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Slip and slides require perfectly wet painted concrete

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A very observant father watching his son dangerously hydroplane across a damp patio realized he could mass-produce a long sheet of slick yellow plastic to let children safely fling themselves across their own lawns.

Slip and slides require perfectly wet painted concrete
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