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In the state of Australia where I live we had fireworks night banned back in the 70's by our State Premier (U.S. equivalent I guess ia a Governor).

Same argument applied then and does now.  Just because a minority of dills chose to hold the fireworks and blow their fingers off, the rest of us get to miss out forever.

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In the state of Australia where I live we had fireworks night banned back in the 70's by our State Premier (U.S. equivalent I guess ia a Governor).

Same argument applied then and does now.  Just because a minority of dills chose to hold the fireworks and blow their fingers off, the rest of us get to miss out forever.

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(This smiley must have held firework in mouth...
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My folks buy enough fireworks in the summer that we have enough to shoot off all year..the GREAT BIG cherry bombs, and we shoot them over their lake when my nephews are home...I cannot believe that anyone would ban them....we love our fireworks..I DARE anyone to take them away!!!!!!!!! >:(

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My folks buy enough fireworks in the summer that we have enough to shoot off all year..the GREAT BIG cherry bombs, and we shoot them over their lake when my nephews are home...I cannot believe that anyone would ban them....we love our fireworks..I DARE anyone to take them away!!!!!!!!! >:(
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Kickball...dangerous...you get over zealous to make the run and hit a tree.

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If lawn darts are outlawed, I would still have all my toes. ;)

Okay, outlaw everything....

Baseball?  Dangerous...I got hit by the ball and was also hit by the bat.  It did have its affect...just read my posts.
Lawn darts?  dangerous...Yep, they could hurt something but look at regular darts....Go into a crowded pub and see how dangerous it can be when drunken players get going.
Croquet?  Dangerous...Those mallets hurt when you club you opponent over the head to score the points.
Badmitton? dangerous...Have you ever hit the shuttlecock and had it shoot down your opponent's throat...not a pretty site.
Swimming?...dangerous...repeat after me...
d-r- o -w- n- i- n- g
Fireworks...dangerous....my brother is a eunich now.
Computer games...dangerous...carpal tunnel syndrome...radiation emitting from the monitor frying your brain and sucking up your eyesight.
Television...dangerous...you lose IQ points and learn interesting new ideas on how to evade murder raps....Watch "Medical Detectives" and you can learn this.
Jump Rope?  dangerous...You trip on the rope, fall, hit your head on a rock and die of an severe concussion...not very pretty.
Jacks...dangerous....you leave a jack on the floor, go to vacuum, the machine sucks the jack out and it lodges in your brain making you a vegetable.
Kickball...dangerous...you get over zealous to make the run and hit a tree.
Sex....dangerous...you can get over zealous and have a heart attack during the act of copulation...your partner is trapped underneath and suffocates and both of you are found months later and are featured on "Medical Detectives" insect time calculation program.

Okay, this is just a few of the things that are dangerous so they should be outlawed.  Maybe you can add to the list.

Peace,
A'isha
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Hilarious! I especially loved the last one!  ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Okay, this is just a few of the things that are dangerous so they should be outlawed.  Maybe you can add to the list.

Peace,
A'isha
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The Indiana General Assembly.  ;D

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All assemblies where politicians gather in groups....totally dangerous.

Peace,
A'isha

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All assemblies where politicians gather in groups....totally dangerous.

Peace,
A'isha
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Hey, are you and langdon related? You both crack my @ss up!

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That's it! That's it! Hand over my jart at once! Or prepare to duel.... ;D ;D

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Why, Thank you!  :)

On topic -

I've never seen Dutch Arrows.

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I remember when the Government (as if they had nothing more important to do) banned the 70s staple lawn darts or "Jarts". They said it was dangerous to little children and pets. I disagree. Why haven't they banned Croquet. Those balls or the mallet could cause a serious concussion to children when hit hard. Even a baseball (or any ball for that matter) is dangerous when thrown hard. I could understand somebody causing serious harm by using the lawn dart as a weapon, but why punish the consumers who love this game. And there even trying to pass a law banning the P.E. staple Dodgeball from school gyms. As anyone been killed by a Dodgeball?  ::)
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Well I just about had my nose broken by a dodgeball in high school PE.  I got totally blindsided by some a-hole.  That was probably the most Ive ever bled in my life and nearly passed out a few minutes later.

My high school PE actually should have been renamed dodgeball 101.  What an eternal waste of time.  Personally after my experience,  I wouldnt mind if they did ban dodgeball.   There are many other constructive physical activities that can be done besides a stupid game like this.

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What exactly are lawn darts?  Pretty sure we don't have them in Aus.  The only darts I know of are the ones you throw at the round board divided into 20 wedges with a bullseye in the centre.  Have these been banned in the US as well?  Seems a bit over the top to me.  
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Lawn Darts was a big fad in the 1970's.  Basically you took these darts on steroids, and tossed them into a hoop set on the ground about 10-30 yards away.  It is scored kinda like horseshoes.  The darts had a blunted metal tip, but because they weighed like 1-3 pounds each, could do some damage if used stupidly.

Personally, I think they should be brought back.  Think of this as Darwinism as it's finest.  The stupid ones that run in front of flying darts are killed off, leaving more resources for the rest of us.   :P

And no, darts here are not illegal.  But because of how stupid most Americans are, the darts have this blunt plastic tip.  And because nobody here understands the game, we have computers to work out the scores for us.   ;D

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Sorta ironic that this newer type of lawn darts was put on the market as a "kids game" when the reason it was banned in the 80's was because it was dangerous to kids.
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Kinda like the "Verti-Bird" (I remember it as "Whirly Bird" as a kid in the 70's.. maybe it was a Canadian thing?)

http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2/cooltoys/index.html

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Kinda like the "Verti-Bird" (I remember it as "Whirly Bird" as a kid in the 70's.. maybe it was a Canadian thing?)

http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2/cooltoys/index.html
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Oh wow, I had one of those as a kid!  I loved it!!!!

Just looking at that page made me remember a lot of things from my childhood.  Like the "Tracer Gun", which shot out these little plastic disks.  To bad those are illegal also now.

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Kinda like the "Verti-Bird" (I remember it as "Whirly Bird" as a kid in the 70's.. maybe it was a Canadian thing?)

http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2/cooltoys/index.html

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I remember a friends older brother having one of these.

Wasn't Whirly Birds a TV programme in the 70's?  Sort of like CHiPs but with helicopters I think

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Just looking at that page made me remember a lot of things from my childhood.  Like the "Tracer Gun", which shot out these little plastic disks.  To bad those are illegal also now.
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Yeah, I remember chasing my little brother around the toy section at K-Mart (now gone) with a plastic replica of an M16 rifle.  Hardly see those anymore..  I guess it's not p.c.  :(

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Sorry about the delay in replying.  Better late than never, eh?

Take a container of Coffee Mate and hold it at arms length (you will want to do that!) at about head level and pour it in a continuous stream towards the ground.  Hold a lighter as low as you can into the falling stream of Coffee Mate.  You should have a nice fireball.  :D

We used to have competitions to see who could maintain fireballs the longest without having to relight.  And thru.. uh, various experiments we found that you get one guy to ignite the fireball and as soon as it ignited, have another quickly throw a cup full of Coffee Mate into it.  We learned that the person starting it had to jump back rather quickly.  ;D

Needless to say, I don't drink the stuff.  Didja know that Old Dutch Rip-L chips burn like crazy?

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Needless to say, I don't drink the stuff.  Didja know that Old Dutch Rip-L chips burn like crazy?
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Who made the Dutch Rip-L chips?  I would guess Pringles would be a fast, bright burn, whereas Ruffles would be a slow, smokey smolder.
I would never have guessed Coffee-Mate was so flammable.  We all learned to do the aerosol fireball, and none of us ever needed reconstructive surgery.  We also burned styrofoam cups and plastic army men for the distinct whizzing sound the toxic dripping polymers made.  I'm sure those streams of black smoke did wonders for my brain!
The BEST was having a buddy smuggle back from Florida an arsenal of bottlerockets, firecrackers, M-80s, flaming fountains, and other things that incinerate and go bang! 8)

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BB guns should be banned, they are too dangerous.
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BB guns don't shoot little brothers in the eye, big brothers shoot little brothers in the eye! ::)

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Ruffles burn like crazy the last time I tried it.  I've never tried Doritos, though.

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