Bouncy castles: More fun than trampolining?

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So I spent the entire day in or around one of the things, and 'twas muchfun. (Also rather comically had a large tiger which made it a)look like the base the Thundercats used to live in and b)drunk people kept trying to straddle involving deflating the thing with everyone in it so they could climb on. hmm, actually). Mostfun, of course, was when it got potentially broken-neck inducing and people were being hurled into it from the tops of other people's shoulders. As usual, I am writing cobblers but sorry, is due to too much innocent fun!

― Bill, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Innocent fun = new euphemism for being drunk?

I thought bouncy castles were classic until last year's St Hilda's college ball. The bouncy castle on that occasion collapsed when I was on it and during the ensuing scrabble someone's knee collided with my nose. I didn't think it was broken at the time but it's never been right since.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I had nothing but one glass of champagne the entire afternoon, so not drunk. A lot of other people were, come to think of it, which obviously resulted in trampolining high jinx. And yes, I must admit that being hurled ten feet into a trampoline can hurt slightly... (counts grazes on body)

― Bill, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Better than trampolining for the way that it's harder to fall off, since you can bounce off walls n that, but worse than trampolining in the way that you can't go as high. I want to bounce now!

― Ally C, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

They is better! You can run about and scream and shout on them and there are MANY comedy falling over moments that would just be plain daft on a trampoline. I remember wanting to hire one for the Bowlie weekender. I found they were very expensive. I still regret not going bankrupt for it though.

Bill can I come to your next party please?

― Sarah, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

All my childhood friends were clumsy oafs so whenever they went on bouncy castles they would sustain some form of minor injury (mainly chipping front teeth) which meant that one by one they all dropped out of playing on them. For this reason I feel I never got the chance to fully appreciate them. Maybe they could be reinvented as a hip form of exercise for the 00s to replace pilates / ballet / whatever we're supposed to be doing at the moment?

― Emma, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I have a fucking massive scar on my hand from when I got drunk and jumped on a couple of wine glasses and a bottle. The point is that I jumped on all the glass so I could take my shoes off to go on a bouncy castle. Of course, the irony is that I was the one who left the glasses there in the first place. It cut me down to my muscle but I'd already had two bottles of wine and a bottle of champagne so I didn't really care. My mate made me put a plaster on it but in retrospect it did need a few stitches. We still had good fun on the castle of bounce (apart from when it collapsed, yes, and I stood on a friend's face to climb out.

― Greg, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ooooh! I think due to obvious explosion of interest there should be an ILE bouncy castle day and prizes should be awarded to most hilarious/injury-inducing things...

― Bill, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Bouncy castles = classic. I'll always remember Clive Dempster's 10th birthday, where the damn fool was showing off his mad jumping skillz and jumped clear over the castle wall and smashed his head on the patio beneath. I almost had to be taken to hospital due to laughing too much.

― DG, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Last b-c enabled party I went to I remember being told that we'd had to pretend it was for six-year-olds because there is some kind of Inflatable Objects Act saying that you can't hire them out to adults cause they end up hurting themselves. Is this the case?

― Tom, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hmmm...this was an 18th birthday affair but with lots of family invited hence a large number of small persons...but could there actually be a rule like that? It would seem a bit ridiculous...

― Bill, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

Bouncy castles are classic. When I was little, I actually wanted to set up my own bouncy castle factory/hire firm.

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I went to a party after Lottie in last summer and we were all messing around inside when suddenly the houseowner whoever he was said that there was a trampoline outside! It was the greatest few hours of my life. nearly.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

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