I struck banned gold today!

[SideArmed]

So much fun those were, till my neighbor hit his dog in the head with one. His mom made them disappear shortly after that.

Poor dog, he never was right after that day. Always staring up in the sky waiting for another Jart to come raining down on his head.

 

[Dead Duck]

My mom never let me play with things like that.

So I ended up fabricating throwing stars in metal shop.

 

[public servant]

It's all fun and games until...

I'll trade you the Jarts for a set of these dangerous little gems.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHftISLNHE[/ame]

 

[Stschil]

Magnets actually are dangerous when eaten. The trick is to raise kids that aren't idiots.

The trick to raising kids that have swallowed magnets is to have another magnet strong enough to support the weight, but doesn't pinch the intestines....


In addition to Jarts, My Grandparents had a film canister with about 4 oz of mercury inside. Stayed in the junk drawer. Us kids would dump it out in the table and smack it with our palms, then push all the droplets back into a big puddle.
He also had a Model A Ford generator. We would stand in a line, holding hands with on person holding the generator lead and another touching a ground, spin the arbor and whoever let go first got a big shock! My Uncle still has that thing in his garage.

 

[bigo334]

Never played with jarts but I'm young. But my brother and I did learn how to throw screw drivers and make them stick into trees from my Grampa, he also made us slingshots out of actual wood not the those metal wrist rocket things.

 

[steve666]

These were banned because of the same people from the shallow end of the gene pool who require warnings stamped on their guns and need to be told that the coffee is hot!!!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

It's all fun and games until...

Stop making fun of Tippecanoe County!

 

[HenryWallace]

That was one of the coolest games that we had at our Grandparents. No one ever got hit in the head with them though... I believe that we followed the instructions, even being 10 or so years old.
Now, I actually believe I wouldn't trust my 14, 11, 9 and 8yr old ones to play with them, unless I was ref. Weird, never thought about this depicting the downfall of society...

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Stop making fun of Tippecanoe County!

That's two counties too far north, mister!

-J-

 

[printcraft]

It's all fun and games until...

I'll trade you the Jarts for a set of these dangerous little gems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHftISLNHE

Had some.
Fun fact... they will shatter...
Ah, to be a kid again.

 

[halfmileharry]

I blame the banning of lawn darts for the downfall of society. And I am not being facetious. I have been looking for a set for a while.

I remember playing with them as a kid and putting holes in the roof...

I remember my dad complaining about banning them. He said they'd be taking all our liberty away if they could do them.
Dad would go over the edge at times but as I get older he made a lot of sense.
WW2 Vets seemed to have a lot of insight into the world. I guess once you've been where there wasn't freedom it's very precious.
WE have to remember that and not let it be taken away

 

[williamsburg]

Very nice!!!! I remember those from childhood. I also remember "clacker balls" I can't remember if that was the name or not. the 2 balls that was joined by a footlong (?) string in the middle. They were both deemed "dangerous" and soon was not to be found.

 

[pmorriso]

Jarts, they were the answer for "You can't fix stupid". Lawn darts and explosives always seemed to gravitate towards each other, I think that is another reason you don't see these old sets around very much. Nice Find!

 

[public servant]

Stop making fun of Tippecanoe County!

If that home were on blocks, I'd say he was clearly Mars Hillian.

Had some.
Fun fact... they will shatter...
Ah, to be a kid again.

Good times.

They will also smash the hell out of fingertips.

 

[printcraft]

.....

They will also smash the hell out of fingertips.

You can also throw them similar to a bolas trying to ensnare your friends legs as they are running away.
Or so I hear.

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

I got hit in the head by a Jart when I was a kid.

Haha! You can probably look forward to seeing that quote in someone's sig line soon.

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHftISLNHE

I think more of those clackers ended up on telephone lines than were ever taken away by parents.

 

[scottka]

Found a set of those in my Grandma's basement after she passed away. I kept them because I thought they were cool, but I've never actually played with them. Had a buddy get one embedded in his skull though. It's not always the guy who gets hurt that is stupid; it's normally his brother/friend. haha.

 

[danbb]

Found a set of those in my Grandma's basement after she passed away. I kept them because I thought they were cool, but I've never actually played with them. Had a buddy get one embedded in his skull though. It's not always the guy who gets hurt that is stupid; it's normally his brother/friend. haha.

Guilt by association?

 

[AllenM]

Thats awesome! Ah the good old days