And they call it "cornhole".....
Jul. 19th, 2005 12:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1One of the popular summer pastimes in this part of the country is the beanbag toss. It's like horseshoes, except that beanbags are used instead of horseshoes, and wooden ramps with a hold in it serves as the "stake".
But they don't call it 'beanbag toss'. They call it 'cornhole'.
Why? Do these people know what "cornhole" means? Look it up in the Urban Dictionary...all 29 definitions.
I learned the word from the wall of the boys' room at my high school many years ago. I can still see the graffiti, in blue pen on a blue tiled wall: "K#### D### CORNHOLED HIS FATHER".
And then in 1993, came those teenage lobotomies themselves, Beavis and Butthead. On one of their Halloween episodes, Beavis stuffed his head inside the collar of his T-shirt, extended his arms like a cactus, and uttered, "I am Cornholio! I need more Rollios for my bunghole!"
So now we have a sport with a rather obscene name. Only in Southwest Ohio. Go figure.
Anyway.....some of my neighbors in the apartment complex adjoining my condo complex are apparently training for a cornhole competition or trying to turn it into a professional sport. They spend many evenings playng the game, drinking beer and smoking their ciggies. "Must be nice to have so much free time", I often think to myself. One of my condo neighbors has a harsher opinion of them.
This morning, I found that one of their carelessly discarded cigarettes from the night before started a small smoldering fire at the base of a tree. There's a hollow section at the base of the tree, and there were hot ashes. There were no flames, but if I ignored it, it might have flared up. I tried to put it out with a quart of water, but that wasn't enough. I saw one of the maintenance men unloading a refrigerator from the garage. I pointed it out to him and he apparently took care of the problem.
Stupidheads. I despise people who aren't careful with their cigarette butts.
But they don't call it 'beanbag toss'. They call it 'cornhole'.
Why? Do these people know what "cornhole" means? Look it up in the Urban Dictionary...all 29 definitions.
I learned the word from the wall of the boys' room at my high school many years ago. I can still see the graffiti, in blue pen on a blue tiled wall: "K#### D### CORNHOLED HIS FATHER".
And then in 1993, came those teenage lobotomies themselves, Beavis and Butthead. On one of their Halloween episodes, Beavis stuffed his head inside the collar of his T-shirt, extended his arms like a cactus, and uttered, "I am Cornholio! I need more Rollios for my bunghole!"
So now we have a sport with a rather obscene name. Only in Southwest Ohio. Go figure.
Anyway.....some of my neighbors in the apartment complex adjoining my condo complex are apparently training for a cornhole competition or trying to turn it into a professional sport. They spend many evenings playng the game, drinking beer and smoking their ciggies. "Must be nice to have so much free time", I often think to myself. One of my condo neighbors has a harsher opinion of them.
This morning, I found that one of their carelessly discarded cigarettes from the night before started a small smoldering fire at the base of a tree. There's a hollow section at the base of the tree, and there were hot ashes. There were no flames, but if I ignored it, it might have flared up. I tried to put it out with a quart of water, but that wasn't enough. I saw one of the maintenance men unloading a refrigerator from the garage. I pointed it out to him and he apparently took care of the problem.
Stupidheads. I despise people who aren't careful with their cigarette butts.
