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[Wilson Gray]

> "bean bag throw"

Thanks, Andy! That explains something else. The pop-up also offered "Two
free bean bags!" as part of the deal. The company is located in PA, where I
live. But I grew up in Texas and in Missouri. So, I know few of the local
customs.

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:

> >  No idea what "cornhole boards" are.
>
> In Wisconsin, the term is used (in place of "bean bag throw" or "tailgate
> toss") supposedly because the bags were once filled w/ dried corn kernels
> but it's used by everybody I know with full knowledge of the innuendo.
>
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 1:07 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ENTER To Win!
> > SUTLIFF
> > CORNHOLE BOARDS
> > A $175 VALUE!
> >
> > No idea what "cornhole boards" are. The pop-up was on the page of an
> > on-line tobacconist.
> >
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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