Toys :Sigh:

Nov 28, 2006 at 2:17 PM
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W.A.T.C.H., the World Against Toys Causing Harm organization, has just released its "10 Worst Toys" of the season list.

I thought the entries were mundane at best. Seriously, this is number 4? Alright, so buying pointy toys is probably not the best strategy for raising children.

But, do you remember what we played with as children? I do.

Vomitron

Ahh yeah. The Sit N Spin. The spin-until-you-can't-see-straight-then-get-up-and-run-into-something-like-a- coffee-table-or-grandma super fun toy. I sustained so many head injuries from the intoxicating effects of this wondrous device. And you know what? They still sell these fuckers. My child will have one.

You know what else we had? Lawn Darts. GI Joe toys that fired eye-piercing missiles. Playgrounds built on concrete. It was Darwinism at its best.

Those were the days.

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Kids nowadays and their fancy toys. I settled for a rubber ball and a mound of dirt.

Those were the days.

*giggles* I bet!

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I have a photo my parents took of me when I was two years old. In one of my hands is a brick. In the other is a fistful of gravel and I'm sitting on the edge of a concrete step. What do my parents do? Remove the hazards? No. They pick up the camera and snap off a shot. I survived and had a great old time getting banged up. Still do.

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Don't forget the summer skull-cracking sensation that was the slip n' slide. I can name at least three people who sustained permanent injury from one of those.

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This brings back fond memories of highly dangerous childhood incursion into the world of pointy objects, running with scissors to see what all the fuss was about and all those little tasty pieces of transformers, voltron and lego.
I'm having a resurgence of affection for Lego at the moment with their Exo-Force collection.
I wonder where my big blue denim bag of lego ended up? Probably a landfill somewhere failing to break down over the millenia.

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When I was about 8 I got into a fight at the top of the slide and got pushed off. About 6 or 7 feet down onto concrete. I was out for a bit and poured from my head, kids screamed and everything.
Character-building stuff.

Toys :Sigh:

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