Slip Slidin' Away
by Steve West on October 30, 2007

Why do adults get on children's slides? Compilation film of various acidents, big, small, young, and old. The fifth clip in of the guy going down the water slide head first sans kid almost gave me a brain hemorrhage from laughing.
Two Replies to Slip Slidin' Away
Matthew Preston | October 31, 2007
Admittedly, I wouldn't be able to resist the long metallic slide at 0:47.
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Amy Austin | October 30, 2007
Ahh, Newton's Laws...