Sunday, May 16, 2010

The Short-Lived Slip'N'Slide


We used to have a slip-n-slide, last week. Apparently they don't make slip-n-slides like the used to.

Come to think of it, I really don't know how they used to be made. Our slip-n-slide was irrigation pipe that we split open and set up a sprinkler beside.
It didn't have a special way to sprinkle the water just so along the edge, like our slide from last week did. It wasn't based on a cartoon character or movie (Toy Story 3). It was just plain old plastic pipe.
Our farm-rigged slip-n-slide didn't rip apart the third time we used it either. That's why we no longer have a slip-n-slide. At least we got 3 uses out of. At $10, that's $3.33 for each time we rolled it out and hooked it up. We tried using Jake's camo duck tape to fix the leak, but it just wouldn't hold--and I thought duck tape or bailing wire would fix anything.

1 comment:

Laura said...

I think mom has pipe left. We'll try to remember to bring some.