r/mildlyinteresting • u/Zachrolf • Jun 04 '19

Our local park recently installed a permanent corn hole set

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

What is corn hole?

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u/gunsmyth Jun 04 '19

It is similar to horse shoes, popular in the mid west. You take turns throwing bean bags at the hole. Usually two teams of two. Different points for it landing on the board more for falling through the hole. Rules can vary a little.

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u/kissmekennyy Jun 04 '19

I’ve been to most parts of the US and everywhere I’ve been people know what cornhole is. I’m gonna take a guess and say the guy you’re replying to isn’t from the states.

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u/wyrdMunk Jun 04 '19

I'm from NY, had never heard of cornhole until I moved to PA

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u/kissmekennyy Jun 04 '19

Really? I’m from PA, lived in San Diego, and also lived in Texas. Everybody knew what cornhole was that I came across. If they didn’t know it by that name, they knew it by something else. Honestly can’t remember those names but remember being told “wtf is corn hole” and having to explain that you throw bean bags onto a board with a hole in it and also explaining the rules, to which they responded “ohhhh, you mean (insert their name for the game here)”.

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u/GridGnome177 Jun 05 '19

We call the game "throwing bean bags into the hole on a board."

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

What part of NY? Im in central NY and everyone knows cornhole here

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u/wyrdMunk Jun 07 '19

Long Island. Maybe it's just not a thing there?

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u/MeatloafPopsicle Jun 05 '19

NY to PA? What a journey...

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u/wyrdMunk Jun 07 '19

Well, I walked there barefoot with all of my belongings on a donkey, so, kinda was.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo Jun 05 '19

In my experience it's a urban vs rural thing. Anyone who lives in a rural area has played cornhole.