Trampolines

Trampolines are an adventure just waiting to happen. There are no official rules other than the manufacturer’s warning not to exceed 200 pounds. There is nothing telling you how high you can jump, what tricks you can do, or how old you need to be. You can play on a trampoline at any age! Although, we’re sure it is not recommended for most ages. This is because there is always someone getting hurt. The problem is that when an adult gets hurt, it is also funny. The Momadonnas all agree that without trampolines, America’s Funniest Videos would go out of business! Therefore, adults are always encouraged to jump even if it is against their better judgment.

As moms and adults, we found ourselves asking about these non-existent rules. Surely we should have some if only to use against the Minions later. So we “jumped” into the rule making process. As we “bounced” ideas off of each other we “tumbled” across one question that we felt had never been answered to our satisfaction and as budding scientists we thought we would address it. It was the universal question of how many so called “adults” you can have on a trampoline at one time. We compiled the data, completed the calculations, and after careful consideration we have come up with an answer: ZERO
Yes, the number of adults you can have on a trampoline at any one time is zero. If you are willing to disregard our conclusion then we recommend that you do not exceed 1 ½ -2 adults. Anything beyond this could result in something breaking, for us it was the trampoline. It turns out that 200 lb weight limit was there for a reason. Who knew? Think human taco with Momadonna filling. Ah yes the things we do for science…