When I was a teenager, I would have done just about anything to get one of these -- a footbag for playing hackysack that you soak in paraffin oil and light on fire. I suck at hackysack, but that wouldn't have made a difference -- this thing is actually made to be set on fire. How cool is that? Apparently a little too cool -- or maybe not cool enough -- for South Australia.

"The Fire Footbag essentially becomes a flaming missile which presents extreme safety risks for people who could quite easily be burned by the footbag once it's been set alight," says South Australian Consumer Affairs Minister Jennifer Rankine. "Making such a dangerous item available to children or anyone else is absurd and unacceptable," she added. And so it has been banned down under.

It seems to me that sometimes governments have a tendency to overprotect their citizenry. The manufacturer's website clearly says that playing with a lighted firebag is "a dangerous activity. This product should only be used cautiously and only by competent footbaggers. Keep safety in mind and always have water and a fireblanket nearby." On the other hand, you know there are parents out there who would buy this and a big supply of flammable material for their kids, so maybe it is best not to make it available.