Coffee Crone: Taming Coffee Blog

July 17 2006

Reunion Project: Cowpie Throwing Game

The reunion project: Cowpie Frisbees.

Dear Family,

Next time we have an event that involves various projects, please tell me to cook, or roast coffee, or do just about anything that does not involve either a glue gun or paint.

Lisa, you are going to be transporting one Cowpie target and ten Cowpie Frisbees.

If, when you set it up, you think I am a complete nutbar, please remember that I did the best I could, for someone who has never actually engaged in this particular "sport".

When we cancelled our plans, I had to come up with a target design that would not take up too much room in Lisa and Chris's van. I was willing to take Matthew to Tamingville so they could take the original design, but I somehow thought that both Chris and Lisa would reject the idea of leaving their only son with a person who spent a day making Cowpie Frisbees.

In anticipation of questions you might have, please note the following:

1) I am aware that if I were going to paint hot pink Frisbees some other cowpie-ish colour, that colour should have been brown, not burgundy. You can tell other members of the family that where I come from, we feed cows beets. The truth is that the plastic adhering spray paint does not come in brown.

2) I am also aware that it would be terrific if the Cowpie Frisbees would sail through the air. What can I say? Stand closer to the target.

3) I have a sneaking suspicion that ideally the target would look vaguely like a cow. Get over it. I thought about attempting to make one look like one of the guys, but this was the best I could do. And yes, I ruined a perfectly good $4 tablecloth to make it.

4) If, after seeing this project in person, you think that I did a truly terrible job, please don't tell me. I sacrificed a manicure for this.

taming