SC - Suggestion-OT-OOP

Stefan li Rous stefan at texas.net
Mon Nov 23 21:56:48 PST 1998


Charles Ragnar replied to me:

> On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Stefan li Rous wrote:
> > What is "petanque"? 
> Petanque is a game also known as bocce (by Italians) or boules (by
> French, who use the word petanque). It is played with a little white ball
> and a bunch of heavy steel balls about the size of a lawn bowls ball, in
> a sandy square or somewhere reasonably hard.

Thanks. I was familar with both the Italian and the French terms. I just
hadn't heard of the first. I've found this game a wonderful diversion at
various events and fighter practices. Someday I will probably buy a set.
They are apparently available commercially.

Stefan li Rous
Ansteorra
stefan at texas.net
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