Our big thing was daring each other to get the swings in the playground to go so high you’d flip right over the stand. You had to stand up on the seat and pump hard to get high enough. I always chickened out, but some of the kids did it. The problem was the chains were then wrapped around the stand, making it harder to swing.
And yes, the surface under the swing was hard asphalt.
As a kid, going over the bar on the swings was a huge fucking deal!
I have vague recollections of some book or show where a kid went over the bar and as a result his body turned inside out. (Not sure if that was an actual thing or some fever dream I had!)
And the cartoon Recess had an episode where a kid went over the bar and disappeared, and all the kids thought he travelled to another dimension or became a god or something. (In reality he just jumped off the swing and hopped in his mom’s car, but nobody saw him because of glare from the sun)
Hmm, I’m beginning to think I was scammed by stinky boys who claimed they did it but actually just somehow managed to throw the empty seat over the bar. Because the chain was definitely wrapped around it.
Our big thing was daring each other to get the swings in the playground to go so high you’d flip right over the stand. You had to stand up on the seat and pump hard to get high enough. I always chickened out, but some of the kids did it. The problem was the chains were then wrapped around the stand, making it harder to swing.
And yes, the surface under the swing was hard asphalt.
As a kid, going over the bar on the swings was a huge fucking deal!
I have vague recollections of some book or show where a kid went over the bar and as a result his body turned inside out. (Not sure if that was an actual thing or some fever dream I had!)
And the cartoon Recess had an episode where a kid went over the bar and disappeared, and all the kids thought he travelled to another dimension or became a god or something. (In reality he just jumped off the swing and hopped in his mom’s car, but nobody saw him because of glare from the sun)
Mythbusters did this. Its not possible - you have to replace the chain with solid bars.
But I think this is all entire human race thing. Idk anyone who has never tried this, or seen someone who has. No generational thing about it.
Hmm, I’m beginning to think I was scammed by stinky boys who claimed they did it but actually just somehow managed to throw the empty seat over the bar. Because the chain was definitely wrapped around it.
And then Purple Aki was there and everyone hi-fived.
That didn’t happen.