Playing Gifts

"Let's play hide-and-I-read-my-book."

"Some bloke wants to know if we've carried out a thorough risk assessment?"

'Disgusting! We don't go playing in their toilet!'

'I must be getting good, because my Dad told me to go play for the neighbours!'

'The batteries must be dead.'

"Can Eddie come out and throw his goddam back out?"

'Swing? We'll drop our phones!'

'Do I use the slide or the merry-go-round? I haven't even touched the swings. I don't know. I DON'T KNOW.'

"It's not icky - it's tactile."

Children with fingers in dam at Amsterdam day care center

'Bridges falling down, killer pumpkin eaters...'

"By the time I develop a true understanding of sand, I'll probably be forced into some sort of organized sports."

"Forward and backward, not up and down!"

'Oh,oh, Regina has her lawyer with her.'

"No! Don't jump in that muddy puddle! You haven't got your best clothes on!"

"You can't come out and play because you have to tidy your room? Man, it's time you cut the apron strings."

'It was horrible Doctor!! One minute we were playing on the teeter totter and the next he was gone!!'

'Between the school assignments, sports classes, and dance lessons, I hardly have any time to spend with my dolls.'

Girl to girl: 'A friend is someone you don't have to call dibs with.'

'It's a part of my childhood. After years of neglect, I've decided to recapture it.'

"Can Johnny come out to eat?"

'Between going to school, doing my homework, taking piano lessons, and watching TV I'm too busy to spend quality time with my doll.'

'You must all promise never to divulge what you are about to see.'

'You expect me to play with educational toys during SUMMER VACATION?'

See saw

Long jumper in mid air realizing there is a kid burying his dad in the sand like at the beach,

"I'm bored."

What can I play?

'Maybe the batteries are dead.'

"I released a lot of emotion with my drumming, but I still need to have a tantrum."

Giant train on a boy's train set.

I miss recess!

'It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.'

'It's called playing. Provides one with a sense of accomplishment - without actually accomplishing anything.'

Pet owner struggles