Best/Worst Pool Sounds

[Rotarded]

Bad Sound: Some fool chalking his cue so hard and fast that it emits a high pitch squeak while he twists the cue.

Worst Sound: The slightly twanged tick sound as same fool taps the cues shaft on the side of the table to remove the excess chalk.

Sickening sound: Hearing your own chin hit the floor when you realize that he had picked up your sneaky pete.

 

[BRKNRUN]

Last night there was a girl in the room that had the annoying laugh like Fran Dresser (sp?) from that Nanny Show. Ever 2 seconds it was going off. Hard to concentrate.

That had to be the worst laugh on a girl I have ever heard......

I make a run down to the 9-ball and that laugh went off like a time bomb..(right behind me)......I did not turn around , but I looked up and my opponent who was trying to contain his laughter...When I looked at him he could not help it and busted out laughing...I had to stop and re-group to shoot this straight in 9-ball.....(I dogged it)

When they finally packed up and left...Jazz said..."good..now I can go turn down the music"

My God...It was even worse than this sound...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cVlTeIATBs&feature=related

 

[hilla_hilla]

The sound of a dart hitting the dart board making funny noises as the opponent is shooting the 9 ball and misses.

7-8 years ago, this actually happened. I was new to pool and had no ettiquitte what-so-ever. One of the local guys lost a bunch of money to my ex playing cards. My ex felt bad and decided he was going to give the guy a chance to make his money back by playing me on the bar table plus give me seasoning at the same time.

The guy was the brother of the owner of the bar we were playing at that particular night. He was a much better player than me, but we played $10 a game even on the bar table. In no time at all I ended up getting up on the guy 8 games. After that we doubled up and I got up on him 8 games again. 3 hours later the guy is aggrivated and we ended up doubling up again for $40 a game. I'm almost up 10 ahead and my ex decides that this is hilarious and feels even more sorry for the guy and says lets just play the last game for everything (which is insane but he didn't want the guy to go bust, just get even).

Stupid me gets bored easily (the entire night I was throwning darts at the dart bored and it didn't make a sound) and while the guy was shooting the 9 ball just as he was about to pull the last stroke, I pick up the dart and throw it to the dart board and the dart board makes a long funny noise that sharks the guy and he misses the 9 leaving it hanging in the pocket.

At the time I didn't realize or pay any attention to know that was a bad thing to do. I was oblivious and in my own world and didn't think much about ettiquite, sharking or anything of that matter.

Now, whenever I hear the same sound of that dart hitting the dart board, I have to laugh. But now-a-days I do make the effort to be a little more weary of my surrroundings when people are gambling or what not.

 

[poolhall maven]

Favorite sound: The gentle click click of the object ball falling into a leather drop pocket.
second worst: miscue...erggghhhhh
MOST HATED and yes and I am yelling--idiots who talk too loud, wanting to be the center of attention who don't realize where they are at--in my church.

 

[Josh Palmer]

Best:
The "thunk" when the OB hits the back of the pocket at speed.
The "clack" of a dead-straight stop-shot with no english. Somehow when the balls are dead straight, and the CB is not spinning on any axis when it hits the OB, the tone of the collision is different. I love that sound because it means I hit the shot with a pure stroke.
An exclamation of "nuh-uh" or "no way" or just the stunned silence of my opponent when I pull off a nearly impossible shot (tough bank, kick, masse, threading the needle into a tiny position zone, making an improbable breakout, etc.).

-Andrew

Andrew.. I agree.. I can hear a pure shot 10 tables over if it's on a gold crown... Sure makes a sweet sound.



OH.. forgot.. WORST SOUND. No names.. but railbirds talking about your current shot while you are on it.

 

[3andstop]

The worst sounds in a poolroom ... hmmmm, I can't think of any. It's been so long since I've been in one cause of the #$#@ing music shattering my eardrums and the intense headache I get from it. Hmmm, I'll keep trying to think of one.

 

[JimS]

The best would be to actually hear some Cannonball in a pool hall... and some Miles and some Trane and some Monk or Bird or Diz or Keith Jarrett or or or or or .......... !