Whiffle

And Whiffle is worth the wait -- at least at 1 in the morning after the bars.

The Street Food “Chowdown”: Not Much Chow, Not Much of a Smackdown « PubliCola 2010

Patrick Rothfuss’s delightly (and demented) NOT A BOOK FOR CHILDREN The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle is nestled comfortably at our printer, likely appalling any who have a look at the pdf.

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The dark hall, into which the porch opened was paved with the usual diamond -- shaped bricks or tiles, but was not ceiled, the rafters of the roof being exposed; there was little or no furniture in it, that we could see, except a clumsy table in the centre of the room, and one or two of the leather -- backed reclining chairs, such as Whiffle used to patronize.

Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

"Whiffle No. 2," one of the bad guy's lanky henchmen, Curtis was largely silent but always present, looming menacingly behind his leader's left shoulder and squarely in the shot.

The Man Who Wouldn't Grow Up: When Sirius XM radio DJ Kenny Curtis talks, kids listen 2010

I can personally attest that it's insanely fun and offers up a genuinely new blend of activity: The crazy intensity of Irish hurling mixed with the low-stress, low-injury appeal of Whiffle ball.

Aesthletics: Game Designers Should Create More New Sports 2007

So far, only 10 games of Whiffle Hurling have ever been played.

Aesthletics: Game Designers Should Create More New Sports 2007

Russotti began casting around for ideas, and while visiting a family vacation home in the country, found a pile of discarded Whiffle bats.

Aesthletics: Game Designers Should Create More New Sports 2007

Whiffle Hurling was invented in July 2005 by a Tom Russotti , an MFA grad student at Rutgers University -- and the sole practitioner of what he calls "aesthletics."

Aesthletics: Game Designers Should Create More New Sports 2007

Presto: Russotti decided to design a variant of hurling that uses Whiffle plastic.

Aesthletics: Game Designers Should Create More New Sports 2007

The rules are generally similar to the old Irish sport: You can catch the ball with your hand and remain stationary, but to move you have dribble the ball on the Whiffle bat.

Aesthletics: Game Designers Should Create More New Sports 2007