Safety, shmafety, right? WRONG. Safety, first, last, and always. Some things never go out of fashion. However, way back in the day, what was considered dangerous was, in certain cases, relative.
Let’s start with lawn darts. We had them. Other households in our neighborhood had them as well. Talk about a cookout STAPLE. But the thing is, we were launching large metal-tipped projectiles through the air without a thought given to just how dangerous that was. And I’d follow that up with, “and IS,” but there IS no more “IS” when it comes to lawn darts. After countless injuries and a handful of deaths, the once-popular yard game was banned in 1988.
I’m not kidding. We honestly never thought anything about how lethal a practice that could be. Isn’t that crazy?…