Eisstockschiessen (or, how I spent Valentine's Day)

These are Eisstocks (or rather, Eisstöcke):

These are some of my colleagues from Stainach, standing in front of the Eisstock office in Gröbming (note flask being handed around):

Here's a picture of Pepi (Geometry teacher=ringer) in action:

A rather lame description of the sport can be found in English or if your German is good, you can try here. I played the game for two hours, and I still can't tell you what the object is. I just asked where I should shoot, and my teammates pointed. Apparently I'm rather gifted. because there was much jubilation and Schnapps twice when I hit the intended target.

At the end, the loser presents the winner with a pair of wooden scissors. My team won, represented by Latin teacher Christa (natch!).