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"Jarts" was the catchy
name given to Lawn Darts after the original name("Flying Human Impalement Spikes") failed to ignite sales. This "sport" consisted of a horseshoe-like game in which you tossed the Darts of Death toward a plastic hoop target on the other side of your yard. Unfortutately, people who couldn't be safely trusted with a Nerf ball were soon tossing lethal weapons in wild arcs across your property. Jarts, which flew with all the accuracy of a SCUD missile, demonstrated Murphy's Law repeatedly across a country slow to catch on to the obvious. Finally banned in the US and Canada in 1988 after several horrific injuries and deaths, they still show up on occasion at white-trash garage sales. Tempted to try them? Don't. Get your kids something safer. Like a crossbow. |
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Summer parties, alchohol and
Jarts often made for a lively afternoon. Returning Vietnam Vets attending these gatherings often yearned for the relative safety of Cambodian cross- border raids. And if the family dog mistook the fun for a game of fetch, well...things could get ugly pretty fast. |
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Bob's
Really Bad Idea:
Glow-In-The-Dark JARTS
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As if being sent to Summer Camp wasn't evidence
enough that our parents didn't love us, the fact that they allowed us to play Jarts is distubing indeed. |
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JARTS !
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