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Old 03-24-2012, 09:06 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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Know why there are so many dumb kids today? Cause they don't have toys that can kill them. Think back to your childhood. What toys did you play with that were deadly dangerous?

Weebles Wobble-the originals were the perfect size for choking
Lawn Darts-loved lawn darts. We had sense enough to watch out when someone was throwing and get the heck out of the way!
Electric trains-I had an electric train. You connected two copper wires to the tracks and then wrap the other end of the wires around two post on the electric controller. Move the lever on the controller and the train moved. About as safe as putting a fork in an electrical socket.
Chemistry Set-these sets aren't what's sold today. These were lethal weapons of mass destruction.
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:09 PM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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Know why there are so many dumb kids today? Cause they don't have toys that can kill them. Think back to your childhood. What toys did you play with that were deadly dangerous?

Weebles Wobble-the originals were the perfect size for choking
Lawn Darts-loved lawn darts. We had sense enough to watch out when someone was throwing and get the heck out of the way!
Electric trains-I had an electric train. You connected two copper wires to the tracks and then wrap the other end of the wires around two post on the electric controller. Move the lever on the controller and the train moved. About as safe as putting a fork in an electrical socket.
Chemistry Set-these sets aren't what's sold today. These were lethal weapons of mass destruction.
Yeah, I had an awesome chemistry set.. My parents were always wondering what I would blow up, boil over or what gas I would create next.. lmao.. They were very courageous people my folks...
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:13 PM
 
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Know why there are so many dumb kids today? Cause they don't have toys that can kill them. Think back to your childhood. What toys did you play with that were deadly dangerous?

Weebles Wobble-the originals were the perfect size for choking
Lawn Darts-loved lawn darts. We had sense enough to watch out when someone was throwing and get the heck out of the way!
Electric trains-I had an electric train. You connected two copper wires to the tracks and then wrap the other end of the wires around two post on the electric controller. Move the lever on the controller and the train moved. About as safe as putting a fork in an electrical socket.
Chemistry Set-these sets aren't what's sold today. These were lethal weapons of mass destruction.
Good point. Culled the herd. Now they all survive to voting age and we get this mess on our hands.
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:15 PM
 
Location: Central Ohio
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Yeah, I had an awesome chemistry set.. My parents were always wondering what I would blow up, boil over or what gas I would create next.. lmao.. They were very courageous people my folks...
All the boys had BB guns.
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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All the boys had BB guns.
Mine was a Daisy. The kid next door shot me with it a couple times so to punish him, his parents gave me his.. (then went out and bought him a better one)
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:20 PM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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I once mixed amonia, bleach and I think it was sulfur... I cleared the house out for about two hours.
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:27 PM
 
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Mine was a Daisy. The kid next door shot me with it a couple times so to punish him, his parents gave me his.. (then went out and bought him a better one)
Those BB guns hurt like a sob when you got shot too. Then the yearly roman candle wars now those were fun. Can barely get a smoke bomb off around here without somebody callin the cops on the 4th anymore.
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:30 PM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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Those BB guns hurt like a sob when you got shot too. Then the yearly roman candle wars now those were fun. Can barely get a smoke bomb off around here without somebody callin the cops on the 4th anymore.
Roman candles and bottle rocket wars.. Then there were the cactus and firecracker grenades
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:34 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Old 03-24-2012, 09:35 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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Sling shots really hit the big time when they started using surgical tubing instead of rubber bands. Cowboys and indians was a lot more exciting when the indians had real bow and arrows. And didn't every boy have a pocket knife? Remember when you could get a tiny knife from the gumball machine? Get caught with that tiny thing in school and you're expelled right to jail in handcuffs.
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