Added: 11/22/2007 |
A Suggestion For Those Who Play Fruit CroquetThe writer of the following article has never had a chance to play fruit croquet. Yet she has taken part in a number of party games. She has also played games with her church youth group. Today she writes material about prostate cancer. The writer recalls the past games. She also remembers what she has learned about fundraising. She combines her recollections in the following article.
That long-ago game had this French name: “eau de mail.” Today those who play fruit croquet play an adaptation of that game. That game was taken across the English Channel. The Irish liked the game, and used it as the basis for creation of a game that they called croquet. Adaptations to the Irish game of croquet are used by those who play fruit croquet.
Unlike the traditional croquet, the participants in the greatly changed game don’t play on a grassy surface. In fact, it is best to play fruit croquet on a hard surface, one that has no sort of cushioning. Even carpeting can impede progress for a participant in fruit croquet. Why is that the case? How do you play fruit croquet?
The participants in a game of fruit croquet each wrap a pair of pantyhose around their waist. They then put a fruit, usually an apple or an orange, into one leg of that panty hose. The fruit-laden leg becomes the equivalent of a croquet stick.
What do the game players hit with their fruit-laden panty hose legs? They hit another fruit, usually an apple or an orange. They do not need to send the fruit through any sort of “gate.” They must simply push the fruit from one location to the next and back.
When only two people play fruit croquet, then the first person to make it back to the original starting line is declared the winner. When two teams play the same game, then the team that is first to have all of its members back at the starting point can claim victory.
Now while a fruit and orange do work well for implementation of the fruit croquet rules, the players can use an alternative fruit. It should, of course, not be a fruit that is easily bruised by the pounding it will receive. Yet there seems no reason why those who want to enjoy a game of fruit croquet could not put a pomegranate in the panty hose leg.
A pomegranate has a hard skin. It would work well, if used as the end of a “stick,” or as the “ball” that must be hit by that “stick.” Use of a pomegranate would also invite the designing of a fruit croquet match for fundraising purposes.
Men who eat pomegranates have made use of a natural way to prevent prostate cancer. A society that wanted to raise money for prostate cancer research, might want to think about holding a fruit croquet match. During that match, the players would use pomegranates instead of apples or oranges.
At such an event, fun should be the focus. The event holders would not want to offer an expensive prize. That would limit the amount of money collected by the event holders. Those who attended the event could pay for the chance to watch the fruit croquet game. The participants would not expect to be paid for their time on the “croquet court.”
The craziness of such a match should be entertaining, and should serve as a good way to raise money for a worthy cause.
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