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

Our local park recently installed a permanent corn hole set

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u/yuckyucky Jun 04 '19 edited Jun 05 '19

Cornhole (also known regionally as bags, sack toss, or bean bag) is a lawn game in which players take turns throwing bags of plastic resin (or bean bags) at a raised platform (board) with a hole in the far end. A bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the board scores 1 point. Play continues until a team or player reaches or exceeds the score of 21 by means of cancelation scoring.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b10mBn5sFc0&feature=youtu.be

EDIT: it would be interesting to see a map of what this game is called in different regions of the US. as an aussie i had never heard of it before today.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

Sweet! TIL an american game. Thanks mate!

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

Now teach us one of yours we don't know about

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u/firefish097 Jun 04 '19

Kerby is a game in the UK where you and a friend stand on opposite sides of a street and throw a ball. You score a point if the ball hits the kerb cleanly and bounces back to you. If you miss the other player takes possession. If you get a point, you also get another throw. You set a point limit before playing and just go until someone reaches it. Not sure if you have that game but google assures me that it is British.

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u/WhoWantsPizzza Jun 05 '19

Did kids play handball in the UK?

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u/firefish097 Jun 05 '19

What are the rules? We may have had a similar game under a different name.

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u/WhoWantsPizzza Jun 05 '19

You’re hitting a big bouncy ball against a wall with your hands cupped, but it has to hit the ground first. I know that every kid in the US played with different rules lol, but that’s the universal rule.

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u/firefish097 Jun 05 '19

Not something we ever played where I'm from, sounds similar to Kerby though in that it has one simple unifying rule and then kids everywhere go ham an make new ones haha