slo’s FRIDAY 7/7 poll - Cornhole

[Dead2009]

Why is it called cornhole?

The bags are filled with corn kernels.

 

[Dan Murphy]

No board or bags here. Not sure if I've ever played. If I have, it was a long time ago.

Thanks for another good week of @slo polls, Sandy.

 

[PollyannaMom]

We don't own a set, but I've played when others set it up at cookouts and such. I enjoyed it and am "OK" - no special talent, but if you're stuck with me as your partner, we have a decent chance.

 

[tvguy]

I've never played. Some neighbors two blocks away are out smoking, drinking beer and playing cornhole almost every night. Not sure how it exploded in popularity.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Don’t own it, have played once or twice at friends’ homes. Never heard of it until maybe 5-10 years ago.

Grew up playing bocce and occasionally Jarts (lawn darts). Still play bocce. DS and friends were into Kan Jam.

dingle-balls (two balls connected by a short rope that you toss and try to land on a horizontal pole).

I’ve played a version of that game too, usually with three horizontal bars. It’s known here as ladder ball.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I’ve played a version of that game too, usually with three horizontal bars. It’s known here as ladder ball.

That's what we call it too!

(And we do have that one, as well as bocce and washer toss.)

 

[robinb]

I'm from Wisconsin. Of course I play. I don't play very often but when I do, I play pretty well. Our friends call it "bags".

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I don't play, mainly because I don't know anyone who has a set. I don't know if I'd play even then unless I'd had a few, which is a rarity.

 

[MamaMermaid]

We have homemade boards and bought the bags. I enjoy it but am mediocre at best lol.

 

[slo]

I played a few times when a resort had it in the pool or recreation area.

I had authentic metal lawn darts back in the day. No one ever got stabbed. No need to take them off the market.

I loved playing with these as a kid and none of us got stabbed either.

No board or bags here. Not sure if I've ever played. If I have, it was a long time ago.

Thanks for another good week of @slo polls, Sandy.

Thank you for the thanks Dan

I'm from Wisconsin. Of course I play. I don't play very often but when I do, I play pretty well. Our friends call it "bags".

We actually call it that too.
I think it’s a location thing on what people call them - kinda like soda & pop

 

[CynBeth]

I have played that a few times at work when we were in the office before Covid and our building had a tenant party every so often. I am so bad at it.

 

[Kitty 34]

The motel we stay at in Mackinaw City has a board and bean bags. We play it every year but no one in the family is really any good at it. But I will say I'm a Pinball wiz at the Driftwood Inn Restaurant over in St Ignace.

 

[MIGrandma]

I’ve never played, but I keep bugging DH about getting a set for our place up north. We have Yardzee (Yahtzee but on a bigger scale for outdoors) and Giant Jenga. We play those sometimes when family or friends are camping with us. Cornhole would be fun too I think.

 

[prairie_girl]

The only times I’ve heard the word cornhole, it has meant something very different.

 

[disneychrista]

The bags are traditionally filled with popcorn (and, obviously, you're aiming for a hole on the board ).

The bags are filled with corn kernels.

Now it makes sense.

 

[ronandannette]

I played a few times when a resort had it in the pool or recreation area.

I had authentic metal lawn darts back in the day. No one ever got stabbed. No need to take them off the market.

Truth. And I'm confident our generation could have also survived the now-unacceptable risks of Kindersurprises, had such a wonder been available.

 

[ronandannette]

The only times I’ve heard the word cornhole, it has meant something very different.

Must be one of the DIS's famous "regional things".

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I play and have played at gatherings. We do not have a set, but a lot of gatherings we attend somebody will bring the game. I am definitely not any good at it. I am better at washers.