Post #272949 by WenikiTiki on Sat, Dec 16, 2006 9:21 AM

The worst toy I ever got was a set of pink kitchen appliances for my Barbie Dolls. I remember wondering what my parents were thinking!

As I was born in 1959 my siblings and I had many of the toys on that list. We never managed to even burn ourselves with the Creepie Crawlies. Or impale anything with the Jarts.

My little brother did make a dental journal when his friend shot him in the face with a BB gun and the BB lodged in the roots of one of his molars....

My younger sister also had surgery to remove a sewing needle she somehow broke off in her pinky finger.

My brother had many injuries from things like the dog dragging him down the street by the leash, tripping over the dog and breaking his nose on the coffee table, jumping off the roof to try and grab the clothesline or falling off his bike and using his eyebrow for a brake...

And my all time favorite accident was when I was playing catch with some neighborhood kids, some of whom I was babysitting. One boy kept catching pop flys with his glove toward him. I told him not to, but of course the next ball I threw him went from his backwards glove straight to his nose. Broke it good...

My oldest son has broken my brothers record of ER visits. He has had stitches so many times I have lost count. Throw in a bad case of asthma and you become the neighborhood expert on if someones kid needs to go to the ER now or can wait 'til tomorrow for the doctor! My oldest son also managed to accidentally knock out 2 of his brothers teeth with a sword case. As they were wired to braces I had to unwire the braces to get the teeth back in. And our Orthodontist was out on the ocean fishing. I called him when it happened, he told me what to do, by his satellite phone. Then he met me at 10:30 that night to replace the mangled braces and make sure the teeth were positioned right. He told me he thought I should become a dentist...

So we should ban dogs, big brothers, bikes, sewing needles, BB guns, baseball, and babysitters?