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Posted on 01/04/2008 3:08:54 PM PST by jdm
Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill yesterday that prohibits the sale of a children’s toy called “Yo-Yo Waterballs” in New Jersey. The toy has been blamed for injuring hundreds of children nationwide and has already been banned in Canada, Britain, France, Switzerland and Australia. Violators of the New Jersey ban, which goes into effect in three months, face a fine of up to $10,000 for a first offense and up to $20,000 for all subsequent offenses.
Yo-Yo Waterballs, which also are sold under various other names, are squishy toy balls on a bungee-cord string with a finger loop at one end. The ball is filled with toxic liquids, it is flammable, and the string can become wrapped around a child’s neck, causing strangulation.
“Yo-Yo Waterballs are a commercialized death threat to our children,” said Assemblyman David R. Mayer (D-Gloucester), the bill’s co-sponsor. “They are inherently dangerous and deserve to be banned.”
Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-Gloucester), a co-sponsor of the bill, said that “the Yo-Yo Waterball is easily accessible at convenience stores and toy outlets. … We obviously cannot stop a toy manufacturer from producing substandard toys, but we can stop them from turning a profit in New Jersey and causing further harm to our children.”
Didn't this actually happen in a fairy tale? And it didn't work?
Remember when one of our local Republicans ran against someone whose only issue was the YoYo Water Ball? He lost and the YoYo Water Ball guy won, but it made for an entertaining evening at the YR club.
This going really deep into East Texas lore.. We would take a 3/4” pipe, stick it into the ground, then take a couple of firecrackers, twist the fuses together, and put them under a Coke (bottle) cap wedged onto the end of the pipe with the fuse sticking out. It was a tight fit, and when you lit it, and it went, it was not unlike a bullet...albeit a not-too-accurate bullet....but it would put a welt on you.
ROFL the navy bean in the nose!! My son, when a toddler, didn’t like meat too much. So one day at dinner I see his chicken is seemingly getting eaten and at first I’m pleased til I realize where it’s going: up his nose. That was a fun evening, NOT! LOL!
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Which Staten Island Republican Councilman got aluminum bats banned?
Both parties in NYC are nuts.
James Oddo...I’m torn though..I love the sound and feel of a wooden bat, but I’ve never seen a pitcher skewered by shrapnel from an aluminum bat.
In any case, it’s not any government official’s place to tell anyone which one to play with. Shame on him.
LOL. I was trying to find a photo of that earlier!
Loved “mumbly peg”. Used to play it on a wooden floor in front of a coal stove.
Lived in Manhattan and CT for several years. Quite a culture shock at first, but grew to love it...not enough to stay though.
When I moved there, there were more people in the apartment building than were in the TX town where I lived.
A result of STLT (Strategic Toy Limitation Treaty).
And don’t forget Halloween. The perfect outfit for kids, “The Invisible Pedestrian!”
These are stupid people with too much time on their hands
These are stupid people with too much time on their hands
lol, Nazi Jersey is really on a roll!
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