RANDY...............

that's funny! can't help it. you should have had the trampoline in the deep end of the pool. the drunk lady would've drowned!!!!!!

An adult does something stupid and you may be able to use that line but if a 7 year old child breaks their neck on a trampoline that they should not have access to without supervision then you can't act as if they are adults with fully formed minds and common sense.

Thanks to the dumbing down of America in the last couple of decades with children breeding children, most of the young ones today are not bright enough to handle these things or shallow swimming pools. I think both are illegal now in south carolina.

even when used correctly a trampoline has a dangerous side to it. Leaving it where anyone can get on it is not only dangerous but poor parenting. I have one...my son loves it... but you can bet someone who has no idea what it's like has a good chance of flying off of it. The fact that it could be a 10 year old who is still a mush brain is a cause for concern and has nothing to do with a nanny state.

Everything is supposed to be perfectly safe even for morons to use. No one is supposed to get hurt regardless of their attempts to misuse something or anything. Every product is supposed to be perfectly benign. Every conceivable and inconceivable way of using or misusing a product must be accounted for in the products design to absolutely prevent any harm or injury. If any of the above points are not accounted for, the manufacturer is liable for any and all damages occurring and responsible for a huge monetary settlement, which of course will largely be confiscated by the plaintiff lawyers. Class dismissed.
Welcome to reality.

School bans pupils from wearing goggles

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/swimming/5685056/School-bans-pupils-from-wearing-goggles.html


Mrs. Brock, who's quoted in the article, sums it up best with this:
"If it carries on like this we are going to be breeding a generation of namby pambies."

That this is nanny state governing cannot be debated. The photo sure looks like it was taken at U.S. Marine Corps housing on the island of Okinawa.

The article said the trampoline is in a common area. It pretty much goes without saying that you shouldn't be allowed to store your junk on common land that is not yours . . . just like I cannot store a junker car on the grass at the park across the street.

Moreover, this is an opportunity to vent that my observation is that trampolines are usually the domain of "white trash". Prevalence of trampolines in a neighborhood is inversely proportional to the neighborhood's affluence.

And owning a trampoline demonstrates irresponsible parenthood. Cuts and scrapes and minor injuries are a rite of passage for childhood . . . but trampolines are far more severe on the risk equation . . . landing in a bad way can cause paralysis.

See the position statement on trampolines from the American Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons at http://www.aaos.org/about/papers/position/1135.asp

My kid died on a trampoline. He was bouncing and laughing, when suddenly a SUV driven by a drunken real estate lady came roaring through our back yard. Poor little fellow never knew what hit him.

So, for the love of god, people:

OUTLAW TRAMPOLINES!!!

A trampoline should be treated no differently than a pool, which in most places you must be fenced to prevent small children from wandering in and drowning. I view the trampoline in the same light... IIRC, they are statistically more likely to cause an injury than any other recreational activity, even when supervised by an adult.