Lawn darts used to be OK, not to mention really fun. On December 19, 1988 the sale of lawn darts was banned in both Canada and the US. The month before the ban George W. H. Bush was elected over Michael Dukakis. Some pundits have speculated that the lawn dart issue put Bush over the top and marked the beginning of the end of backyard fun for North Americas.
In an attempt to lead american BBQ conversations away from the oil wars Bush redesign lawn darts in 1990 reassuring Americans that their new "Smart Darts" were extremely accurate and would result in less civilian casualties. The program was a failure and operation "dart distract" was abandoned forever.
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