Egregious, Blatant Disrespect

fastone371 said:
I had no idea at the time while it was happening but now that I know what cornholing actually is instead of what I thought it may have been it appears that I partake in this activity occasionally at summer BBQs.:eek:
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Activities where alcohol is involved. And, lot's of it. :)
 
Although I've never played it, or ever seen it played, I immediately know that it will be more popular (with a viewing audience) than pool.

People laughing, trash-talking, sharking and generally making fools of themselves -- that's what the public wants to see.

Or, we could televise a pool match in a funeral home during a memorial service -- in which the pool players say "Hey, keep it down over there!"
 
Speaking of blatant disrespect....
...look how we treated the word 'egregious'....:angry:
It used to mean 'remarkably good' or 'eminent'....
...now it means 'atrocious'....
...another word that's been downgraded by carelessness and ignorance...
...and it's all our fault.....:embarrassed2::embarrassed2::embarrassed2:

It's like we turned a fair damsel into a crack whore.
 
It's done all the time around here at the pool rooms. One place in particular is a haven for cornholers. They even have a weekly competition to see who can cornhole the best. It seems to be especially popular as a gathering for the meth dealers/users so they can get high before they cornhole. It's quite distracting to us pool players and most of us put in our ear buds to drown out the thumping/smacking sound produced by all the cornholing.

As an aside I want to make it crystal clear that I can not bring myself to even consider doing anything even remotely associated with cornhole.
 
Corn holers

Chicken, you have winter leagues indoors at the Brass Rail. The noise was so loud I had to move the 9 ball tourney to the other side of the room! Haha evidently it can't be done quietly even by those who do it a lot! I prefer Polish Horseshoes, 5 ft pvc pipe w a beer on top at 30 ft away frisbee hits the pole its a point beer bottle is 2 pts, 2 players at each end w beverage in one hand and have to catch the frisbee or bottle if it gets hit! Better than Washers and Cornhole combined!
 
pt109 said:
Speaking of blatant disrespect....
...look how we treated the word 'egregious'....:angry:
It used to mean 'remarkably good' or 'eminent'....
...now it means 'atrocious'....
...another word that's been downgraded by carelessness and ignorance...
...and it's all our fault.....:embarrassed2::embarrassed2::embarrassed2:

It's like we turned a fair damsel into a crack whore.
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That must have been some time back

More recently forte meaning 'specialty' expertise etc was pronounced fort! So many people dogged it with 'for-tay' that is now supposedly acceptable.
 
Kickin' Chicken said:
While watching television last night I saw a promo that, I believe today, there will be the airing on one of the ESPN channels, "The World Championship Of Cornholing".

I'm gonna be honest, I'm more of a city guy than a country gent so when I heard there was a cornholing competition going to take place, I quickly double checked to make sure what channel I was on. :eek::shocked2::grin-square:

I swear, I have never in my life heard of such a sport but they were showing what appeared to be a very large painted plywood box with a small hole cut into the top and then, what, do they throw ears of corn into this hole? :confused::confused:

I checked but saw no listings for pool on espn, just cornholing.

Has pool taken a back seat to cornholing? :angry:

It's hard to type this thread with a straight face.

Have any of you tried cornholing? :grin-square:

maybe it's fun. :happydance:

This is just killing me...

best,
brian kc
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It's pretty popular down here in Florida!!!

I'm like you, Brian. "Corn holing" meant something totally different in my area of New England.

Freddie <~~~ squeezes tightly every time he tosses
 
Did you guys know there are over seven hundred look-sees at Brian's post. Amazing.
Who would have thought that tossing an ear of corn into a hole in a board could be so interesting.

We were talking about that, weren't we? Weren't we?
Aw c'mon, you didn't really mean sticking a......oh gee, I think I'm going to be sick. Excuse me for a minute while I go...... :eek:
 
The bags are filled with 16 oz (I think) of dried corn is where the name comes from. Put the corn in the hole.

A local guy was selling custom boards so I had him laser cut a set with my cue logo. I asked him how far apart do I put them? He didn't know, he just liked to make them.

Don't play very often but it is rather fun @ family outings.
 
Until this thread, I'd never heard of cornholing. Years ago, I remember somebody told me they were going to a tractor pull event, and, of course, I asked what on earth that was. You just don't get a lot of cornholing and tractor pulls here in New York City.

That said, ESPN has a knack for figuring out what people will be willing to watch, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
 
Kickin' Chicken said:
While watching television last night I saw a promo that, I believe today, there will be the airing on one of the ESPN channels, "The World Championship Of Cornholing".

I'm gonna be honest, I'm more of a city guy than a country gent so when I heard there was a cornholing competition going to take place, I quickly double checked to make sure what channel I was on. :eek::shocked2::grin-square:

I swear, I have never in my life heard of such a sport but they were showing what appeared to be a very large painted plywood box with a small hole cut into the top and then, what, do they throw ears of corn into this hole? :confused::confused:

I checked but saw no listings for pool on espn, just cornholing.

Has pool taken a back seat to cornholing? :angry:

It's hard to type this thread with a straight face.

Have any of you tried cornholing? :grin-square:

maybe it's fun. :happydance:

This is just killing me...

best,
brian kc
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There's no "disrespect here". Pool has never earned the right, and it sits there in limbo because the general public couldn't care less.
 
Nostroke said:
I use to tell my mom-well pack this junk up and send it to them!
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I did that too, but only once. After Mom slapped the crap out of me I went outside and played Cornhole with the neighbor girl. I really stuck it to her good, too. Beat her three out of four. :thumbup:
 
I only use corn to time my digestive system. if it takes longer than 24hours to see a snickers bar looking thing in the toilet, I need to eat more fiber:thumbup:

try it. it's fun. maybe Ill get it on ESPN one day.
 
trinacria said:
I only use corn to time my digestive system. if it takes longer than 24hours to see a snickers bar looking thing in the toilet, I need to eat more fiber:
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Funny thing about corn. The next day after you eat some, you'll notice chickens following you around. :smile:
 
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