Remember the good old days, when summertime meant endless hours of uninterrupted, unsupervised fun playing with potentially hazardous objects loosely defined as "toys"? Maybe our parents didn't watch us very closely, or maybe toy companies had yet to be slammed with multiple lawsuits (I don't ever recall hearing the term "chooking hazard"), but it's a wonder any of us survived relatively unscathed. Not counting the multiple scars, of course.
Sadly, our children will never know the joys of spending summer vacation playing with perilous playthings … not with all those warning labels and safety standards and whatnot. Here are 5 totally terrifying toys we can't help loving — but would never give our own kids!
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Old School Summer Toys
Lawn darts
Nothing says hot fun in the summertime like kids with bad aim throwing daggers around. Who needs two eyeballs anyway?
Trampolines (without netting)
Doesn't this picture just say it all?
Fireworks
Explosives. Children. What could go wrong??
Backyard water slides
"In my day, we didn't have fancy inflated sides on our water slides. We had hard metal brackets pinning them to the ground, and boy did those hurt when you went flying into 'em!"
Pogo sticks
Don't worry, you won't fall over. And hurt yourself. Badly.
