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Do Not Taunt Water Yo-Yo!

Julian Sanchez | 6.9.2005 2:16 PM

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Reader Kevin "kevrob" Robinson points to this story about a prospective Illinois ban on those rubbery yo-yo-ball toys and notes its eerie resemblance to a certain Saturday Night Live sketch. The toys are apparently blamed for "about 400 choking and strangulation injuries nationwide." Next: A ban on rope.

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Julian Sanchez is a contributing editor at Reason.

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