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Children’s Toy to be Banned in New Jersey
NJ Biz ^ | Jan. 04, 2008 | Scott Goldstein

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.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: dangeroustoys; newjersey; toy; yoyowaterballs
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To: Mears
A daughter got a sewing needle embedded in her foot. Ban all needles.

Didn't this actually happen in a fairy tale? And it didn't work?

41 posted on 01/04/2008 5:45:04 PM PST by firebrand
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To: rmlew; Oschisms; Raquel; Tabi Katz; NYCGOPMAN

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.


42 posted on 01/04/2008 5:49:17 PM PST by firebrand
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To: Polynikes

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.


43 posted on 01/04/2008 5:54:02 PM PST by Quanah
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To: ShadowDancer

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!


44 posted on 01/04/2008 6:04:07 PM PST by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: Dutch Boy
Does anyone remember the Clacker? Two hard plastic balls molded on a cord with a ring handle?
Yep. Made great bolos for hitting other kids in a fight,
45 posted on 01/04/2008 6:06:51 PM PST by rmlew (Felix sit novus annus)
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To: jdm
Dangerous toys are a net benefit to society.
They ween the herd of the really stupid kids. Those that survive learn character.
46 posted on 01/04/2008 6:08:52 PM PST by rmlew (Felix sit novus annus)
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To: Dutch Boy

These?

47 posted on 01/04/2008 6:08:56 PM PST by Popman ("We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Hillary Clinton)
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To: firebrand

Which Staten Island Republican Councilman got aluminum bats banned?


48 posted on 01/04/2008 6:10:09 PM PST by rmlew (Felix sit novus annus)
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To: rmlew

Both parties in NYC are nuts.


49 posted on 01/04/2008 6:12:01 PM PST by firebrand
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To: rmlew

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.


50 posted on 01/04/2008 6:17:56 PM PST by Quanah
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To: Dutch Boy
Clackers are the first things I thought of when I saw this thread.


51 posted on 01/04/2008 6:29:53 PM PST by P.O.E.
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To: Larry Lucido

LOL. I was trying to find a photo of that earlier!


52 posted on 01/04/2008 6:38:03 PM PST by jdm
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To: Quanah
You're right it is Oddo. I realized it right afterI posted.
Why would a Texa knnow this?
53 posted on 01/04/2008 6:52:22 PM PST by rmlew (Felix sit novus annus)
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To: healy61

Loved “mumbly peg”. Used to play it on a wooden floor in front of a coal stove.


54 posted on 01/04/2008 7:08:16 PM PST by Starstruck
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To: rmlew

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.


55 posted on 01/04/2008 8:04:39 PM PST by Quanah
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To: Welsh Rabbit
Remember water rockets? I had a couple when I was a kid, but then they were banned.

A result of STLT (Strategic Toy Limitation Treaty).

56 posted on 01/05/2008 1:29:03 AM PST by Erasmus (I've never been divorced, if you don't count my relationship with reality.)
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To: Larry Lucido

And don’t forget Halloween. The perfect outfit for kids, “The Invisible Pedestrian!”


57 posted on 01/05/2008 1:35:45 AM PST by Erasmus (I've never been divorced, if you don't count my relationship with reality.)
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To: jdm

These are stupid people with too much time on their hands


58 posted on 01/05/2008 1:43:26 AM PST by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: jdm

These are stupid people with too much time on their hands


59 posted on 01/05/2008 1:43:30 AM PST by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: jdm

lol, Nazi Jersey is really on a roll!


60 posted on 01/05/2008 1:45:18 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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