investigation into the Slip 'N Slide.

We have now been contacted by the Consumers Union which publishes Consumer Reports as well as a consumers magazine for children called Zillions. Consumers Union studied the Slip 'N Slides which we had in our possession and compared them to the Super Crocodile Mile, a water slide toy which is still on the market.

Consumers Union concluded that the Super Crocodile Mile is similar to the Slip 'N Slide and continues to pose a risk of injury. The tests run by the Consumers Union indicated that accidents are less likely to happen to children because they are shorter and lighter than adults, but that even children can be seriously injured.

Consumers Union, through its Consumer Reports television broadcast, urged caution when using any backyard water slide. As Consumers Union reported in Zillions, "For our testers, who all weighed well under 125 pounds, Super Crocodile Mile (actually 25 feet long) delivered on its package promise of a 'real wet ride.' They gave it a fun score of 'Very Good.' But even for those kids light enough to use this slide, the instructions strongly warn: 'Misuse or careless use may cause neck or other serious injury.' Take that warning to heart."

If you, or anyone you know, continues to have a Slip 'N Slide manufactured by Wham-O or Kransco, or continues to use any other backyard water slide, please alert them to the dangers inherent in these products.

[sebcoe]

^ why dont you print ALL of that on a shirt and go jump on a crocodile mile OK

heehaw i have never used a ^ before PLur

p^l^u^r

[frogprincess]

so was that a yes or a no???

p*l*u*r

[sebcoe]

i was conceived on a slip and slide frogprincess and look how i turned OUT
my answer however is:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~YES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[frogprincess]

should i use cold or warm water?? and should there be music playing??? i really want to do this right.