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say no to drinking/drugs and yes to cornholing

2005-10-18 / 12:59 p.m.
now, i will tell you about my 'cornholing' experience. i came to work to find out that the detention center was going to have a 'cornholing' competition. i chuckled, out loud of course. i thought to myself: 'what are we gonna do, prepare the juveniles for their future activities should they graduate onto prison?' i know this thinking is wrong (and while i like the other kind of 'cornholing' i would never advocate for the abuse of the detainees i serve), but hey, that's where my brain went--and yes i was ashamed of myself (for about 5 seconds). in fact, any time someone said the word 'cornhole' i giggled like beavis and butthead. heh-heh. _______ said 'cornhole'.

the game involves two 2x4 foot boards that look like easels. they each have a 'hole' in it and they are set about 25 feet apart from each other. on each side of the boards, are two people that have 4 beanbag style bundles of corn a piece. you and your partner have to get the bags of corn into the hole for 3 points, and on the board for 1 point. if the opposing team tosses a bag on the board or in the hole, they wipe out your points. you can't get any points if the corn bag hits the ground and then hits the board, it has to be a straight shot. it's not as complicated as it sounds. think horseshoes with bags of corn. the first team to 21 wins. apparently it's a drinking game. another reason to find it funny that we would engage in such activity at juvenile detention. please note that there was no drinking on the job, but after the competition, i understood why people would drink during it. the kids really liked it. we kept laughing as i advocated: 'just say no to drugs and yes to cornholing'.

the object: to toss the corn into the hole, hence 'cornholing'. you would think that the creaters of the game would have renamed this, after cornholing became a euphamism for anal sex. butt no, (pun intended) it remains dedicated to its original name and is a game for the whole family to enjoy.

i ended up doing very poorly. i either missed the board completely or couldn't even get the bag close enough to the board. the team we were paired with had a cornholing champion, and we got our asses kicked.


i called vin at work and told him that i couldn't cornhole very well. he disagrees. according to him, i'm a cornholing champion.

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