I have to say, I liked me some cornhole. It’s horseshoes without the sandpits. It’s fun, but please, can’t we call cornhole something else? Maybe something like that beer-drinking card game we all played in college. What was that called? Oh yeah, Asshole .
Rick Wormwood can be reached at rickwormwood@gmail.com.
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