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vixen101485 wrote:I still have Lawn Darts-the real ones with sharp little points. Does that make me a bad parent?

I do too! (now if I can just find them)

Big Wallaby wrote: I like cats.

Cat, The other white meat. ;)

JugglingFreak wrote:It's all Ralph Nader's fault. If it wasn't for him we could still be driving our Corvair's to the park to play Lawn Darts..


Not that I'm bitter or anything..

Hell, in some school yards, kids aren't even allowed to play tag anymore, because it "demoralizes" the kids who are "it."

Oh, and there is no "cowboys and indians." But I guess, "people (can't use men, right?) who herd cattle and Native Americans" is okay.

And kids in school don't sit "indian style" anymore. They sit "cross legged."

leftcoaster wrote:And kids in school don't sit "indian style" anymore. They sit "cross legged."

That has happened in my local schools system and they tried to get dodgeball banned because it's "too aggressive". That didn't work though. We love our dodgeball 'round here.


In the "Dangerous toys" catagory. I still have this:http://www.micro-outpost.com/pictures/m ... karza.html

The chest missle wasn't "rubber tipped" as it says and the spring in the chest launcher was strong enough that I could place him flat on the ground and fire straight up and hit the ceiling and leave a mark. The trigger on the back for the chest missle was very sensitive too. If you barely touched it, it fired. I got hit just under my eye by that thing and it left a bruise.

It's one of the toys I've always prized from my childhood, along with all my StarWars figures.

I think I'm going to OD on nostalgia.

[quote="Cranbiz"]Cat, The other white meat. ]
Tastes like chicken

I am living proof of the dangers of lawn darts. Got hit in the back of the leg with one of those suckers when I was a kid, and I still have the scar. Didn't cause any lasting trauma tho'. I choose to believe that it made me a stronger person. ;)

Candy cigarettes....mmmmmm!! The bubblegum ones seem to be the most common, but chocolate were my favorites. Didn't indoctronate me to Big Tobacco either. I am quite a militant non-smoker.

Speaking of getting rid of Dodgeball, they also want to get rid of the valdevictorian at a school district here in FL. Apparently it's so much more esteem building to give awards to multiple kids ala college style cum laude rather than focusing on one kid. Hmmmm....when they're out in the real employment world, is their boss gonna do group promotions to protect everyone's feelings? God save me from touchy-feely new ways to celebration mediocrity!

Syndrome wrote:when they're out in the real employment world, is their boss gonna do group promotions to protect everyone's feelings?

SHUT YOUR MOUTH! Certain people in local, state and national leadership (and anymore, I use that term loosely) do NOT need any ideas. Posting something like that and having it found by the wrong person (and again, I sometimes use that term loosely when referring to some lawmakers) could kill business.

Syndrome wrote:I am living proof of the dangers of lawn darts. Got hit in the back of the leg with one of those suckers when I was a kid, and I still have the scar. Didn't cause any lasting trauma tho'. I choose to believe that it made me a stronger person. ]when they're out in the real employment world, is their boss gonna do group promotions to protect everyone's feelings?[/B] God save me from touchy-feely new ways to celebrate mediocrity!

It can't be any worse than having mommy come with them on a job interview. Yes, it's true. I've read stories about it.

I say the same thing, but all it will take is to get one of them "in charge" to "change the rules" for everyone. IE: when the "old crew" retires, the new crew will make it's own rules, and create their own management "style."

Oh, yea...I rode a bike and went skateboarding without a helmet! I even played on the streets; not inside backyard prisons.

My friend and I built jumping ramps for our bikes and skateboards.

[quote="leftcoaster"]Oh, yea...I rode a bike and went skateboarding without a helmet! I even played on the streets]

NoFX "Seperation of Church and Skate" [excerpt]:

Why don't we put pads on the kids?
Helmets, head gear and mouth pieces!
Then we could pad the floor and walls,
put cameras inside bathroom stalls
We make sure only nice bands play,
make every show a matinee
Teach kids to be all they can be,
and we could sing my country tis of thee
sweet land of liberty
When did punk rock become so safe?

(Although my *favorite* line in the song is: "This f*cking record's rated G!" :p: )

hobie16 wrote:Did you ever get concentrated cinnamon oil and soak toothpicks in it? We bought it at the local pharmacy. They finally stopped selling it to kids when some parent complained their kid dropped some on the floor and it ate a hole through the linoleum tile.

I remember getting some from other kids. They were awesome. I was unclear on what it took to make them, though, so the ones I tried to make weren't any good. (Note: water with cinnamon sprinkled in it is a poor substitute for cinnamon oil.)

Interested what you said was the reason they stopped them. With us, they became forbidden at school because of the alcohol content of the extract. Even in elementary school, though, I remember thinking you'd have to suck on a LOT of toothpicks to get drunk!

hobie16 wrote:God save me from touchy-feely new ways to celebration mediocrity!

Amen! "Everyone's special, Dash." "Which is another way of saying no one is." :mad: