Another Cultural Question

bluesqueak pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk
Fri Jan 9 11:47:06 UTC 2004


> David:

> > No, I think you are picturing the right game.  I had always 
> > thought of tenpin bowling as an American import here, though!  
> > You know, as played by Fred Flintstone and Homer Simpson.  Is 
> > that not with ten pins?
> >
> 
> K: 
> You're totally right - and it is an American import afaik, but not 
> a *new*American import. It's been well enough known since the late 
> seventies <Big snip>

Pip:
Isn't that just like Dumbledore, though? Over 150 years old, and 
still ready to try new things?

BTW, Steve, I think the closest British thing to ten-pin is 
skittles. Don't ask me anything about it; I've played it precisely 
once. But there's an alley, and skittles (same as the pins in ten-
pin), and you chuck a ball at them to try and knock them over. 

It's an old pub game, and like a lot of old pub games, seems to be 
dying out as pubs concentrate on the lucrative under 30's market.  

I actually like ten-pin a lot better ;-)

Pip!Squeak





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