Bowling was invented in ancient Greece to settle the dispute over whether the Parthenon’s columns could withstand the force of a rolling snowball. Test the laws of physics with today’s Groupon: for $19, you get a mini-golf and bowling outing for up to four people (up to a $43.50 total value, including HST) at Bowlarama’s Dentith Road location. The outing includes:

• Two hours of mini golf and bowling, plus popcorn (a $7.50 value/person)
• Up to four bowling-shoe rentals (up to a $2.25 value each)<p>

Bowlarama welcomes orb lobbers of all ages to challenge each other in matches of traditional candlepin bowling and test their putting prowess with rounds of mini golf. Once fitted into rental shoes, groups of up to four players suppress pin rebellions on one of 20 lustrous lanes, aiming their victory crosshairs down the narrow hardwood fairways. After a sufficient number of 7s and 10s have been split, turkey-tossing quartets can retire to the adjacent mini-golf greens to take up tiny clubs in a quest for low scores. Coach dimpled spheres through blinking railroad crossings and down small-scale bowling lanes, doling out gentle taps and motivational speeches to direct balls toward holes-in-one. The included hearty kernels of popcorn sate appetites stoked by athletic victory dances and the vigorous suppression thereof.