Am I the only person that did not know that Syria banned the yo-yo in 1933? Apparently it was blamed for a drought by the local religious authorities.
Fortunately, the authorities have since seen the folly of such a ban.
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Until the next drought… 
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Amazingly, there was almost a yo-yo ban in California not too long ago.
Seems that when somebody would yo-yo outside an In N Out hamburger location, that the employees would get temporary Amnesia and forget to put cheese and pickles on the Double Doubles.
Fortunately, the Petition for the Ban only got 3 signatures out of 38 million citizens, so even though it was close, the Ban failed.
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It paints an amusing picture of grown men sitting around discussing how the yo-yo is offending the Gods and causing a drought. It sounds like a scene from a Peter Sellers movie.
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This is BLASPHEMY!
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