croquet in East Egg

April 18, 2005 5:09 PM

My friends and I are organizing weekly croquet matches in a nearby park. What would be a good title for them?

We're thinking of something using outdated turn-of-the-century vernacular, preferably reminiscent of The Great Gatsby (since we're dressing in that vein), but we're at a bit of a loss. Give me your suggestions.

posted by deafmute to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (11 answers total)

Best answer: The Flamingo & Hedgehog Club? Bet you could make a nice embroidered crest out of that concept, too.
posted by bcwinters at 5:34 PM on April 18, 2005

Damn !!! bcwinters beat me to it.... what he said :)
posted by The Infamous Jay at 5:49 PM on April 18, 2005

in art school i made a short film entitled "Urban Croquet" that featured myself and a friend playing croquet with makeshift mallets and frozen grapefruits we found outside.

not very roaring twenties though.
posted by fishfucker at 6:55 PM on April 18, 2005

Croquet Monsieurs?

The Lost Mallets?

Scratch a Lover? (Dorothy Parker)
posted by amberglow at 8:13 PM on April 18, 2005

The Weekly Whackabout.
posted by ulotrichous at 8:30 PM on April 18, 2005

Sticky Wickets?
posted by LairBob at 8:38 PM on April 18, 2005

What day of the week? If it's Monday, for instance, Monday Mallets comes to mind...
posted by Slothrop at 5:06 AM on April 19, 2005

Whack the Rippers (thinking Victorian)...
posted by Slothrop at 5:08 AM on April 19, 2005

Wicket Pastime
posted by UncleHornHead at 6:21 AM on April 19, 2005

Wicked Wickets
Wicket Escapades
Kooky Kroquet
Croquet Coquets

But I think bcwinters wins.

Every year at our family get together, there are several games of croquet. We usually call it Killer Croquet. (Take no prisoners!)
posted by deborah at 8:47 AM on April 19, 2005

Response by poster: Thanks for the ideas everyone, but we settled on The Flamingo and Hedgehog Club.
posted by deafmute at 1:51 PM on April 19, 2005