Fun and Games

Check out a hilarious review of pétanque by humorist and syndicated columnist Dave Barry here.

La Prière du Pétanqueur

Mon Dieu, faits que ma boule se
place le plus pres du cochonnet,
et que mon adversaire s’accroche le
pantalon quand il voudra la “taper”.
Faits en sorte que si un jour je
devais prendre une Fanny,
un orage terrible éclate et nous
empeche de terminer la partie.
Ainsi soit-it.

Prayer of the Pétanquer

Dear, God, please make my boule the
closest to the cochonnet,
and make my opponent’s hand catch
on his trousers when he goes to shoot it.
And if one day I’m about to get Fannied,
please make a terrible storm burst out
and stop the game.
Amen.

There are free downloads from Pétanque.org!  Free Screensaver, Free Postcards, Free desktop images.  Click here.

GAMES!!!

Now you can play pétanque on your computer on those slow or rainy days when you’d rather be out playing pétanque.

La Pétanque (Flash Game)

New 3D Pétanque

A Comptuer Game! Download required.

With a variety of surfaces and settings, this keeps the game interesting.  Slightly more difficult to navigate (I couldn’t find a tutorial on how to aim–height, distance/power, etc–the boule), but not impossible to figure out.