I had a walker as a baby and a yo-yo ball as a kid and as it turns out, I'm still alive. Was never exactly sure what lawns darts were but that's probably because they've been banned for most of my lifetime

Yeah, there's a big black market demand for lawn darts here in Canada - a nice set will run upwards of $300 on the street. But of course the goddamn government and their "War on Jarts" has denied this fun-filled activity for law-abiding Canadians...RCMP catches you with one and it's a minimum 5 years in federal lock up.

Jarts+alcohol=hilarity!

Baby walkers are banned in Canada. Really? REALLY??? Cause babies can fall down the stairs in them? Babies can fall down the stairs while not in them. Anyone can fall down the stairs. This just in: Canada bans stairs.

cgraves67: Walker: Baby walkers are banned in Canada. Really? REALLY??? Cause babies can fall down the stairs in them? Babies can fall down the stairs while not in them. Anyone can fall down the stairs. This just in: Canada bans stairs.

I guess I can understand your outrage. I'd be mad if they banned me too, Walker.

EXACTLY!!!!!!

I'm not worried about the lawn darts

/it's the ballistic diaper launchers that concern me

What's the point of having a working and affordable health care system if you don't use it?

Oh man, Jarts were awesome.

Now, Mr. Co-Pirate and his sister both fell down the stairs in their baby walkers, but I attribute that to their mother trying to bump them off.

Lawn darts: Darwin's fingers.

We used to play a variation of lawn darts where you got a point if you made the other person move one foot and two points for both feet.

Good times.

You folks sure have some funny laws.

xxmedium: What's the point of having a working and affordable health care system if you don't use it?

Simpsons did it.

I can see why Kinder Eggs might be illegal in the USA. You've got a lot of people who don't chew before they swallow. The toys might be dangerous to a child that swallows them, but those plastic eggs would choke many adults.

In any case, those baby walker things are just accidents waiting to happen in any house with stairs. They actually make falling down stairs more likely and more dangerous because a kid could be strangled when he or she becomes entangled in one, and also, babies can hit speeds over four miles per hour in seconds, which is a lot faster than they'd be going crawling or even running from a standing start.

As for lawn darts, they are safe enough if used as intended but a lot of the kids I knew would throw them AT YOU rather than the target. To quote Kevin Meanie's Mother, "Are you crazy? You could put an eye out!" She knew what she was talking about sometimes, I'm afraid.

I had Lawn Jarts as a kid until my parents realized they were a bad idea and replaced them with "Posy Pitch" ...10 inch, hard plastic projectiles of terror.



These caused much more damage, as we soon discovered that if we threw them side-arm they behaved like boomarangs, and left quite a bruise if you were hit by one.
(I once hit a large pumpkin in our yard and it buried itself in half-way)
After several dents in the house siding, tool shed and a broken window, they too disappeared.