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MiHale

(13,175 posts) Sun Sep 7, 2025, 07:49 AM Sep 2025

I just found out there are no pickles in Pickelball...

What have I been playing?

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I just found out there are no pickles in Pickelball... (Original Post) MiHale Sep 2025 OP

Imagine my surprise EYESORE 9001 Sep 2025 #1

😂 MiHale Sep 2025 #2

You just didn't go to the right pot luck - ours had brownies and gummies. marble falls Sep 2025 #4

Turned off as soon as I found out! I'd love a sport that used real pickles: basepickle, footpickle, basketpickle ... marble falls Sep 2025 #3

😂🤪👍 MiHale Sep 2025 #5

It's a real pickle, ain't it? 😉 mwmisses4289 Sep 2025 #6

😂 MiHale Sep 2025 #9

Au contraire Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #7

Think I know that big green guy... MiHale Sep 2025 #10

Then how did they get the name pickleball? Emile Sep 2025 #8

Drew names from a jar... MiHale Sep 2025 #11

Paddle Tennis, probably. Iggo Sep 2025 #12

EYESORE 9001

(29,889 posts)

1. Imagine my surprise

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:06 AM

Sep 2025

when I found out ‘pot luck dinner’ meant something else entirely

MiHale

(13,175 posts)

2. 😂

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:10 AM

Sep 2025

marble falls

(72,534 posts)

4. You just didn't go to the right pot luck - ours had brownies and gummies.

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:18 AM

Sep 2025

marble falls

(72,534 posts)

3. Turned off as soon as I found out! I'd love a sport that used real pickles: basepickle, footpickle, basketpickle ...

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:16 AM

Sep 2025

... or volleypickle. Maybe two leagues, sweet and dill, a gherkin league for the kiddies. The mind reels at the possibilities.

MiHale

(13,175 posts)

5. 😂🤪👍

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:31 AM

Sep 2025

mwmisses4289

(4,735 posts)

6. It's a real pickle, ain't it? 😉

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 09:46 AM

Sep 2025

MiHale

(13,175 posts)

9. 😂

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 12:28 PM

Sep 2025

Sneederbunk

(17,642 posts)

7. Au contraire

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 11:06 AM

Sep 2025

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MiHale

(13,175 posts)

10. Think I know that big green guy...

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 12:33 PM

Sep 2025

I had him ~~over~~ for dinner

Emile

(43,279 posts)

8. Then how did they get the name pickleball?

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 11:46 AM

Sep 2025

MiHale

(13,175 posts)

11. Drew names from a jar...

Reply to Emile (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 12:34 PM

Sep 2025

Guess what kind.

Iggo

(50,059 posts)

12. Paddle Tennis, probably.

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 04:11 PM

Sep 2025

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