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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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Default Lawn Darts remember them??

anyone remember them back in the 70s/80s?

been on a kick lately and gonna get some tomorrow (hopefully)

anyone here have them or want to get rid of them?

-brandon
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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my grandma still has them in her basement hahah, i've played a few times. unfortunately i was not alive in the 70's/80's though.
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 11:12 PM
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would she wanna make some money?
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 11:19 PM
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hahah i have noooo idea where they would be and you're 2.5 hours away
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 05:39 AM
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Lawn darts or Lawn Jarts they are sometimes called are GREAT! Unfortunately they are illegal. LOL I have a friend who has a set from her grandparents. We play with them every summer. The only place I have found them is at yard sales with lots of searching. Or you can by them in pieces on the internet and put them together yourself.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 06:16 AM
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I remember try to hit each other w/ them when i was little.They were very dangerous to play but that back then when we did not worry about who got the lawn dart stuck in there head.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 09:17 AM
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there's a set on ebay for $40
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 09:54 AM
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I remember playing that when i was a kid like 5-6yrs old and they were scarey awesome!!! I hear they are great when you're drunk and stand on either end and play like horeshoes!
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My inlaws have a set. No more dangerous than a set of horseshoes in my opinion. You get hit in the head with either and you're going to be F'd.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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its funny watching my sister and parents around my nieces, 7,5 and 2. baby proof this, that dont do this, put your helmet on blah blah, when i was 7, i had lawn darts!!!! i love it. lol
never find them tho. im sure they got tossed at some point
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 12:24 PM
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They came out with some plastic ones a while back, but they sucked. Plastic just sucks in general.
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yeah i emailed the guy about them on ebay....

we had a set when i was little. they were fun, didnt realize that they were dangerous tho.

my dad destroyed them after i threw one at my sister telling her to catch and hit her in the cheek, she had to get stitches
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You'll shoot your eye out!!!
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when i was like 4 or 5 one of the older kids in the neighborhood stuck one through his dad's truck hood. kid got his *** beat and the darts got tossed in the trash.
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Originally Posted by Demonicbird00
we had a set when i was little. they were fun, didnt realize that they were dangerous tho.

my dad destroyed them after i threw one at my sister telling her to catch and hit her in the cheek, she had to get stitches
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when i was like 4 or 5 one of the older kids in the neighborhood stuck one through his dad's truck hood. kid got his *** beat and the darts got tossed in the trash.

I dont know which one is funnier.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 07:38 PM
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We had a set when I was a kid. Until I decided to see how high I could through them and it ended up in the middle of the pool. Then they got tossed in the trash.
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We had a set when I was a kid. Until I decided to see how high I could through them and it ended up in the middle of the pool. Then they got tossed in the trash.
Did you really wait 2 1/2 years to say that?
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:35 AM
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hehe just acquired a set cant wait to play them this weekend
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LOL I have the classic red and yellow set!!
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