Pegs™ Preparations
Preparations for Pegs™ 2007 are already well underway. Perhaps the only problem with the ingenious ten-point option introduced near the start of the 2006 season, is that we tend to get through a lot of corks. Generally they end up in the peg graveyard at the back of our garden, or lodged into the bush. I do seem to remember a few particularly terrible efforts that might well have made it into someone else's garden. By the end of the summer I was struggling to get through enough wine to keep the game going, but as the season drew to a close my habit of collecting corks continued.It's been some time now since it was warm enough to consider having a game, and the rather old-fashioned vase that we employed might finally be full. Well, that's what I thought anyway...
posted by Andy @ 9:22 pm
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Thought it was time I caught with Pegs. Ummm is not the 'refined' game of Pegs with corks and feathers stuck in the sides called darts or badminton? Just thought I'd ask, you may not be able to trade mark it, you see. Anyway, I think Pegs in its peg form is much the superior version. It requires such finesse, especially bare footed, and I reckon pegs are more stable and likely to stay within the confines of the play area than corks. Unless, of course, you have a cat in the neighbourhood that goes around collecting any pegs it can get hold of and delivers them to her own catflap! Shortages of pegs is obviously going to become a phenomenon. Mike's Ma
Thanks for commenting Mike's Ma, I'm sure Mike would be up for setting up a court and giving you a game of pegs next time he's back!
Pegs has always involved throwing first pegs, and then corks at a variety of targets. For some reason, it's always just been known as pegs. I guess it's a little more catchy than saying "anyone up for a game of pegs & corks?"
But you're quite right, it's the corks that tend to go missing more often, especially when your son is around to attempt a ten-pointer.
Swine.
Mind you, the video is a vintage "Three Weeks In Bristol" moment of Chewie in action. Good work, although slightly derivative...
Their neighbours cats do more than collect the pegs. They use the stadium as a litter tray!
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