DIDN'T HAVE THESE WHEN I WAS A KID

Sharpened kite strings?!
See, this is why you don't go outside in Pakistan, no matter how fun the kite flying festival looks! Someone somewhere is getting a giant laugh out of this, while I am just scratching my head and wondering when kite flying became a blood sport. "Right after crocheting, if memory serves" says SRD.

"The deaths and injuries were caused by stray bullets, sharpened kite-strings, electrocution and people falling off rooftops yesterday at the conclusion of the two-day Basant festival ... Police arrested more than 700 people for using sharpened kite strings or firing guns and seized 282 illegally held weapons during this year’s festival"
* Breaking News