# "The Corn Hole" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443 "2012-04-01T04:35:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/21 "2012-04-01T14:02:47Z")
It’s called the corn hole because that’s the only recognizable thing to come out of it… ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/22 "2012-04-01T14:07:51Z")
> [@Corn Kernel](#): > > Please note: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/572/what-did-people-use-before-toilet-paper-was-invented](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/572/what-did-people-use-before-toilet-paper-was-invented) It’s true. But where I lived, we didn’t \*eat \*the corn afterward… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/23 "2012-04-01T14:14:26Z")
I prefer my pie hole to my corn hole. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/24 "2012-04-01T16:03:50Z")
Everyone’s corn holing except Buster! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/25 "2012-04-01T16:05:14Z")
We gotta throw all this corn down into the quarry along with the mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/26 "2012-04-01T16:07:47Z")
I’m not sure the [American Cornhole Organization](http://www.americancornhole.org/)would approve of that. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/27 "2012-04-01T19:21:59Z")
> [@Hbns](#): > > The corn needs to get thrown in the quarry. Or wished into the cornfield, a la TZ. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/28 "2012-04-01T19:25:50Z")
I feel obliged to point out: [What did people use before toilet paper was invented? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/572/what-did-people-use-before-toilet-paper-was-invented) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/29 "2012-04-01T19:43:28Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > **I am the Great Cornholio! Are you threatening me? I need TP for my bunghole.** **My bunghole, it goes; “Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta”** ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/30 "2012-04-01T23:09:23Z")
I keep looking at ears of corn to find the hole. I hope to post back with positive results sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/31 "2012-04-01T23:17:50Z")
Corn goes very well with BBQ. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443/32 "2012-04-01T23:45:52Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > **My bunghole, it goes; “Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta”** > [@cochrane](#): > > **I am the Great Cornholio! Are you threatening me? I need TP for my bunghole.** Do not make my Bunghole angry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corn-hole/617443.md?page=1)