# Chuck a penguin! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436 "2004-07-03T23:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/1 "2004-07-03T23:56:28Z")
[Oh god this is funny!](http://www.yetisports.org/englisch/playonline.html#) My hand-eye co-ordination is screwed, so my scores are low enough that I won’t embarass myself by posting them here. I particularly enjoyed the one where the whale tosses the penguins! Enjoy!!! Max. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/2 "2004-07-04T00:17:25Z")
Hilarious!!! I played the one where Yeti swings the club at the penguins. I launched one over 320 ft!!! And if you get a good arc out of them, they’ll land head first and stick in the snow!!! ---
**Author:** ![aquasunset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@aquasunset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aquasunset)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/3 "2004-07-04T00:22:34Z")
Yes…this was so hilarious…I loved it when the penguin arched and went head first…too funny…did not know of the others…Thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/4 "2004-07-04T01:43:12Z")
Orca slap…sounds dirty. and I suck at hitting penguins. Funny though. who comes up with stuff like this? ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/5 "2004-07-04T02:16:19Z")
Hoorah! I loved this site, but I lost the address to it when my computer crashed. Yay for the Straight Dope! I can keep on hitting penguins head first into the snow! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/6 "2004-07-04T02:24:21Z")
What the- !?! How do people get scores in the _thousands_?? If I get a perfect “ballistic” hit, it goes a little over 200. If I get an optimum “bounce and slide”, a little over 300. Am I missing something here? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/7 "2004-07-04T02:26:29Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > What the- !?! > > How do people get scores in the _thousands_?? If I get a perfect “ballistic” hit, it goes a little over 200. If I get an optimum “bounce and slide”, a little over 300. Am I missing something here? Oh, TOTAL score for five tries. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/8 "2004-07-04T02:37:07Z")
I like the game where you throw the penguin up the cliff. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/9 "2004-07-04T02:46:16Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > I like the game where you throw the penguin up the cliff. Me too!! I scored a 460 on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/10 "2004-07-04T02:47:21Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Me too!! I scored a 460 on that one. On one toss I mean… ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/11 "2004-07-04T03:00:07Z")
I like this one also, [Makai Spear Toss](http://www.makaimedia.com/games/game_frame.aspx?gid=11) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/12 "2004-07-04T19:00:46Z")
I swear these games must plug a random margin of error into your timing. In Speartoss, I once used a program to automate my mouse click to hundredths of a second (yeh I know, CHEATER!!) and my score was still all over the place. But then I’m one of those “play to win” types who can’t “just have fun”. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/13 "2004-07-04T19:08:15Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I swear these games must plug a random margin of error into your timing. In Speartoss, I once used a program to automate my mouse click to hundredths of a second (yeh I know, CHEATER!!) and my score was still all over the place. > > But then I’m one of those “play to win” types who can’t “just have fun”. ☹ The key in the Makai game is not just perfect angle release timing. The key element is how absolutely close to the foul line you can get without getting pegged. Infinitesimally small differences here affect the score substantially. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/14 "2004-07-04T19:25:00Z")
I like the newest one with the flamingo golf club. 3790 is my highest so far. You have to aim for the snakes! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/15 "2004-07-04T20:36:28Z")
Finally got 4000 in penguin drive. I destroyed the barrier with the score of 4001. There is a big void right before 4000, which makes it hard to reach. I loathe those stupid vultures, everytime I get a good multiple snake shot the damn bird grabs him and slows him down :mad: ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/16 "2004-07-05T18:29:41Z")
Finally made the top 1000 board in pelican drive. #659 with 5383 Me compulisive? no not at all. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-a-penguin/253436/17 "2004-07-06T02:02:36Z")
I tried it a few times. My longest hit with the yeti sent the penguin 321 feet.