Plinko

Who among us hasn't watched "The Price is Right"? Stay at home moms, or kids staying home from school when they're sick... we've all watched people play their hearts out for overpriced prizes on which they have to pay exorbitant taxes. One of the most popular games on that gameshow is Plinko. Contestants drop plastic discs through a grid of metal pins and hope the discs land in slots at the bottom that yield big prizes. I couldn't help but see the slide below and think of some child bouncing to the bottom like a Plinko disc. Who designs this playground equipment? Who thinks, "Let's send kids down a slide and watch them ricochet all the way to the bottom?" The ridiculousness in the world blows my mind sometimes.