QUICK THE FLOOR IS LAVA!

[Stripes]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEbhCMNCKq8

This is a mini episode from the most awesome show called "community".

When Troy yells "QUICK, THE FLOOR IS LAVA!" it reminded me of so many childhood memories. How we pretend the floor was lava, how we had to jump on walls, playgrounds equipment, you name it, we jump and climb it.

There was always the few kids who couldn't make the big jumps, like me. One always came up with a new rule "you are allowed to touch the lava once" or "There is a rock there, so i can jump it" when there wasn't. No one wanted to die from the lava, but lets face it, in real life, no matter how many rules you come up with, that invisible rock isn't going to save you.

Last year at my summer job on the Toronto island, we had this booth by the ferries dock where we rented out wagons and sold random stuff. Next to us was a city of Toronto information booth. This dude who worked that booth was awesome. He made the day go by so fast. Anyway One day he randomly shouted "THERE'S LAVA ON THE GROUND!" in which we all ran to a safe spot. We then jump back and fourth between booths and on rocks. 20 something year olds pretending the floor is lava with our informs on, oh man, oh man we must have looked like idiots.

I love life.

[magnusgreel]

When I joined the DW fan group I was in in 1987, the first activity I participated in was a picnic, followed by a spontaneous invasion of a local schoolyard to play on the equipment, the swings and teeter totters etc.. (This was on the weekend when it was deserted.) We were all in our 20s, some our upper 20s. I found it an encouraging sign about the club I'd just joined, and healthy.

The lava business sounds like what Tom had to do in a cabin in Revenge of the Cybermen... he got paid though...

[clocketpatch]

My room mates and I have definitely invaded the local play structures after dark. The one at the zoo has this massive slide built into the side of the river embankment. It was made back in the 80s or 70s, before people got all crazed about making playgrounds super safe and no fun and it's honestly about two stories tall. Of course, friction kicks in about half-way down and there's a chronic puddle at the bottom but still BUT STILL!

Drunken slide shenanigans FTW... er not that I'd ever do anything like that.

I invented a variant of the lava game at Sunday school when I was younger. It was called 'Sharks can't climb' and it was awesome. Years later I went back to that church and found kids playing the game. I told them I'd invented it and one of them kicked me in the shins.

This is why I am not going through to become a teacher lol

[Stripes]

I want to go on this slid. Like now.

[primsong]

My kids once used up an entire bucket of sidewalk chalk scribbling our back patio in pockets of orange and green to be "Lava" and "Poison" spots that couldn't be touched. Ha! I remember doing this as well with variants ("Sharks!") must be some kind of universal kid-thing.

Love the sound of that slide, modern playgrounds are so boring no one but toddlers play on them anymore... giant slide! Yeah!

[merrythemad]

modern playgrounds would be less boring if you just dressed the little ones in wool, think about that much plastic...wool...the resulting static electricity would make death-rays look silly.

[jjpor]

Mar 5, 2010 7:19:34 GMT clocketpatch said:

I invented a variant of the lava game at Sunday school when I was younger. It was called 'Sharks can't climb' and it was awesome. Years later I went back to that church and found kids playing the game. I told them I'd invented it and one of them kicked me in the shins.

There's some sort of very profound lesson about life contained in that story, I think. ;D

But yes, as someone once said, what's the point in growing up if you can't be childish... And I think Merry's plan there, while evil, has potential. Get enough woolly kids in enough plastic playgrounds, and you could solve the world energy crisis!

[primsong]

The world's renewable clean energy problem has just been solved!