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Lawn Darts. Lawn darts, or "jarts," proved so dangerous that they were ultimately banned. ... Burger King recalled 25 million of the balls and was later sued in at least one of the deaths.
A package of lawn darts with metal tips. Lawn darts (also known as Javelin darts, jarts, lawn jarts, or yard darts) is a lawn game for two players or teams. A lawn dart set usually includes four large darts and two targets. The game play and objective are similar to those of both horseshoes and darts. The darts are typically 12 inches (30 cm ...
Playing with lawn darts, or Jarts, was a common backyard activity that combined outdoor games with an element of skill and danger. Jarts was played by throwing large, metal-tipped darts through ...
Lawn darts involves throwing large darts at targets that are placed on the ground. Lawn darts have been subjected to product recalls at times, due to children dying from head wounds from the darts or otherwise becoming injured by them. [15] In the United States in 1988, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the sale of lawn darts. [16]
Lawn darts (also called yard darts and garden darts) is an outdoor game, with gameplay and objective similar to horseshoes, in that the darts are thrown to land in a circle target on the ground. The darts are similar to the ancient Roman thrown weapon plumbata. For a brand named Jarts, the darts weighed about 1/4 pound, were 12 inches long, and ...
Lawn darts weren't banned because they might hurt someone - they were banned because they did. Multiple times. -- 203.214.40.120 ( talk ) 22:48, 28 October 2009 (UTC) [ reply ] I was just thinking fondly on the times we used to throw them over a house at each other, with the "receivers" calling out corrections like Fire Controllers for the ...
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Wilson became one of the few players to have hit 240 on television during a visit to the dart board, by getting 3 darts in the quadruple 20, during his semi final victory over John Lowe. Wilson lost the final to Dennis Priestley. [3] Wilson reached the quarter-finals of the 1994 World Matchplay, [3] losing to eventual champion Larry Butler. [3]