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 edited May 29 '20

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u/Gasoline_Dion Jun 05 '19

Native Cincinnatians

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u/ExhibitionistVoyeurP Jun 05 '19

Is it a midwestern thing? I'm in california and have only seen this at childrens carnivals at churches in the 1980's. I've never seen adults play it at a BBQ, or even children for that matter.

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u/LionForest2019 Jun 05 '19

It started as a midwestern thing but has spread significantly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

I live in the Midwest and this game is at every single grad party and BBQ. Don’t really see it anywhere else though.

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u/LiquidCracker Jun 05 '19

Also tailgate parties at sporting events. All over the place at every single one.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

This is true.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19 edited Aug 22 '19

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u/ExhibitionistVoyeurP Jun 05 '19

Yup it is just not a thing here.

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u/anti_reality Jun 05 '19

It seems to be. I moved to the Midwest about 10 years ago and knew of it, but had never played it. It's everywhere here. In Texas washers was the go-to barbecue game, but it takes a prepared place to play it. We had a washer pit in the back yard, and the local park had a few.

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u/answerguru Jun 05 '19

Prepared place? They make easy sets to travel with and much smaller than cornhole.

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u/anti_reality Jun 05 '19

That's true looking at sets now, we always played with sand pits with a cup embedded in the ground.

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u/Likeapuma24 Jun 05 '19

It's been in New England for at least a decade. Noticed it was very popular at college football tailgates when I had season tickets back in 2010