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"Consumer Reporter: Good evening, and welcome to the holiday edition of "Consumer Probe". Our topic tonight is unsafe toys for children. For instance, this little bow and arrow set. [ holds up ] Pull the rubber suctions off, and the arrows become deadly missiles.We have with us tonight, Mr. Irwin Mainway, President of Mainway Toys. Uh, Mr. Mainway, your company manufactures the following so-called harmless playthings: Pretty Peggy Ear-Piercing Set, Mr. Skin-Grafter, General Tron's Secret Police Confession Kit, and Doggie Dentist. And what about this innocent rubber doll, which you market under the name Johnny Switchblade? [ holds up doll ] Press his head, and two sharp knives spring from his arms. [ demonstrates ] Mr. Mainway, I'm afraid this is, by no means, a very safe toy.Irwin Mainway: Okay, Miss, I wanna correct you, alright. The full name of this product, as it appears in stores all over the county, is Johnny Switchblade: Adventure Punk. I mean, nothing goes wrong.. little girls buy 'em, you know, they play games, they make up stories, nobody gets hurt. I mean, so Barbie takes a knife once in a while, or Ken gets cut. You know, there's no harm in that. I mean, as far as I can see, you know?Consumer Reporter: Alright. Fine. Fine. Well, we'd like to show you another one of Mr. Mainway's products. It retails for $1.98, and it's called Bag O' Glass. [ holds up bag of glass ] Mr. Mainway, this is simply a bag of jagged, dangerous, glass bits.Irwin Mainway: Yeah, right, it's you know, it's glass, it's broken glass, you know? It sells very well, as a matter of fact, you know? It's just broken glass, you know?Consumer Reporter: [ laughs ] I don't understand. I mean, children could seriously cut themselves on any one of these pieces!Irwin Mainway: Yeah, well, look - you know, the average kid, he picks up, you know, broken glass anywhere, you know? The beach, the street, garbage cans, parking lots, all over the place in any big city. We're just packaging what the kids want! I mean, it's a creative toy, you know? If you hold this up, you know, you see colors, every color of the rainbow! I mean, it teaches him about light refraction, you know? Prisms, and that stuff! You know what I mean?Consumer Reporter: So, you don't feel that this product is dangerous?Irwin Mainway: No! Look, we put a label on every bag that says, "Kid! Be careful - broken glass!" I mean, we sell a lot of products in the "Bag O'" line.. like Bag O' Glass, Bag O' Nails, Bag O' Bugs, Bag O' Vipers, Bag O' Sulfuric Acid. They're decent toys, you know what I mean?Consumer Reporter: Well, I guess we could say that all of your toys are really unsafe and should rightfully be banned from the market. I guess I would just like to know what happened to the good ol' teddy bear.Irwin Mainway: Hold on a minute, sister. I mean, we make a teddy bear. It's right here. [ picks up giant teddy bear ] It's got a nice little feature here, you see? I'll hold it up here. We call it a Teddy Chainsaw Bear. [ revs chainsaw in teddy bear's stomach ] I mean, a kid plays with saws, he can cut logs with it, you know what I mean.Consumer Reporter: Well, this is certainly a very sad situation. One of the precious joys of Christmas warped by a ruthless profiteer like yourself.Irwin Mainway: Well, that's just your opinion, you know what I mean?Consumer Reporter: Well, I just don't understand why you can't make harmelss toys like these alphabet blocks. [ points to blocks ]Irwin Mainway: C'mon, this is harmless? Alright, okay, you call this harmless? [ holds block in hand ] I mean.. [ plays with block and fakes injury ] Aagghh!! I got a splinter in here, look at that! This is wood! This is unsanded wood, it's rough!Consumer Reporter: Alright, that's enough of this ridiculous display. [ holds toy phone ] Here is another creative toy, safe enough for a baby!Irwin Mainway: [ grabs phone ] You say it's safe, I mean, look at this cord.. the kid is on the phone - "Hello? Hello?" - then.. [ twists cord around his neck, screams, and falls backward in chair ] You know what I mean? It's an example! You see my point, a dangerous toy like that?Consumer Reporter: Well, let's try this one. What about this little foam play ball? I mean, even you, Mr. Mainway, can't find anything dangerous about this. Huh?Irwin Mainway: [ takes ball, bounces it on table, then shoves it in his throat and feigns choking ]Consumer Reporter: That's all the time we have for "Consumer Probe" this week."

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I'd like to add Laser Tag and it's slightly wacky cousin, Photon, to the list. Not for the product itself, but the inevitable street brawl that ensues because a couple jerk-offs intentionally cover their receivers with well placed body parts as to not be "tagged". I do miss my violent 80's.

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Hahaha, AJ, that's classic SNL!I used to have a Creepy Crawler set. I still don't know how I survived and why I still attribute most of my brain damage to pot smoking lol.

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Hahaha, AJ, that's classic SNL!I used to have a Creepy Crawler set. I still don't know how I survived and why I still attribute most of my brain damage to pot smoking lol.
Creep Crwalers were great. I never ate them but I did burn my self several times making them.
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Lawn Darts RULED!We played that game for hours and nobody ever got hurt!
We drink and play lawn darts in the summer.I think that's a good combo. Just like hunting and drinking in the winter.
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A spokesperson from the CPSC explained that "the barrel shape of the toy seemed to invite children to put it in their mouths." This toy was also known as "The early pornstar detection kit: how to know if your child is destined to a life of giving bj's"

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Hahaha, AJ, that's classic SNL!I used to have a Creepy Crawler set. I still don't know how I survived and why I still attribute most of my brain damage to pot smoking lol.
There actually have been studies conducted by U.S. universities that showed that marijuana helps stimulate the growth of brain cells, though they lost their grants. Back on topic, kids today are such pussies.
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damn, I thought this was a thread about the band Dangerous Toys.Everyone loves a little "Teasin and Pleasin"anyone???
Excellent. I came in here to post this.
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I was drinking and playing lawn darts with friends. I launched a dart, and in my semi-inebriated state, it stuck to my hand and went mostly straight up and a little off to the side. I looked where it was about to come down, and saw another friend of mine sitting with his back to the game. (Yes, everyone's judgement all around was excellent.)So I made a dash to where it was coming down and swatted the lawn dart out of the air about 3 inches above his head. The dart went into the fleshy part of my palm between my thumb and index finger, and my shirt was splattered with blood. I had to get three stitches. I probably saved his life.Ah, those were the days.

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