I liked this when you posted it, but one like was not enough.
So I am quoting your post, and now I'm going to like my quote of your post.
EDIT: Oh crap, I can't like my own posts.
EDIT: I guess they must have banned that too
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So I am quoting your post, and now I'm going to like my quote of your post.
EDIT: Oh crap, I can't like my own posts.
EDIT: I guess they must have banned that too
It's all fun and games until someone puts an......lol
Ok..one more...
Cop at my High School has a t-shirt that says:
'It's all fun and games...until the cops arrive'
Not to mention waked chins. knots on the head and a few missing teeth. How about those Lawn Darts!
I thought it was "it's all grins and giggles until someone loses a weiner"
wait I think that was for the campfire
It was the camp counselors that might explode, not the flashlight. lol
I imagine after a reaaaally long day chasing a bunch of kids they finally get them to sit around a camp fire and can relax... yeah. They wanted you to stare into the fire and get sleepy already. haha
Enjoy all i just got a few myself i loved this toy been looking for them for years to get again lol
Clackers Toy : Red Pendulum 1970 : Retro 1970s : Yo Yo : Classic Vintage Plastic Toys
Clackers Toy : Red Pendulum 1970 : Retro 1970s : Yo Yo : Classic Vintage Plastic Toys
When I was younger they were made of glass. You learned how to operate them quickly! Anyone remember footsies? A hollow small frisbee with a string with a ball on the end. You put one foot in and twirled it around jumping over the string.
Where is Boba Fett's rocket-launching back-pack?
Or any spring-loaded launching missile for that matter?
Evidently us kids ate 'em all...
Or any spring-loaded launching missile for that matter?
Evidently us kids ate 'em all...
It sure as all heck isn't taking off with my hangover.
Or the tight-cheeks of a certain thread-mover!
Yeh, some bans on toys were because of stupid kids. I mean really stupid kids. I was ...... that my Viper for battle star galactica didn't have launching missiles because of some kid in Oregon who was too stupid to play safely. But all my micronauts from Japan had loads of missiles. Another banned toy was a "make yourself superball". You mixed two bags of ingredients and poured the mixture in a mold. An hour later, a big red superb ounce ball. Apparently some stupid kids just couldnt resist eating the mixture. And when kids got hurt playing with said ball, eventually the banned superbounce balls.
Now I can understand toys that melted a metallic almangam and used metal molds to make monster figures get banned. I've accidentally spilled the molten metal on plastic table, and ate right thru it like alien blood on a ships' hull. They eventually came out with a plastic version but it still heated the stuff to scalding levels. It was still fun. How many kids did the DIY version of melting army men in their sisters' easy bake oven?
My dad told me how one of his more well off friends as kids had a Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab. Yes it was a kit that had radioactive samples, a Geiger counter, a cloud chamber, etc. it was low level enough unless you ate it. Your old Coleman lantern heating element was more radioactive but still.
Aqua dots turned into GHB when swallowed. Magnetic Bucky balls we like being shot in slooooow motion in your gut.
So basically, it was always stupid kids that just couldn't seem to NOT eat their toys or point them directly at their eyeballs that ruined it all for us.
As a side note, it wasn't banned but what was the deal with wood burning kits? Who got the bright idea that using a soldering iron on balsa wood was art let alone fun for kids?
Now I can understand toys that melted a metallic almangam and used metal molds to make monster figures get banned. I've accidentally spilled the molten metal on plastic table, and ate right thru it like alien blood on a ships' hull. They eventually came out with a plastic version but it still heated the stuff to scalding levels. It was still fun. How many kids did the DIY version of melting army men in their sisters' easy bake oven?
My dad told me how one of his more well off friends as kids had a Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab. Yes it was a kit that had radioactive samples, a Geiger counter, a cloud chamber, etc. it was low level enough unless you ate it. Your old Coleman lantern heating element was more radioactive but still.
Aqua dots turned into GHB when swallowed. Magnetic Bucky balls we like being shot in slooooow motion in your gut.
So basically, it was always stupid kids that just couldn't seem to NOT eat their toys or point them directly at their eyeballs that ruined it all for us.
As a side note, it wasn't banned but what was the deal with wood burning kits? Who got the bright idea that using a soldering iron on balsa wood was art let alone fun for kids?
Too old for lawn darts, but we had jacks & marbles.
Ever step on a jack in your bare feet? Ouch! We didnt report it to the Feds or sue the heck outa those jack-manufacturers.
And...marbles. Hmmmm. It never dawned on us that our 1, 2, or 3-year old siblings might swallow the marbles or that Granny would slip on a marble & break her neck.
Life was simpler back in those days. Don't know how we made it this far.
Fast forward to 2013 & vaping on a Reo. LOL
Ever step on a jack in your bare feet? Ouch! We didnt report it to the Feds or sue the heck outa those jack-manufacturers.
And...marbles. Hmmmm. It never dawned on us that our 1, 2, or 3-year old siblings might swallow the marbles or that Granny would slip on a marble & break her neck.
Life was simpler back in those days. Don't know how we made it this far.
Fast forward to 2013 & vaping on a Reo. LOL
My clackers were this type...my god were they loud...
I had yard darts, bb guns, a recurve bow and more long before I had a drivers license.
I had yard darts, bb guns, a recurve bow and more long before I had a drivers license.
So my friend and I were having fun playing "lawn dart dodge ball."
I still have the scar. Ah, the memories.
lol who thought lawn darts were a good idea
Who knows.
The object wasn't really to hit each other, but to have the lawn dart land as dangerously close as we dared. Between the legs was extra points! And that's when it hit my knee, and kinda stuck. 8-o
I'm playing with my buckyballs at my desk right now (no pun intended)
and I was soooo planning on ingesting all of them.. but apparently they say it's not a good idea..
and I was soooo planning on ingesting all of them.. but apparently they say it's not a good idea..
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