An interesting quote that I picked up on one of the Mac blogs that I read (I will give full credit as soon as I can find out who said it, it WASN'T me) so here goes:

Specifically, if you travel around New Zealand or Australia (or, I suppose, live there) you’ll find that a lot of motels provide a trampoline as an amenity for entertaining the kids. In my visits I noticed not a single one that included a netted safety barrier around the outside. Many of these bouncy diversions were placed on concrete slabs.




Warning signs? Not a one.




And good on the Kiwis and Aussies for having a measure of sense (and suggesting, through the lack of signage, that I have some as well). In their way they are saying,




“Before you is a device that, with little effort on your part, will propel you into the air. Surrounding that device is an unforgiving surface. We trust that you comprehend the rudiments of gravity and are confident enough in your abilities to hop up and down in a straight line. Should you fail to do so, it’s on your head, mate. Don’t come crying to us.”




Were that we in the States possessed such common sense.