There is a strain of bass in the world called a "Butterfly Peacock" bass which originated in the Jungle waters of South America. It is considered quite an exotic species amongst fisherman. Men travel thousands of miles and spend large sums of cash in pursuit of these rare beasts of the wild...funny thing is, most people do not even know they were stocked in the waters of South Florida nearly 30 years ago and that EVERY ONE OF THEM NOW LIVES ABOUT 50 YARDS OUTSIDE MY MOM'S CONDO IN FLORIDA...witness for yourself.
And then, while hanging at the beach one day, I happened upon this group of octagenarians playing some type of game I had never seen before, so I asked em about it. Only one prob, the Frenchies speak no englasio.
Well, in France they call it "Petanque" or "boules" if the balls are metal, and the Italians have a close cousin to it, called bocce, with wooden lacquered balls. Ain't it funny how people have to leave their home land to discover things about it that make it great in the first place. Not saying France is great, but they do make nice wine and pastis, and petanque is best played with one of the two in hand...
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