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« on: March 17, 2005, 05:35:58 PM »


I must've been in a cave when this news came out!  Oh, wait... I was 13 years old.  But still, they BANNED metal lawn darts?  For the CHILDREN?  Sounds familiar, doesn't it!

Read on:

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5053.html

http://www.thetoque.com/010821/lawndarts.htm

Gotta go find some pre-bans.

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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2005, 05:40:32 PM »
That's my picture, you wankster.

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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2005, 05:50:06 PM »
Credit to kate for googling that photo.  *cough*

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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2005, 06:17:48 PM »
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"In 1988 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned lawn darts," said CPSC Chairman Ann Brown. "That people would now blatantly disregard that ban is outrageous, and an insult to our authority."
GREAT GOOGLY-MOOGLY!!!  Americans have the audacity to insult the AU-THOR-ITY of the CPSC!  The Horror!  The Horror!

Ms. Brown needs to get a frelling life.
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2005, 06:25:45 PM »
Respect my athoriteh!
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2005, 08:20:15 PM »
A buddy made me lawn darts some years ago after the ban went into effect. I still have them. I still use them. These have similarities to the store bought, except these homemade ones are better balanced in my opinion.

Let the socialist pigs ban what they want from the markets. They're an incompetent bunch of lunatics. The CPSC is not the law of my private land. Whatever they try to take from me I will make, or find someone who can make it. Or I can still purchase used on Google. They can go to hell, and while there, give my burger a flip.
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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2005, 08:36:28 PM »
I used to throw them at squirrels and chipmunks and cats. Cheesy
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2005, 10:10:03 AM »
My parents still have a set of these.  I didn't realize they were off the market.  I better hang on to them.
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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2005, 10:16:07 AM »
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I used to throw them at squirrels and chipmunks and cats. Cheesy
Exactly...  I miss those things!
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2005, 01:25:54 PM »
Kids tend to throw them straight up in the air... and ER's had a steady stream of kids arriving with "lawn dart lobotomies".

http://www.kidsource.com/cpsc/lawn.darts.html


WASHINGTON, D.C. - After a recent serious injury caused by a lawn dart, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reissued its warning that lawn darts are banned and should be destroyed. Effective on December 19, 1988, CPSC banned the sale of all lawn darts in the United States. Pointed lawn darts, intended for use in an outdoor game, have been responsible for the deaths of three children. The most recent injury occurred last week in Elkhart, Ind., when a 7-year-old boy suffered a brain injury after a lawn dart pierced his skull.

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« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2005, 01:51:07 PM »
Aw, geeziz, bountyhunter. Looks like we're about to go 'round again. Wink

How many things should we ban for "the children?" Frankly, I'm surprised that baseball bats aren't banned yet.

I think that a big factor in whether an object is banned or not has to do with how long said object has been around. It's often been suggested, and I agreee, that if motorcycles were just being introduced to the market today, they'd be banned.

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« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2005, 03:16:25 PM »
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Kids tend to throw them straight up in the air... and ER's had a steady stream of kids arriving with "lawn dart lobotomies".
Wow, the deaths of 3 children, that sure does sound dangerous! I hear children have a tendency to swing bats at each other, too. Musn't have anything that can be used incorrectly and cause danger about!
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« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2005, 05:09:39 PM »
Wimps.  When I was a lad we used to play dodge lawndarts.  And dodge bottlerockets, and...  Yeah, okay.  So we were bored, but we threw them more in a softball-like, underhand fashion, so likely the worst that would have happened was the loss of a leg.

Man.  I just told my wife that story and she gave me the Look.  

I'm gonna go look for some now.

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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2005, 03:21:32 AM »
JAlexander,

Did you ever play the game where two people threw knives, or other sharp and pointy things, near each other's feet?

You start out with your feet about shoulder width apart.  One person throws a knive to make it stick in the ground next to his opponents foot.  If successful, the "recipient" must move his feet a little wider apart.  The winner is the first one to make his opponent fall over or unable to spread his feet any more.

Ah, life before video games.  I still have all my fingers and toes, though shocked
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« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2005, 04:31:25 AM »
i played lawn darts all the time...  never managed to kill anyone... not even a puncture wound...

we also had bottle rocket fights all the time too, still do... Tongue

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« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2005, 06:48:58 AM »
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Pointed lawn darts, intended for use in an outdoor game, have been responsible for the deaths of three children. The most recent injury occurred last week in Elkhart, Ind., when a 7-year-old boy suffered a brain injury after a lawn dart pierced his skull.
Three, wow, I didn't realize that it was such a huge number.

And how many kids are killed each year from riding in canoes, the most dangerous watercraft of all.
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« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2005, 08:11:21 AM »
I heard they're going to bring them back.  The manufacturer is going to build an internal lock into them, and you won't be able to buy more than one set a month. Wink
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« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2005, 09:31:36 AM »
Here's the perfect t-shirt to wear to that next CPSC convention. Cheesy


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« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2005, 12:32:29 PM »
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When I was a lad we used to play dodge lawndarts.
LOL. If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a lawndart.
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« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2005, 01:20:50 PM »
Lol.. I had one of those land on my head when I was in 1st or 2nd grade.  The Real metal ones too... Just proves I'm hard headed.  Was some blood though.. that really freaked me out.  Coudn't have done too much damage.. I'm in my 2nd year of college (studying computers) with a 3.9 gpa.  I will admit that I haven't gotten into the deep math yet... and I have some more years to go...

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« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2005, 03:57:39 PM »
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"That people would now blatantly disregard that ban is outrageous, and an insult to our authority."
My god those people are full of themselves! They must take that as a serious blow to democracy.
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« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2005, 05:05:24 PM »
Mumbly Pegs.  That is the sound of the name my dad told me, when I saw some men in a park throwing knives back and forth at each other, so that they would stick in the ground near their feet.  That was close to 50 years ago.

If anyone was to try that in a public park today, they would be arrested, and probably sent to jail for a long time.

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« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2005, 09:40:58 AM »
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"That people would now blatantly disregard that ban is outrageous, and an insult to our authority."
Ah...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *gasp* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...wheeeeeee...*giggle*

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Kids tend to throw them straight up in the air... and ER's had a steady stream of kids arriving with "lawn dart lobotomies".
So, you're saying that this is a self-correcting problem then?

As a child, we used to throw lawn darts onto the street in the evening to try and make them spark.
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« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2005, 10:15:29 AM »
but you can still buy them in ENGLAND?

http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/seeds/pages/garden-games14.htm

Lawn Darts May Be Illegal, But The Game Still Sticks
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MARK'S BACKYARD-- Americans, tired of living in a nanny state, are demonstrating their unwillingness to conform to national safety standards by engaging in dangerous recreational activities, some of which are banned in many states.

The most popular of these activities is lawn darts, a menacing suburban yard sport that was made illegal several years ago because of the "dangerous risks" players took with the equipment. Pointed lawn darts had been responsible for the deaths of several very stupid people.

"In 1988 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned lawn darts," said CPSC Chairman Ann Brown. "That people would now blatantly disregard that ban is outrageous, and an insult to our authority."
Mark Bailey thinks the government should "let its hair down" on this issue, and let responsible people have their fun.
"I'm allowed to own a gun, but I'm not allowed to play with lawn darts," said Mark sarcastically. "Just because some idiot once tried to catch a lawn dart in his teeth, it's been spoiled for the rest of us."

Mark and his buddy Justin have been defiantly playing the metal-spiked sport for months, and on several occasions have invited friends over to their "secret location" to play in the backyard. "We're thinking of starting our own league," added Mark.

The FBI is interested in any information about illegal lawn darts clubs. Said FBI spokesperson Allan Rice: "We are certainly concerned when American citizens openly disregard toy bans. For the safety of Americans, we would, if needed, use force to suppress these dangerous activities."

Mark thinks that America is just getting soft and "mamby-pamby".

"When I was nine, I drank the fluid out of a Magic 8-Ball," said Mark. "Where was the CPSC for me then? Huh?"
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« Reply #24 on: March 21, 2005, 11:44:45 AM »
The FBI is interested in any information about illegal lawn darts clubs. Said FBI spokesperson Allan Rice: "We are certainly concerned when American citizens openly disregard toy bans. For the safety of Americans, we would, if needed, use force to suppress these dangerous activities."

Those guys seriously need a major budget cut. Going after banned toys...
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