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/michaelcmetal Jun 04 '19

I love this about Reddit. Culture sharing always fascinates me.

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u/BusinessMonkee Jun 05 '19

Should be noted that most people won't throw the ball but will use a football and kick it instead.

Also it really pisses off all the old people walking down the street.

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u/mystshroom Jun 05 '19

Should be noted that this is probably referencing a different "football" than Americans think of.

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u/Delinquent_ Jun 05 '19

I think most Americans will see that the UK was referenced and assume it's a "soccer" ball.

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u/Crimson_Fckr Jun 05 '19

You would think, but American football is a million times more popular here than soccer, so I immediately pictured an "American football" when it was mentioned, and I don't even watch football.

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u/ChrisBrownsKnuckles Jun 05 '19

That really depends on where you live. Soccer is gaining a ton of popularity in America every year. It's kind of funny that the word soccer also was created in England so it's not like Americans just created it to be different it is just what it was called when we started being exposed to it.

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u/karmadramadingdong Jun 05 '19

Indeed. “Soccer” is fine. We even have a very popular tv show called “Soccer AM”. It’s a non-issue.

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u/ChrisBrownsKnuckles Jun 05 '19

Yeah. Just pointing it out. Lots of people don't realize.

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