They say “close” only counts in hand grenades and horseshoes. It also counts in slow dancing, I suppose. And Petanque.
What is Petanque? (Wikipedia) The goal is, while standing with the feet together in a small circle, to throw hollow metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet (jack).
You should then offer them your oldest, most battered set of 3 rusty, odd boules, of vastly different weights and sizes, insisting they play with them.
Quotation from Ray Ager, New Boules (Petanque.org)
Close counts with encounters of a third kind.
Slow dancing in-close is nice!
Crown Green Bowling and Shaving
I am now (repeatedly) saying, “Close, but no cigar.”
Must get this out of my head…
I wonder how many versions of that type of game exist? We have horse shoes here in North America and i know of at least three other games of the same nature. There probably is one for every region in the world.
It seems so many rules have changed I wonder if close counts in baseball yet?
Well, people will play with their boules!
Close always counts – like for example, if you’re close to death. Or close to winning the lottery. It counts in that you can be thinking of how close you were to something, how it was so within your grasp, but your fingers just weren’t long enough to grab it.
Close also counts when shaving.