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06-06-2006, 04:20 AM
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Re: Most Dangerous Backyard Toy
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Does anyone else still have lawn darts? My set was like the only thing my grandma didn't throw away out of all my dad's old stuff. [/ QUOTE ] Vintage Jarts in the original box. 
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06-06-2006, 05:05 AM
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Re: Most Dangerous Backyard Toy
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[ QUOTE ] My Dad played lawn darts when he was a kid. He threw one when my Aunt (his sister)was running into the line of fire. It went right into her shoulder/collarbone area. She ran around screaming with this thing flopping around out of her chest. The emergency room doctor said that it missed her heart by less than an inch. Weren't these things also caled Jarts, or am I imagining things? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, the brand name was Jarts. I have a set and use it often. I feel..... that lawn darts really aren't that dangerous because, well, you have to do something really [censored] stupid to get hurt by them, like throw them at someone or run in front of the game. I mean, wtf? People don't go running through a BBQ fire pit, don't go through the lawn darts game. With trampolines and slip and slides, there's a high possibility of getting hurt from them by just normal use, so they're inherently dangerous — unlike lawn darts. But not only that, the stuff that's "more fun" like doing a flip or putting a slip 'n' slide down a hill makes these things even more dangerous. People will decide to make slip 'n' slides and trampolines more dangerous through normal use, because you can, in theory, do flips and stuff safely, so people try them and get hurt. Lawn darts don't get any "more" dangerous unless you try to throw them at each other, which is not at all like trying to do flip. Can anyone disagree with that? -ChipsAhoya [/ QUOTE ] Not reasonably, but people aren't reasonable. ~D
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