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Wonder why nobody's written a book on this subject yet? Seems like an art form in itself. Watching two or more players haggling for weight and making a game happen is sometimes more entertaining to watch than the actual matchup!

Feel free to share you thoughts on this subject (stories of setting up matches, your opinions on barking, getting weight or playing even, etc).

Keep it funny, or at least light hearted, and remember.... at least it's not an aiming thread;)
 
Man, you couldn't teach a dog how to bark! :thumbup:

There's probably a book of smack-talk out there somewhere.
 
I've seen some people just go at it for an hour just to get the weight they want... sometimes it gets ridiculous! I've heard some of the funniest banter though from guys trying to rustle up action, and that's what i like to hear.... Some guys whine worse than 13 year old girls though!
 
Barking

Hope you get to go to SBE...all those boys do anymore is woof.

If you cant make a game in 2 minutes, then you dont want to play.
 
My thinking is, it goes on within every thread once it gets past the second page :eek:
 
We had a few players come to our pool room a couple of months ago. They sat around and barked at each other for 2 or more hrs. It became a joke to me. I was there to watch some good pool not listen to people try to rob each other. Like someone else said, If it has not happened in a few minutes it not worth the trouble of barking at each other. JMO
 
Road player comes into the room.Hes barking at the owner who is known as a fair player but a big gambler.After awhile the road player walks up to a table and says to the owner "I'll bet $500 I can do anything on a pool table you can" The owner says his favorite line"Post c**k s**ker!"So they both throw $500 on the table. The owner takes off his artificial leg and puts it on the table and says "Do that".He then scoops up the money and hops away.
This Owner was the loved and sometimes hated New Jersey legend Tony Cattuci.
Who has sadly passed on. A rough gruff guy that if he liked you could show a heart of gold.
 
very true

galipeau said:
Wonder why nobody's written a book on this subject yet? Seems like an art form in itself. Watching two or more players haggling for weight and making a game happen is sometimes more entertaining to watch than the actual matchup!

Feel free to share you thoughts on this subject (stories of setting up matches, your opinions on barking, getting weight or playing even, etc).

Keep it funny, or at least light hearted, and remember.... at least it's not an aiming thread;)
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Very True But it always seems that they have to put down the player to see if they can get him to play THEIR game.
 
better than some woofing....

I used to work at a pool hall and I watched a lot of woofing.sometimes though, you can appeal to a person's greed, and bring home the cash without woofin at all. A road player once came in the pool hall and commenced to beating the local players pretty good for about 2 days Whilst he was in a match against one of the good locals, I brought in Richie Johnson-not a great player, but a really good player, who always seemed to get the cash. As the both of us are standing there during the match just a few feet from the table, I waited for Richie to start woofin at the road player. He looks at me and says, "Ace, I'm gonna beat this guy out of four thousand dollars tomorrow, and I'm gonna give him the seven when I do it."
Without saying a word to the guy,, Richie pulls out a wad of folded cash, and drops it on the floor. He then loudly proclaims "Shit! I just dropped five thousand dollars!" The whole room falls silent and looks over in our direction-including the road player.
"I can't believe I just dropped five thousand dollars!" he says as he picks it up off the floor. He puts the money back into his chest pocket, and loudly mumbles another statement about losing five thousand dollars. He then turns to me and says" Well Ace, I'll be back tomorrow night. Look s like the action is all tied up tonight. And out the door we went.

Next night, there was the road player who spent the previous two days cleaning out the locals. The road player asked Richie if he wanted to play some, and they put up two sets for $4000 with Richie giving him the eight. The sets were over before they began, as Richie flawlessly either ran out, or put the guy in jail when it was his shot. It was beautiful.
Sometimes, you don't need woofin to get it done.
 
measureman said:
Road player comes into the room.Hes barking at the owner who is known as a fair player but a big gambler.After awhile the road player walks up to a table and says to the owner "I'll bet $500 I can do anything on a pool table you can" The owner says his favorite line"Post c**k s**ker!"So they both throw $500 on the table. The owner takes off his artificial leg and puts it on the table and says "Do that".He then scoops up the money and hops away.
This Owner was the loved and sometimes hated New Jersey legend Tony Cattuci.
Who has sadly passed on. A rough gruff guy that if he liked you could show a heart of gold.
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Great story!
 
Not really barking, but getting a game, or not

When I got out of the Army.. I went to a local pool hall that I had heard of from guys in the beer bar I called home.

Lots of guys playing, even though it was in the afternoon.

I went to the counter and asked for a rack of balls.

While waiting, an older guy, maybe 40, slides up to the counter, yells at the counter man, that he wants a coke. He pulls a wad out of his shirt pocket that would choke a horse, peels off a 100 for his bottle of coke, and casually asks if I gamble some.

I said 'No sir, I don't...Looks like maybe you do, and know what you're doing.' I'm just here to try these big tables some...

He wandered off, went back to a group of guys, and just shook his head 'NO' at them, smiled and chuckled softly, as they talked some...while shooting a glance at me..

No lemon, no hustle, no barking...a direct approach...the wad did most of the talking..

I spent an hour or so beating up the rails before leaving...much like I still do today 45 years later....some things never change..
 
That right there is why I really enjoyed listening to McCready woof (the few times that I got to hear him). He could woof at someone and not make it an insult. It always seemed to be playful woofing.

ignomirello said:
Very True But it always seems that they have to put down the player to see if they can get him to play THEIR game.
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AzHousePro said:
That right there is why I really enjoyed listening to McCready woof (the few times that I got to hear him). He could woof at someone and not make it an insult. It always seemed to be playful woofing.
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This is the best.... when you can make people in the hall laugh and feel comfortable, it's usually more rewarding than being confrontational. Also KeIth was a natural talker :)

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galipeau said:
Wonder why nobody's written a book on this subject yet? Seems like an art form in itself. Watching two or more players haggling for weight and making a game happen is sometimes more entertaining to watch than the actual matchup!

Feel free to share you thoughts on this subject (stories of setting up matches, your opinions on barking, getting weight or playing even, etc).

Keep it funny, or at least light hearted, and remember.... at least it's not an aiming thread;)
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Once Fats died I could give the world the call eight when it came to woofin - especially in dangerous joints. Not a brag, just a fact.:thumbup:

Beard

Anybody can bark in those sissy, soda-pop joints. Just ask Jay Helfert if I had any shy in me in those murder spots.
 
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AzHousePro said:
That right there is why I really enjoyed listening to McCready woof (the few times that I got to hear him). He could woof at someone and not make it an insult. It always seemed to be playful woofing.
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I always knew you had good taste! :wink::p:cool::)
 

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Like Ronnie Allen, Fats, Ether, Louie Roberts....these guyz took it to the next level, they involved the public eye & mindful humiliation to work their magic. This group also LOVED TO play ALL the TIME. Its like the Roger Griffis Smile :)))) when he beat ya down in match play during the eighties and early nineties, the crowd loved it. The banter is a skill in its own and its the Chum to instigate and figure out the tipping point to create a game, it sure isn't a click of the mouse. Few have this Minnesota Fats Gift of gab....to make matters occur that lay dormant.

Just imagine going to a conference and when the speaker arrived at the podium it was FATS. :grin:
 
I got robbed playing ping pong by a guy when i was maybe 16 or 17 who (unbeknownst to me) was a tennis coach in his college days. We played for a few bucks a game. I lost about 50 that night (which was a lot for me at the time, still is i guess :rolleyes:). The guy could bark at you until you felt like an idiot for not playing, he had a very sharp wit!

Fats was one of the best at what he did, there's no doubt.
 
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