Merry-go-rounds

Alright, so yesterday, I had one of my best friends sleepover, and we asked my mom to take us to the park. My friend, named (Like I would tell you that =D) , and my sister, and I all went to the playground at an elementary school in our town. We are all really too old for playgrounds, and we dwarfed most of the equipment, but we still had and awesome time, trying to see who could get up and down all the slides the fastest, (there's like, 15 slides), trying to play hide and seek, though we were too big for most of the hiding spots, swinging , and spinning on the merry-go-round until we were sick. Its amazing how dangerous (and nauseating) those things are, yet they allow them at playgrounds everywhere. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love those things. We would see who could jump on the most successfully at various speeds, and who can stay on the edge the longest. There not anywhere near safe though. I remember I was pushing my friend and my sister, and then when I jumped I ended up slamming my side on a pole and falling off. It didn't hurt then (it was actually pretty funny) but now I have a big bruise.  I remember once I was watching Mythbusters, and they were testing a movie myth, where someone shoots a merry-go-round and then it starts spinning from the force. So, for dramatic affect, they wrapped it in barbed wire and lit it on fire. But for now, merry-go-rounds bring joy to people everywhere.