When was the last time you played Croquet?

I play every year when we visit my parents in Florida. Pops has a group of fellas that play religiously every day on the beach.  They have custom mallets and a "sweeper".  Their games are tight. no fucking around. I usually join in and it's pretty fun actually. Surprisingly competitive. Like it way better than the lawn version.

Anyway, cool story i know.

Merry Christmas.

August 1973.

This one winter years ago my family took on a job to oversee a seasonal hotel up in the mountains in Colorado. Before it started snowing I played the croquet course on the property. Actually  the proper name for it is "roque". The mallets... they work well for... correcting things.

Floyd Robertson wrote:August 1973.

Sounds about right for me, too.

What about Jarts? Is that the right game?

InTenSity wrote:What about Jarts? Is that the right game?

I have a full set of Jarts in VG condition, but nobody wants to play out of fear of a head wound. I say that's more than half the fun.

tGreenWay wrote:

InTenSity wrote:What about Jarts? Is that the right game?

I have a full set of Jarts in VG condition, but nobody wants to play out of fear of a head wound. I say that's more than half the fun.  

I almost lobotomized a cousin once because she ran though the playing area while a lawn dart was in the air. Probably would have done her some good.

Jarts the lawn game with deadly potential.  
Made when men were men and marketing could look company legal in the eye and say "So what."



I played croque about 2 years ago.  Its a lot more fun with a good set of equipment than the POS that was at my grandmother's cottage that we used as kids. It was also more fun on relatively flat ground and there is alcohol to be consumed.

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:


I have a full set of Jarts in VG condition, but nobody wants to play out of fear of a head wound. I say that's more than half the fun.  

I almost lobotomized a cousin once because she ran though the playing area while a lawn dart was in the air. Probably would have done her some good.

Go for the eye. Aim small, miss small.