What do you call this, where are you from, and how old are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I grew up in Maryland (outside Baltimore) calling them "sliding boards," and I'm 40. At some point that transitioned to "slides." Live in DC now.

Uh....that's a leg burner!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP way back in thread. Fairfax County native, 50, who called these sliding boards.

I also said teeter totters, waited IN line for carry out and a merry go round meant music and ride on horses. The spinning metal wheel (of death) was called...? Honestly can't remember.

What did we call those painted metal ride on animals atop a spring?

Carousel?

[Anonymous]

A homely looking crazy woman is obsessed with me and stalks everything I do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A homely looking crazy woman is obsessed with me and stalks everything I do.

Maam, this is a Wendy's.

[Anonymous]

Mat slide

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP way back in thread. Fairfax County native, 50, who called these sliding boards.

I also said teeter totters, waited IN line for carry out and a merry go round meant music and ride on horses. The spinning metal wheel (of death) was called...? Honestly can't remember.

What did we call those painted metal ride on animals atop a spring?

Carousel?

45 year old Midwesterner here. We called the metal spinning wheels of death a merry-go-round, while the thing with ride-on animals and music was a carousel.

[Anonymous]

Slide, 50, PA

[Anonymous]

Sliding board, 42, grew up in Louisville KY. At some point I unconsciously started saying "slide" instead.

[Anonymous]

Sliding pond, NJ, 65

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aussies call it a slippery dip

This is the best.

[Anonymous]

A slide.

Age 63

From suburbs of NY

I think the full name was sliding pond (as odd as that sounds to me now!)

I found this explanation of that:

https://www.recordonline.com/article/20140810/news/408100330

[Anonymous]

It is like the Seinfeld routine when you jump IN a Cab ON Long Island to Hop ON a Train to take you INTO the City.

[Anonymous]

You jump INTO a cab. If you jump IN the cab, it will distract the driver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A homely looking crazy woman is obsessed with me and stalks everything I do.

Maam, this is a Wendy's.

You totally win the Internet today!

[Anonymous]

Sliding board. Suburb of Philadelphia in the 1960’s.