All drivers BANNED?

[Tim]

KANSAS, April 1 (Reuters) The emerging sport of disc golf may have been dealt a crippling blow after an injury sustained recently at a disc golf course in Emporia, KS. The game follows similar rules of golf, but is played with specially designed flying discs. Some of the discs have sharp profiles to enable them to fly farther and faster than a typical Frisbee, and many of the courses are built in public multi-use parks.

Deborah Blackwell, 21, was walking through Jones Park with her three year old daughter, Natalie, when seemingly out of nowhere, a disc golf disc came hurtling out of the air and crashed into Natalie's face. She was rushed to the emergency room and found to have a broken bone in her orbital socket. "I don't know how this game was ever considered a good, safe idea by the park," Blackwell stated.

Blackwell has since started a campaign to ban the manufacture and use of the type of discs known as "drivers," the models with the sharpest profiles. The campaign is quickly gaining momentum, as other concerned park users across the country echo Blackwell's concerns. She says that she already has well over 7,000 signatures.

"I just don't see the need for these flying weapons," Blackwell said, "I wouldn't even want to try catching one of those things, let alone have them flying into my loved ones." The campaign's initial focus is the removal of the drivers from the market, but they would eventually like to see foam products, like Hasbro's Nerf toys being used. "My kids have fun with Nerf, so I don't see why everyone else can't have fun with it too," said Blackwell.

Dave Dunipace, owner of Innova Discs, one of the primary disc golf manufacturers, could not be reached for comment.






























APRIL FOOL'S!!! :nahnah:

[Sam]

:D

["Over the Hill" Bob]

Tim.............I HATE YOU!:headbang::headbang::headbang:

Bob:bowing:

[snap7times]

Dude, not nice... not cool... *black mark by Tim*
I was actually starting to get emotional reading that... damn... *time to double those pills*:pullhair::shooting::slapface:

[Ol' Bob]

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[LegoRules]

Crap that was a good one :bowing: You really had me going :wink2: I was thinking how the heck would throwing a nerf driver work :angry:

Cindy :)

[Nichola]

Forget that today is April's Fool Day...:jumpspin: Good one as you really got me and others, too!! :bricks:

[Ol' Bob]

When drivers are outlawed, only outlaws will have drivers.

[chris7graham]

thats just wrong:shooting::shooting::shooting::shooting:

[discrazy55]

That was a really well-done write-up. I was waiting with baited breath to see what people would come up with for April Fool's Day. Congrats!

[TreeLove]

Anyone got a pair of pliers? I seem to have a fishhook lodged in my cheek.... Good one!

[Scott]

Nicely played, Tim. Although, IMHO, you should have left off the April Fools disclaimer and let us bitch and moan for a day.

[Adam Schneider]

For some reason, the last sentence about Dave Dunipace tipped me off.

[Sean Phillips]

That was a scary April fools joke.

[Dr. Zaius]

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you suck.http://www.panicfreaks.org/images/smilies/flipa.gif

[Rebecca]

I HATE April Fools Day!!!!!

Good one---- you got me!!!!! :shooting::shooting::shooting::shooting::nahnah::n ahnah::nahnah::explode:

[ChUcK]

The complete plausibility is what makes that joke so scary.

[desert_heat20]

Tim that was just great.

[Tim]

Nicely played, Tim. Although, IMHO, you should have left off the April Fools disclaimer and let us bitch and moan for a day.

Haha, I actually thought about that about 2 minutes after I hit the "submit" button. Hindsight is 20/20, right? Though knowing my luck, there really would be a Deborah Blackwell in Emporia, KS, and she'd come home to an inbox full of angry emails. :laughing:

I was originally going to post something like the BSF being unexpectedly canceled, but I figured there are some things you don't even joke about. :biggrin2:

[LJ Jubner]

It had to be a fake You could have gone one better and said all modern DG disc are illegal. Only super class from now on.

[Chuck Kennedy]

You beat me to it. :biggrin2:

[Roller Bob]

Oh that was sooooooooo mean. And sooooooo funny. And nearly gave me a fracking heart attack. We need to set up a committee to see how we can pay Tim back next April Fool's.

[LegoRules]

Check this one out :)


http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/a/alpinelegend/

[JMan]

I want an alpine horn so bad, really.

[Tim]

Oh that was sooooooooo mean. And sooooooo funny. And nearly gave me a fracking heart attack. We need to set up a committee to see how we can pay Tim back next April Fool's.

Could it be that I'm giving Jub a run for his money as the most hated disc golfer in the PNW? :shocked:

[Scott]

Could it be that I'm giving Jub a run for his money as the most hated disc golfer in the PNW? :shocked:

No.

[barbikes]

Here's another April Fools. Depending on your feelings about gun laws you'll either be excited or outraged!

http://www.midwesthuntersoutlet.com/Content.aspx?ckey=fullauto&NID=364

[RonTheWhip]

The sad thing is this could really happen...so scary! let this be a lesson to everyone who disregards other park users - you could be the cause of banning disc golf from public parks across the nation!

[snap7times]

gosh, people put so much time into these things now... wonder how much time it took tim to write that out...

[LJ Jubner]

Could it be that I'm giving Jub a run for his money as the most hated disc golfer in the PNW? :shocked:


Fortunately for you Tim I am a cripple so I won't be hard to catch.


Want to get even with Tim sign him up for every e zine and news letter you can online his email is

coyeboy@notsobrilliant.com

[Parks]

Tim, you have some manpr0n coming your way.

I'm not sure if thats a boon or a curse.

[Trozzle!!!]

quite a few years ago, my best friend and I went to websites featuring female hygeine products an stuff like that and we got tons of free samples sent off to the home of one of his coworkers. It wasnt an April fools joke, we did it every weekend :)

[Jet]

Check this one out :)


http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/a/alpinelegend/

Lederhosen rock! :rockon:

[BlarneyStoner]

That was freakin' awesome...

As soon as I read the first couple of sentences I thought, it's happened... we're all screwed.

[kokaneeninja]

Ha Tim that was freaking great!!! I totally freaked out at first when I read it. Then yesterday alone there were 5 golfers at my house and I totally got them all with that!!! They all fell for it, I just said hey come check out this article.... then BAM!!! Oh Timmy you're a genius, pure genius!

[Ol' Bob]

Evil genius. :nono:

[LJ Jubner]

Evil genius. :nono:

Thats high praise from a master.

[Ol' Bob]

Master? I believe that's "legend."

[discgolforegon]

lol im a couple days late here... but when i was reading that i was starting to get PISSED... NERF golf? BULL**** LOL

Nice one. Got me for sure!