Democratic Vice President hopeful Tim Walz found himself in the middle of a barrage of criticism after it was revealed he allegedly inflated his score during a game of bag toss at a family barbeque in 1998.
I’m a gay northerner who moved to Georgia many years ago. When one of my co-workers said he was going to go play cornhole with his buddies, I asked if I could come too.
I was 35 before I heard it called anything but bags. I only found out it’s called cornhole (because I guess the bags used to be filled with corn?) because I was at a bar, and it was on. On ESPN. That’s also the day I learned ESPN will show just about anything that can be classified as a sport or game when there aren’t major sports events going on.
I laughed for a solid several minutes about it. (Thankfully I was not by myself or I’d have looked like a nutter)
The word “soda” comes from the sodium salts in carbonated water, which reduce the liquid’s acidity. The word may also come from the Italian word suwwād, which refers to a saltwort that can be used to obtain sodium carbonate. The first known use of the word “soda” was in 1558.
The term “pop” was first used in the early 19th century as a colloquial term for fizzy drinks. The earliest known use of the word was in 1812, when poet Robert Southey wrote in a letter that a new drink was “called pop, because ‘pop goes the cork’ when it is drawn”. The term “soda pop” was later combined from the words “pop” and “soda” in 1863.
I mean soda was around to refer to a carbonated beverage hundreds of years before pop came into use. Plus pop is one of those confusing English language words that can mean a few different things (dad, loud-noise, carbonated-beverage, punch, arrive, etc.). You do you though. And keep thinking anybody who does things differently than you is weird. That’s healthy.
My mom’s 100% rural redneck boyfriend is an avid “bags” player and calls soda “pop” as well as calling dinner “supper” and any dish he isn’t familiar with is a “casserole”
I just assumed some global megacorp had finally managed to get “Cornhole” through the trademark office and started suing everyone into oblivion. Must be time for an internet break to rebalance the pessimism.
“Bag toss” lol
Satire site doesn’t wanna say cornhole?
Lol, fair. Didn’t click through to read it.
I’m a gay northerner who moved to Georgia many years ago. When one of my co-workers said he was going to go play cornhole with his buddies, I asked if I could come too.
Needless to say, I was terribly disappointed.
I’ve always thought corn hole was receiving unlubricated anal sex. Is that correct?
My neck of the woods it was used to refer to m2m anal, don’t know about the “unlubed” bit.
Disappointed because lack of butt stuff, or because cornhole is a really boring game?
I’d believe either.
Lol… Or both :)
My wife calls it ‘bags’. Hung my head low the day I found out.
I was 35 before I heard it called anything but bags. I only found out it’s called cornhole (because I guess the bags used to be filled with corn?) because I was at a bar, and it was on. On ESPN. That’s also the day I learned ESPN will show just about anything that can be classified as a sport or game when there aren’t major sports events going on.
I laughed for a solid several minutes about it. (Thankfully I was not by myself or I’d have looked like a nutter)
It’s addressed in the article but the game has several regional names. Cornhole is one of them.
We all just called it “beanbag toss” when I was a kid, but now people from the area have switched to calling it cornhole.
Saying pop vs soda can get you killed in some places. This ain’t shit.
Soda weirdos are the ones calling it bags.
I mean soda was around to refer to a carbonated beverage hundreds of years before pop came into use. Plus pop is one of those confusing English language words that can mean a few different things (dad, loud-noise, carbonated-beverage, punch, arrive, etc.). You do you though. And keep thinking anybody who does things differently than you is weird. That’s healthy.
You may have taken this too seriously. Friendly got-your-back-reminder.
My mom’s 100% rural redneck boyfriend is an avid “bags” player and calls soda “pop” as well as calling dinner “supper” and any dish he isn’t familiar with is a “casserole”
The real rednecks call it “so-dee”
I always play it safe and call it gassy sugar juice
I called it pop when I was a kid, then I grew up. I don’t call it soda though. Now I just call it whatever is actually in the can.
We got one!!!
Fake midwesterners!
“bag toss” also sounds kind of dirty to me
Hah, kinda.
to be fair, unless you’re using corn cobs it ain’t really cornhole
Growing up in the midwest, we always called it “bean bag toss.” I remember someone calling it “bean bag golf.” shrug
I just assumed some global megacorp had finally managed to get “Cornhole” through the trademark office and started suing everyone into oblivion. Must be time for an internet break to rebalance the pessimism.