When is a toy not a toy?

[ILLYRIAN]

When you are the only one who has ever played with it.
(my apologies to JTVS) that is Joan The Vampire Slayer to the uninformed.

 

[NotASlayer]

Some toys are rarely shared.

 

[Kendar]

Some toys are rarely shared.

Some toys SHOULD be rarely shared.

 

[Ethan Reigns]

This makes lawn darts look safe. Hard to believe this was actually sold to children:

 

[AlphaFoxtrot]

My understanding is that alpha radiation is harmless, or at least, can't penetrate the skin, but can still trigger a Geiger counter. And if it's just unrefined uranium, which it likely is, the kid should be fine, assuming he doesn't swallow it. Beta and gamma radiation are what you really need to look out for, as well as the artificial elements higher than 92.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

Yeah, right, 'cos what kid would ever swallow a bit of a toy? I can't imagine a toy manufacturer to be so dumb as to think that'd never happen.

 

[Ethan Reigns]

We have accepted the presence of Americium (element 95) in our lives in smoke detectors. At first, it was 1 microgram per detector but most of them are now 0.7 microgram. Don't give these to children either.

 

[wolfheart]

At the carnival when i was young you get the price rambo knife, not really safe also...

 

[Ethan Reigns]

Back when I was young, a lot of shoe stores had a fluoroscope that showed where your foot bones were in relation to the shoes you were trying on. The idea at the time was that radiation could be our friend, usable in may ways that made difficult jobs easier. These disappeared after a while.