# Lawn darts: Who made them and where are those idiots now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-darts-who-made-them-and-where-are-those-idiots-now/47197>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-darts-who-made-them-and-where-are-those-idiots-now/47197 "2000-12-26T01:40:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-darts-who-made-them-and-where-are-those-idiots-now/47197/41 "2000-12-28T18:08:30Z")

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If you’d care to start a GD thread, I’d be happy to contribute. The OP asked about the marketing and withdrawal from the market of lawn darts, which I attempted to shed some light on. This forum does not seem me to be the place to argue about the regulatory role of the federal government.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-darts-who-made-them-and-where-are-those-idiots-now/47197/42 "2001-01-09T03:49:52Z")

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Gee, I wonder who finally wound up with that pristine set of Jarts that was on e-bay? 😃

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**Author:** ![Necronom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/54ee81/32.png) [@Necronom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necronom)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-darts-who-made-them-and-where-are-those-idiots-now/47197/43 "2001-01-09T21:38:57Z")

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For everyone who is baffled over the banning of lawn darts, here is an article from The Onion. Hopefully you will find this as amusing as I did…

[http://www.theonion.com/onion3628/fun\_toy\_banned.html](http://www.theonion.com/onion3628/fun_toy_banned.html)

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