Comments on: Yer Gotta Lawf, Aven’t Yer?

By: RJ Adams

RJ Adams — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:33:18 +0000

WWW – I seem to remember in Britain a few years ago, many local authorities took away the concrete, not the playground, and replaced it with a type of mildly-spongy rubber, so if the kids fell there was less chance of them hurting themselves. I guess that’s too practical for America – or, too expensive to waste on kids!

Twilight – absolutely! Much more sensible. Introduce a by-law: no beachcombing – drunk, blind, or otherwise – after sunset. They did that with British parks where I lived. The ‘parkie’ would lock the big metal gates before he went home, then we’d all clamber in over the railings and run riot.

By: Twilight

Twilight — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:22:03 +0000

I say fine the blind beachcombers and drunken revelers as well – if you’re gonna be a spoilsport might as well make a good job of it!

By: wisewebwoman

wisewebwoman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:23:10 +0000

And I did, RJA. Larf that is.
It is getting more than crazy. I saw most of the playgrounds here in Toronto put under concrete after the trees got taken away, along with other dangerous items like swings. To stop kids climbing them. They could get hurt. Better have them mope around in a sea of grey. That’ll teach the little varmints.
Along with the sandcastle destruction, of course.
XO
WWW