Last Day of Summer Fivesome, September 21, 2018

1. Location: Heaven on earth,  Mar-A-Lawno
2. Conditions: Partly cloudy, dry, short grass, fast track.
3. Course: New and challenging.
4. Participants: Sticky Wicket,  Surferino, Mr. Wicket, Wick O’Shay, Lefty
5. Games: Two
6. Game Uno Results: Sticky Wicket won.
7. Game Dos Results: Sticky missed a kill shot on Mr. Wicket who didn’t miss his close kill shot on Sticky for the victory.
8.  SOD: (Shot of the Day) Mr. Wicket’s long distance backward through the wicket setup shot was going to be the SOD. But, Sticky Wicket’s down chopped spinner through the last wicket to become poison was a marvel to behold. Sticky snatched a win from apparent defeat. Of course, Sticky’s having been granted a do-over after playing Lefty’s ball tainted the SOD and his ultimate victory. 

New croquet layout

National Wiener Schnitzel Day Foursome, September 9, 2018

NATIONAL WIENER SCHNITZEL DAY

National Wiener Schnitzel Day is observed annually on September 9. A traditional Austrian dish, Wiener Schnitzel is made with veal. Wick will not eat it.

A law in Austria requires this dish to made strictly with veal. Wiener Schnitzel is made by tenderizing a thin slice of veal which is then lightly salted and breaded.  It is then deep-fried in clarified butter.  The term “Wiener Schnitzel” was first used in the early 1830s, though similar recipes appear earlier.

Wiener Schnitzel is traditionally served with lettuce salad, cucumber salad, or potato salad. Some people serve it with parsley potatoes. A slice of lemon may also be served with the schnitzel. Rice, roasted or mashed potatoes and French fries have also become popular side dishes to Wiener Schnitzel lately. Sticky will eat it anyway you cook it.

Variations of the dish exist in many cultures throughout the world including making it with pork rather than the traditional veal.

Definition of cowabunga in English:

informal 

• Used to express delight or satisfaction.

  ‘Cowabunga! It's an actor's dream’

Origin

1950s: first popularized by a character on the US television programme Howdy Doody (1947–60). It later became associated with surfing culture and was further popularized by use on the US television cartoon programme Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987–96).

1. Location: Beautiful, autumnal, mega-bitchin, national treasure,  Mar-A-Lawno
2. Conditions: Clear, dry, short grass fast, bee permeated.
3. Course: #3
4. Participants: Sticky Wicket,  Surferino, Mr. Wicket, Wick O’Shay
5. Games: Two
6. Game Uno Results: Surferino was the Wiener, hot diggity dog.
7. Game Dos Results: Surferino missed a kill shot on Wick leaving him a short kill shot. Wick killed Surferino to wear the Wiener’s crown. 
8. SOD: (Side of the Day) Southside
9. Misc: Prefunq = Yes. Play outlasted the playlist. Searching for Surferino’s errant hedge shot, all searchers sustained scrapes but the blue ball was found by Mr. Wicket, the tunnel rat. No feelings nor animals were hurt during the intense competition. We missed you Lefty - not. Sticky went shirtless in the sunshine becoming true to his name. Surferino, going first the first game, seemingly had a senior moment when he left his ball in front of the seventh wicket instead of the third wicket. This unplanned strategy thereafter resulted in his getting roquet shots on a group of targets enabling him to streak out to the fifth wicket en route to the Wien.

Probability of croquet this afternoon: