Top 10 Deadly Toys

[Nephythys]

Top 10 Deadly Toys (http://radaronline.com/features/2006/12/toys.php)





Ok- I am not laughing about dead or injured kids- but the way they wrote this article is downright funny.



My daughter was launching her SkyDancer all over last night- so I got an extra giggle out of that. It was not recalled- not that I know of anyway.





:D

[Capt Jack]

freakin' hilarious!!
lets see. had lawn darts, had the crotch pistol (traded something to the kid down the street for it. dont remember what)...and now I want the Reb Cannon.

damn recalls.

edit: oh yeah, and the nuke lab. gotta have the nuke lab...to combine with the cannon.

[Not Afraid]

I grew up on Creepey Crawlies and Lawn Darts and I'm still alive. As a matter of fact, I wish I had a creepy crawlies set today!

Remember they had edible plastigoop as well. I can still recall that sickly sweet, somewhat crunchy taste of edible bugs. Yummy!

[Nephythys]

When I was just a wee little lad, full of traumas and tears
My father bought a toy for me confirming all my fears
A horror to behold it was, and it filled me full of dread
And the moment I laid eyes on it I knew he wished me dead
I went

(CHORUS):
OUCH!! when it cut and YAAHH!! when it shocked
And GGAUGGH!! when it caught in my throat
I merely went and picked it up and that was all she wrote

The Consumer Product Safety Board said this toy takes many lives
With lead paint and electrical hazards and edges just like knives
But my daddy wants no sissy son and he says to "Be a Man"
So I went and picked it up again and it sliced off both of my hands
I went
(CHORUS)

I first ran left and then ran right then hid under a chair
But the toy pursued relentlessly till it found me hiding there
I reached for the switch to turn it off but my skin touched a hot bare wire
And a thousand volts shot up my arm and set my clothes on fire
I went
(CHORUS)

Well somehow I survived those years now I have my own little boy
And yesterday I gave to him my dangerous little toy
His eyes nearly popped right out of his head; in fact they did, and now he's blind
Cause he didn't see those two sharp spikes that were sticking up from behind
Now he goes
(CHORUS)


Dan Hart

[Alex]

They stuck where they landed. If they happened to land in your skull, well, then you should have moved.

I think these two sentences pretty much sum up the way I look at the universe.

Of course, one thing we liked to do when I was a kid was go down to a construction site somewhere (and they were building a major freeway nearby so there were generally plenty) and have "dirt clod wars." Essentially a snowball fight with clumps of dirt. Learning the hard way that there was a rock in the middle of a clod was a bonus, not a detraction.

The war continued until someone got hurt. Then we stopped for the day to resume soon.

Scars, wounds, and trauma are the joy of growing up. If a few die along the way, I'm ok with that. Since we make too many of them anyway, we might as well use some as spares.

[Jughead P. Jones]

I guess I can consider myself lucky that I was born too late to experience these "death toys".

I do own one of those "deadly" disco balls, but I only leave it on for like an hour at a time...my gosh, it's just common sense, you know!

[BarTopDancer]

I had the water wiggle and the dive sticks (err. rings). Still have them. Haven't drowed any kids yet. I should try harder next time.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Does anyone recall a toy from the 70's that consisted of two balls, each a bit larger than golf balls, but smaller than a tennis ball, connected by a piece of rope. They went by a few different names such as "Clackers" or "Click Clacks".

I vaguely remember everyone owning these when I was very young, and then shortly after, they were made illegal, probably for very good reason. :)

[Strangler Lewis]

Click Clacks. I believe they would shatter.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Does anyone recall a toy from the 70's that consisted of two balls, each a bit larger than golf balls, but smaller than a tennis ball, connected by a piece of rope. They went by a few different names such as "Clackers" or "Click Clacks".

I remember those!

I so want a nuclear test lab now. I had a chemistry set and a microscope, but that's not as cool as a nuke lab.

We had lawn darts as kids.

[lashbear]

Clackers also made a great weapon when thrown - a cross between poi-balls and nunchucks.

[Disneyphile]

I had the water wiggle and the dive sticks (err. rings). Still have them. I so loved the Water Wiggle! I remember my mom took it away once she heard a "news" report that it strangled a kid though. :rolleyes: :(

I also had a chemistry set, complete with glass bunsen burner, filled with highly flammable oil. :D

[Not Afraid]

I had about 7 sets of Click Clacks! My favorite were the purple glass ones and my least favorite were the "safe" plasticly solid blue ones. They never shattered on me, but I did hit myself on the head the few times.

[€uroMeinke]

My Chemistry set came with asbestos fibers to prove in an experiment that they couldn't be burned. I think I miss Creepy Crawlers the most, they were the coolest, especially with the glow in the dark plastigoop.

[JWBear]

It's amazing our generation survived our childhoods.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Clackers also made a great weapon when thrown - a cross between poi-balls and nunchucks.
That's the second time in a span of 2 weeks that I've hear/seen the term "poi-balls". Prior to that, I'd never heard of them in my life.

[Alex]

It's amazing our generation survived our childhoods.

To me it is amazing that, apparently, a generation that did has apparently decided the next wouldn't.

[JWBear]

To me it is amazing that, apparently, a generation that did has apparently decided the next wouldn't.

BTW, I was being sarcastic. I guess that didn't come across.

[Alex]

It did.

I wasn't.

[Nephythys]

No-sadly we are now a society who thinks dodge ball is too dangerous and we have banned tag. :(

Anyone for a game of Jarts while sliding on the Slip'n'Slide? Moving targets!