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TantorLovesZoc
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Lawn Darts
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:28 pm Central Time
Anyone else used to throw them at other people? LOL. Me and my cousin used to stand next to the rings as we tossed the darts. Instead of hitting eachother, I hit myself by throwing them str8 up and watching them fall back down. Back in the day we knew how to have fun.  |
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comet1
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:06 pm Central Time
I illegally own a set of these darts now. My friend once got one of these in the leg. |
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:13 pm Central Time
My grandma and aunt are fairly "safety-obsessed" people... but some of my fondest childhood summer memories involve playing lawn darts with them when I was about 6 or 7 years old. They were the real darts, with pointed ends. Remembering that makes me think of the smell of the heavy-duty incense that my grandma used to ward off mosquitos. |
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holdn2aces
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:07 pm Central Time
I have heard that they are once again making them but the company to comply with the laws that caused them to be illegal still exist. So the company has to sell the dart end and the fan/blade end separately. |
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freakyfemme
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:56 pm Central Time
I've seen "safer" lawn darts on the market (and played with them too). They're made with weighted ends rather than points, but they really don't seem all that much safer, because can you imagine being hit in the head with the weighted end of a lawn dart as it's hurtling down towards the ground? |
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Nuke67
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:51 pm Central Time
We bought a original set when they first came out, the now infamous dangerous ones, but none of us got hurt using them..lucky I guess. |
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Mando66
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:58 pm Central Time
Do you mean Jarts? |
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freakyfemme
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:45 pm Central Time
Mando66 wrote:
Do you mean Jarts? view
It's funny that they specifically labelled the Jarts as being "for adults," because for one thing, a lot of people here have been sharing memories of playing with Jarts as children, and for another thing, when adults get together for a barbecue or whatever, there's usually alcohol involved. That's probably what led to all those Jart-induced injuries that got them taken off the market in the first place. |
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Allie Fox
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:15 am Central Time
I saw a box of "Jarts" at Kmart the other day. They're not the same but for nostalgia's sake, they're JARTS.
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Christi1011
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:30 pm Central Time
I would love a set again. Anyone have one they want to get rid of 
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freakyfemme
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:19 pm Central Time
Somehow, through an awful brain fart
Evolved an invention called "Jarts."
But before very long,
Things went terribly wrong,
When they pierced people clear through the heart. |
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retrochen
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:05 am Central Time
freakyfemme wrote:
Somehow, through an awful brain fart
Evolved an invention called "Jarts."
But before very long,
Things went terribly wrong,
When they pierced people clear through the heart. view |
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major_havoc
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Re: Lawn Darts
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:03 pm Central Time
Nuke67 wrote:
We bought a original set when they first came out, the now infamous dangerous ones, but none of us got hurt using them..lucky I guess.
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No! You followed the instructions. The ones who were injured likely engaged in other gene pool cleansing activities such as driving with a hot cup of coffee between their legs. Sadly stupidity is not against the law.  |
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