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Oct 20, 2023 10:40 PM
Raider2187
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whatspaulplayingtoday
trapped so many farts in it
Munchman347
Until the day they served Bean Burritos for lunch...
SeniorFade
Until someone farted, then it became a huge Dutch oven
QuanticChaos
We did this not even one full time in Elementary school, it was really fun but our awful Phys-ed teacher made us stop for some reason and we never did it again...
brap
Christmas, Twin Falls Idaho…
ArmathyAndTheUnfinishedBusiness2
I miss those days. Once we got into gym class and saw that bad boy, we knew it was gonna be a great day.
welcometothedystopia
Those were fun
rispil
it was the best ween you were gassy from food the night before clear out that tent in seconds
DiracsDelta
My mom owned one of these. She’s an occupational therapist and used it with child clients. I was never allowed to use it…
Syovere
I'm happy for all the people that had good times in school. Couldn't have been me.
lurker1989
It was a portal to another world.
GloriousPirateBeard
Those things are only like 40 bucks on Amazon. Just sayin...
dreyfusslugado
We never had this when I was a kid. I kinda feel like I'd have had claustrophobia if we had.
Gryphonosiris
I remember seeing this a lot when I was in elementary school, but the one day we were supposed to it I was out sick.
Northwindlowlander
I saw a band once that brought one of these out and threw it over the crowd. They also got us to do a dinosaur dance. They were absolutely shit, I don't care, best support band ever.
Jonnoatpeace
Did this with my kids in boys scouts. 3 yrs apart. Brought me to tears everytime.
llacircusrose
Who else had to endure playing that gym teachers' weird choice of game, crab soccer?
Hashbrown123
Most of the time it was Pin Bombardment or Capture the Flag and we all loved it.
akotw
One day in that parachute will be the last time your ever in that parachute. Then your 40
JiffyPopPhantom
I loved starlab as a kid. Big blowup thing that took up a whole classroom. You crawl in through a tunnel and they projected constellations and shit on the ceiling. Super cool and learned a ton
Affray
1)When my wife was a kid and her turn came to be in the middle while everyone else shook it from the outside they decided to run in a circle
Affray
2)for extra fun. Her hair/head got caught near the middle and the parachute tightened around her neck and no one noticed until she dropped
Affray
3)to the floor unconscious. She still remembers everything around that part fondly.
BootsNCatsNBootsNCatsN
I don't know what this had to do with Physical Fitness but everything was alright under the parachute
astrangehop
Not everything is straight cardio. An enormous amount of teamwork and coordination for elementary schoolers moving those things around.
BootsNCatsNBootsNCatsN
I was more waxing philosophical, friend
witheredspoon
I remember these well, but I have no idea what the point of it was.
SashimiRollin
Probably working together as a team…
JustSeinfeldQuotes
I remember this, but I don't remember what we did with it. What was the point/goal/purpose? I must have been young.
Hashbrown123
We hung out inside, then we would all stand outside and throw beanbags on it and make "popcorn".
JustSeinfeldQuotes
I looked it up, pretty basic stuff, I think we just liked the big ass parachute.
peterbozeman
Me too.
kevinbaken
We also had that jungle gym thingy with the ropes and ladders that pulled away from the wall in the gym.
IndecisiveDaydreamer
You just unlocked a core memory in a lot of people
Wankbiscuit
T H E A P P A R A T U S .
mooncactus
We had that too and never got to use it, ever. I think they only let people on the gymnastics team use it
DrMoneybeard
I run an after school program - we use it pretty regularly but the classroom staff fucking hate that thing. Guaranteed that's why you didn't use yours- the staff couldn't be arsed with it.
chewybrian
Thefsm
Didn’t see him catch any of them.
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16bitStarbuck
Putitinyomama
Haha one dude tried to run back into the chute to hide
GatMoose
This was Ft. Lewis college in Durango 2007. I was in one of the tour groups visiting the campus and saw this live.
HIVp0sit1ve69
Raider2187
Fort Lewis Class of 2010!
circlebreaker
Did anyone get caught, or did they all scamper away to safety and snacks?
HIVp0sit1ve69
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snowy129
Safety and snacks. I'm dying. ...so true, so true.
amp99
Also:
BrownWoim
Finger jammers from HELL!
QuanticChaos
We had the handle-less version with the hole in the center, man they were fun!
pettingmycatwhileipoo
Im expecting downvotes and a ride to hell. BUT I had some gnarly neighbors in 6th grade that broke in to the elementary school down the street and stole a few of these. I didnt care at the time but they were crazy AF to ride down the hill. Cops approached us a few days later and asked where we got them. They still had the damn stencil of the school on the bottom. Our parents had to pay the school $60 each and I got my ass beat. Learned a lesson about guilty by association tho.
16bitStarbuck
Why are you expecting downvotes? That's my takeaway from all this.
WhyMustIBeLikeThis
Yoooo! You just unlocked a fuckin memory right there.
WhyMustIBeLikeThis
Used to all zoom around and smash into each other. School was wild then.
theUFCfan
tamm516
BigTex1
All we had was dodgeball, the rope climb, and square dancing. Those look fun.
TheoryOfRelativeTea
Until you run over your fingers or slam into a kid on another one, also crushing your fingers.
twatburglar
A heel-And- a- toe- a -heel -and -a- toe, and slide -slide -slide. Bow to the right, now bow to the left and Do-si-do.
TheOGPooner
Now promenade
StatisticallyInsignificantCanadian
Yours had handles? Look who went to a private school.
ihadsomethingforthis
Right. No handles and a bum wheel ftw
The3rdwheel
ours were just wooden squares with steel castor wheels bolted to them.. and when you sat on them you had the heads of the bolts digging into ur ass
pretendthisisagoodusername
shit now im like racking my brain to try to remember if my school's scooters had handles or not.... yes? or maybe that's mandella effect
Soufange
Ours were wood and looked like they'd been made in 1950. It was awesome
Totallyscrewedinaustin
With the one wonky wheel like a shopping cart!
Soufange
YES!! I miss being small enough where running over my own hand with my own body weight wouldn't leave me an amputee...