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Cartoonist

(7,317 posts) Sat Dec 22, 2018, 10:35 AM Dec 2018

My Catholic playground

The Catholic school I attended had a traditional playground. Slides, climbing bars, roundabout, swings and things on an asphalt base. The one unique item was a double slide.

It was very tall. It had one set of stairs that led to the top where you were given the option of a straight angle or one with a slight hump midway down. Here's the weird part, only the girls were allowed to use the side with the bump.

I suppose there is something in the Bible that dictates that, but even as a kid I knew not to ask certain questions of the nuns.

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My Catholic playground (Original Post) Cartoonist Dec 2018 OP

Wow, that's strange Ohiogal Dec 2018 #1

I got it! The bump may be uncomfortable so let the girls endure it, the boys are too precious. n/t monmouth4 Dec 2018 #2

maybe it was in the ark the animals came two by two? gopiscrap Dec 2018 #3

The bump... N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2018 #4

Ohiogal

(32,006 posts)

1. Wow, that's strange

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Sat Dec 22, 2018, 10:44 AM

Dec 2018

I didn't go to a Catholic school but I was raised Catholic, and I'm having trouble coming up with a reason for that.

monmouth4

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2. I got it! The bump may be uncomfortable so let the girls endure it, the boys are too precious. n/t

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Sat Dec 22, 2018, 10:49 AM

Dec 2018

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)

3. maybe it was in the ark the animals came two by two?

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Sat Dec 22, 2018, 10:56 AM

Dec 2018

N_E_1 for Tennis

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4. The bump...

Reply to Cartoonist (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 11:03 AM

Dec 2018

I’m also catholic, well baptized anyway. We never had playgrounds like that. But from a secular point of view the bump is put into girls slides to keep them “safe”, the bump slows them down allowing a softer landing at the end. That was the reason for bump slides at a playground I helped build decades ago, although it was not designated a “girls only” slide.

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