When The Chips Are Down…

...pick 'em up and throw 'em! In the town of Beaver, Oklahoma, at the Beaver county fair grounds there is a Cow Chip Throwing Contest every year. It's over for this year, but here is the entry form if anyone is interested for next year.

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 17, 2011
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yeah, yeah, i know what else they call cow chips. 😊

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/17/11 at 10:09 PM

The pioneers crossing the prairie called them "fire wood".

When we were playing softball on a summer evening we called one of them 2ed base! "Slide!!!" wasn't on the menu however.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/18/11 at 06:33 AM

i've heard of burning them. question, what was 1st, 3rd, and home plate? :lol: (btw, using the word menu above was a particularly bad choice. :sick: )

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/18/11 at 07:32 AM

@Patty: Not worth mentioning they weren't sh1t!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/19/11 at 05:34 AM

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