(From 'MEMORIES 3')
The Giant Slide on Lindsey Street, by the Taco Bell, was unanimously voted “Entertainment Facility Most Likely to Snap Your Spine and Smash Your Head Like a Coconut.” It towered over everything and stood as testament to two basic truths.
First, hordes of class-action lawyers had yet to descend on Norman. Second, Baby Boomer kids, especially us boys, would happily spend their allowance buying five slides for a dollar, and they would not stop sliding until they were flat broke or on life support. Back then, Giant Slides started popping up all over the place, like metal mushrooms, probably before city officials and insurance companies could have a good, hard look at the actuarial tables. The risks were ginormous and extremely attractive to risk-takers like me.
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