The Buckets by Greg Cravens for October 18, 2024

So you can find out what it’s like to wear a cast…

The bottom of the ocean’s not hella safe either.

Yeah, funny how that works.

Eddie, this is the deep blue sea. Deep blue sea, this is Eddie. Eddie the deep blue sea is more deadly the lower you go. Deep blue sea, Eddie tastes like chicken. Enjoy.

Takes all the fun out of it if there isn’t an added element of risk for physical injury in the playtime.

They have to. It’s the law of gravity.

A true friend would be laughing and throwing rocks.

For the lawsuits.

To make them harder to reach.

They are designed by pediatric surgeons.

Tell that to Timmy in the well. He’s not safe there, too, despite being at the lowest point possible.

I remember those days, I could never figure out how I got up there in the first place.