horseshoes

I have no clue about the rules to playing horseshoes. Frankly, if I were required to know them beforehand, I would not have gone near the pits. But we played last night at the MSC Pavilion just for fun... well, some of us did at any rate.
One guy, not a member but a relative of one [or several, who was counting] together with one of the regulars, got
way too serious about what was and wasn't countable for points. Which was not a good thing considering that those of us playing were already fueled with beers and lagers of unnamed ~ and unknown ~ origins. The ensuing verbal fracas became a fine form of entertainment for the rest of us.
I got to taking pictures and people began to get worried. But they needn't have. They were from the cell phone camera. Here's some of the results: