Bouncy, and not so bouncy.

Thanks to Irene, for posting this very nicely-penned Business Times commentary on Facebook:

Bouncing off Tharman's trampoline 

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion/bouncing-off-tharmans-trampoline

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trampoline#/media/File:Hometrampoline.jpg

What other bouncing metaphors are there? Off my head, I can think of dead cat bounce -- "a small, brief recovery in a declining stock" (Wikipedia):

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_bounce

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Beds are, of course, not for bouncing, unless you are a child! This series of recent "fun" bedroom ads were pretty catchy:

The company that ran the ads also carried this "bedroom secrets" quiz:

So, we should all get rid of our old mattresses after 10 years?