Gort's Gigantic Slip'n'Slide!

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Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:13 pm

So it was real hot today and me and Josh were bored as usual. So we went right to doing something constructive (/destructive) that would cool us down and keep us entertained.

Josh's girlfriend's dad - I'll give you a few seconds to let that sink in - was able to get us some huge plastic 24" pipe cover that is 8 mills thick (16 since it is actually a tube)!

We took it and layed it down the hill over some other tarps for extra padding and set up a stopper wall with floaty toys to stop the trees from making us die. I rather dislike death when it's my own...

Here's the slide and a couple videos.

<a href="http://www.putfile.com/pic/3127055">The Slide</a> (And no, my 11 year old sister is not naked. The bathing suit is just a bad color for this picture.)
<a href="http://www.putfile.com/pic/3127061">Markings On The Plastic</a>

<a href="http://media.putfile.com/slipnslide2">Me Sliding Down</a>
<a href="http://media.putfile.com/slipnslide1">Josh's Girlfriend's Brother</a>

I love free stuff.
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Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:19 pm

dude that insane fun looking can i come over lol
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Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:23 pm

Lol, thats sweet man. I would put it on a steep hill.. :twisted: Maybe thats a bad idea though :idea:. I wonder how much somethin like that would cost..
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Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:59 pm

Thats the coolest slip and slide ever imagine pitting that down a really steep hill that ends up in a lake. Where to find something like that? golf course.
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:29 pm

Yeah I really wish there was a lake at the bottom of the hill. I do have a creek about 20 feet from the bottom though. But that wouldn't be very fun...

I have no idea on the actual cost, but it was free for me!
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:56 pm

How long is it? Where can I get something like that?
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:07 pm

is it me or is a naked girl in the first pic?
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Sum_kid read the whole post.
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:54 pm

Looks fun! Ill download the vids when ever I get un-lazy :-p Watching you slip and slide HAS to be funny. I havent been on a slip n' slide forever. Although for the end of Hell week for football we have a big "anus" one. Thats next Friday. (Yea I know it seems a bit childish and such for a whole bunch of muscly guys to run around on slip n' slides, but its true :-p)
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:00 pm

Anus?
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:00 pm

hah when he says anus slip and slide i picture a slip and slide with a large inflatable anus to slide through.... lets hope thats not what he means.
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:18 pm

@ss=Anus

Im trying to deter from swear words and in there place stuff like "frick'" "darn" "shoot" "crap" "heck", etc. Its like 50-60yds long on our practice feild. (We do it everyear)

djt, dont let your mind wonder so far into speculations or bad stuff happens.
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:40 pm

haha yeah whatever im just glad football players dont slide through an anus for fun.
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:05 am

Hey in my school we do the same thing, after the first semester we can slide in this gigantic slip n slide thing it 30-50 yds long, this year i heard that the whole athletic dpt will do it (im in tennis and football) so it is gointg to be fun.
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