Sunday, January 1, 2023

Bounce houses are a stupid idea - like an accident just waiting to happen.

 And the accidents do happen - all the time...

 
Several people - kids and adults - were injured after a jumping castle was launched into the air by a massive wind gust on New Year's Eve, sending it tumbling for 300+ yards along the ground before it finally came to a stop. 
At least five people were hurt at the Matua New Year's Eve community celebration incident in Tauranga, New Zealand, on Saturday, with two rushed to a nearby hospital. One person who fell from the castle 'landed heavily', according to a witness. 'They sort of curled up on the ground, not really moving.'
Makes ya kinda wonder why they wouldn't anchor them in to the ground somehow, doesn't it?


4 comments:

  1. FWIW, the local company that rents most of them out is owned by a pediatric orthopedics medical group.
    I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

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  2. After you healed up and the lawyers were done you could have one heck of a story! Even video to back it up!!

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  3. Tauranga is a nice waterfront city in the Bay of Plenty. Plenty sun, plenty rain, plenty wind. I lived there for three years in the 80's and my older brother has lived there since he left home.

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