Five deadly things I thought were great as a kid

  • Volcanoes
  • Lawn darts
  • Dinosaurs
  • Second hand smoke (just kidding)
  • Sharks

I still think dinosaurs, sharks and volcanoes are cool (er, maybe hot in the latter case), but continue to boggle over lawn darts being an actual thing. You can get non-lethal versions now that are blunt, but seriously, who really thought that throwing what amounts to a deadly weapon back and forth on the front lawn was a good idea for kids? It’s no wonder kids loved them, they were like the forbidden toy that somehow slipped through.