I've learned about a wonderful new game. I have never played croquet before in my life, and I'm really glad, because it would probably be incredibly boring played properly. But when you play it in a yard that is full of divets, rocks, holes, bumps, lumps, corners, etc, it's incredibly entertaining. Not to mention, the course circles around the house from the back yard, to the front, instead of being laid out straight on a level lawn. It is most commonly played with a beer in one hand and mallet in the other; mallets being thrown through the air in frustration when the ball gets stuck in a hole is not uncommon. Followed by jumping up and down, yelling incomprehensibly. I'm told it's even more fun when camping in the mountains, and the wickets are placed on the sides of hills, behind rocks, next to sagebrush...it's pure torture, so why is it so freakin' fun?!
First game of the year was last night, second was this afternoon. It's croquet season!
6 comments:
Sounds a lot like Glen Lake Croqet! Try hitting the ball through sand to get the wicket at the waters edge!
I've spent half an hour trying to get the ball through the same wicket, because there's a divet right next to it, and if you don't hit it _just_ so, it rolls around the wicket in a nice little circle right back to where you started. Half an hour.
sounds like fun! way better than any croquet i've played!
Oh my google, there is another way to play croquet?
Indeed there is! You should try it. :) Same rules, different terrain!
Actually I was flabbergasted that there was a proper way to play it. We've always played it the fun anarchist way.
C
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