[alt.folklore.urban] Waterslide Razorblades

Todd E Van Hoosear (vanhoose@lalaland.cl.msu.edu)
Wed, 8 May 1996 14:18:12 -0400 (EDT)


Ouch! Evil, evil, but strangely appealing...

- Todd

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Donal <dm065@students.stir.ac.uk> Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [alt.folklore.urban] Popular Australian legend : razorblades stuck on Giant waterslides. Is this true? Date: 7 May 1996 11:18:02 -0700

Subject: Popular Australian legend : razorblades stuck on Giant waterslides. Is this true? From: Michael Adamson <s_mka1@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban

CybernetCafe wrote:

> In the early 80's I was scared of the idea of going on waterslides as a
> kid as there was this story going around of some mean kid sticking razor
> blades to the sides of the tubes, causing some kids to get cut.
> was there ever such a Kid? I really wonder how the kid could get the
> blades to stick or have the time to do it, are their similar stories in
> the US? please let me know I've spent years wondering about this.

A really cruel trick is to loudly talk about this story with your friends while waiting in the waterslide queue. Then pour in a good dose of red food dye right behind the next person going down. The red water overtakes them and they freak out! Not that I'd ever consider doing anything that nasty of course......

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