In 1988, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned lawn darts, popularly known as Jarts, after they were implicated in the deaths of four people. If thrown carelessly, the steel-tipped darts were able to pierce skulls and hearts, the feds found.
The Sprick family loved Jarts. Ed, Hart and others would toss the pretty arrows-O-death around the Millers' Old Frontenac yard every weekend, just missing bare feet, electrical wires, windows, Schnitzel, Alfie, Seth, Seth II and assorted small cousins.
Even croquet, a sedate lawn game, became dangerous when played by this gang. After the rulebook croquet game was over, the players would vault into something called Killer, where players would try to whack each others' balls backward through the hoops in order to "kill" them. Emotions always ran high during "Killer" games, with Ed proving especially deadly. Pam's still finding old, disintegrating croquet balls hit as far as the fern/weed garden on her Old Frontenac property.
Thankfully, no one was killed or injured during these lazy family weekends.
In 1988, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned lawn darts, popularly known as Jarts, after they were implicated in the deaths of four people. If thrown carelessly, the steel-tipped darts were able to pierce skulls and hearts, the feds found.
The Sprick family loved Jarts. Ed, Hart and others would toss the pretty arrows-O-death around the Millers' Old Frontenac yard every weekend, just missing bare feet, electrical wires, windows, Schnitzel, Alfie, Seth, Seth II and assorted small cousins.
Even croquet, a sedate lawn game, became dangerous when played by this gang. After the rulebook croquet game was over, the players would vault into something called Killer, where players would try to whack each others' balls backward through the hoops in order to "kill" them. Emotions always ran high during "Killer" games, with Ed proving especially deadly. Pam's still finding old, disintegrating croquet balls hit as far as the fern/weed garden on her Old Frontenac property.
Thankfully, no one was killed or injured during these lazy family weekends.
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