Billiard trivia...
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a bit morbid...
this is completely unverified, BUT...
I have heard that because of the angles of a human jaw and teeth, and because of the shape and size of a pool ball, it is possible to lodge a pool ball into a person's mouth. BUT once lodged, it is impossible to remove the lodged ball without breaking the person's teeth...
that's pretty much all I got.
this is completely unverified, BUT...
I have heard that because of the angles of a human jaw and teeth, and because of the shape and size of a pool ball, it is possible to lodge a pool ball into a person's mouth. BUT once lodged, it is impossible to remove the lodged ball without breaking the person's teeth...
that's pretty much all I got.
Some interesting history:
The world's largest billiard hall was built during billiards' "Golden Age". "The Recreation", a mammoth seven-story health spa, was a bustling Detroit business in the 1920's. It featured 103 tables, 88 bowling lanes, 20 barber chairs, three manicuring stands, 14 cigar stands, a lunch counter on each floor, a restaurant that could seat 300, and an exhibition room with theater seating, that could accommodate 250 spectators.
Now that would just be amazing to see.
The world's largest billiard hall was built during billiards' "Golden Age". "The Recreation", a mammoth seven-story health spa, was a bustling Detroit business in the 1920's. It featured 103 tables, 88 bowling lanes, 20 barber chairs, three manicuring stands, 14 cigar stands, a lunch counter on each floor, a restaurant that could seat 300, and an exhibition room with theater seating, that could accommodate 250 spectators.
Now that would just be amazing to see.
Interesting...
After I win and am rolling the balls to my opponent to rack, I sometimes put them in my mouth and spit them out to see how far they will go down table. Some people call me the Monkey Cannon!
Descente36
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I don't like how snooker players have this condescending attitude towards pool players. Efren Reyes won gold in the first snooker tournament he played in.
If you line up the balls in two rows, color coordinated (yellow with yellow, blue with blue...etc and then the black 8 ball with the cue ball) ...
The "Eighth ball", is the same color...
So:
1 + *8* = 9 (both 1 and 9 are yellow)
2 + *8* = 10 (both 2 and 10 are blue)
3 + *8* = 11 (both 3 and 11 are red)
4 + *8* = 12 (both 4 and 12 are purple)
and so on and so forth... then you have the *8* ball and the *cue ball* , which = *8*
I had no idea! I am terrible at Math, so I would have never even thought to notice, but it's nice to have friends to show you things... I learned this from Melissa Little
The "Eighth ball", is the same color...
So:
1 + *8* = 9 (both 1 and 9 are yellow)
2 + *8* = 10 (both 2 and 10 are blue)
3 + *8* = 11 (both 3 and 11 are red)
4 + *8* = 12 (both 4 and 12 are purple)
and so on and so forth... then you have the *8* ball and the *cue ball* , which = *8*
I had no idea! I am terrible at Math, so I would have never even thought to notice, but it's nice to have friends to show you things... I learned this from Melissa Little
FYI, PJ posted a cool graphic showing and explaining ball colors. Here it is:
If you line up the balls in two rows, color coordinated (yellow with yellow, blue with blue...etc and then the black 8 ball with the cue ball) ...
The "Eighth ball", is the same color...
So:
1 + *8* = 9 (both 1 and 9 are yellow)
2 + *8* = 10 (both 2 and 10 are blue)
3 + *8* = 11 (both 3 and 11 are red)
4 + *8* = 12 (both 4 and 12 are purple)
and so on and so forth... then you have the *8* ball and the *cue ball* , which = *8*
I had no idea! I am terrible at Math, so I would have never even thought to notice, but it's nice to have friends to show you things... I learned this from Melissa Little
Trivia 1:
There's some pretty high powered trash talk going on in the 14.1 forum, for those of you who don't normally bother with that forum. John S. and Danny H are on the verge of doing something big I think.
Trivia 2:
Semih Sayginer is not just a trick shot pro in the billiards world, he is tied for the world high run record with Hugo Patino.
Trivia 3:
They used to put a hoop (like a croquet hoop) over the pockets and a little stake as well.
PS: I think bille is french for ball, and billiard evolved from that or was used for the stick or something along those lines.
There's some pretty high powered trash talk going on in the 14.1 forum, for those of you who don't normally bother with that forum. John S. and Danny H are on the verge of doing something big I think.
Trivia 2:
Semih Sayginer is not just a trick shot pro in the billiards world, he is tied for the world high run record with Hugo Patino.
Trivia 3:
They used to put a hoop (like a croquet hoop) over the pockets and a little stake as well.
PS: I think bille is french for ball, and billiard evolved from that or was used for the stick or something along those lines.
The same guy that uses the screen name?
thats interesting, I wonder how he made them? Regular aim and shoot, or setting up through the diamonds for the automatic. Dam 1000, thats pretty insane brother.
When I was younger there was a guy that played out of Hollywood billiards named Spot Shot Kenny.
The thing was that he would bet you that he wouldn't miss more than five shots in a hundred. When you took that bet and lost then he would bet you not more than five in two hundred - OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!!
I don't remember the specifics and never bet with the man and am not even sure right now if I ever even saw him. But I heard that he could win the bet of not missing more than five shots in a thousand.
Maybe someone from South Florida could comment on this.
In 1967, there was a young man who entered a musty 'ol poolroom in Springfield, MO with his father. After banging balls around a table for a couple of hours, they went on to Rochester, Pa. where they engaged in the game every night for several nights in a row at a local pub. Upon returning to Texas, the young lad became maniacal about the game (and later was dubbed "Maniac") and soon got a table in the garage of his parent's house. His love for the game developed into a deep commitment and carried on into his "midlife" and still has him captured now that he is nearing 60. His maniacal ways still follow him into the pits of "billiard-accessory buying" hell and there's not a week goes by until he feels the need to open his wallet to the billiard industry and pay "tithes" to the pool Gods. He spends hour and hours hovering his tired, achy body over the sides of the mahogany and cloth mini-arena. He is truly a pool Gladiator (good thing nobody dies from pool, cause he sucks big-time at it).
Maniac
Tap, Tap, Tap! My kind of player!
Our beloved game of One Pocket began in the 1930's and originated in what state?
The first person to call in the correct answer might (but probably won't) win an all expense paid trip to next years DCC, an AZB T-shirt, and a new Cadillac Coupe Deville, compliments of your friends at J.T.S. Brown Distilleries. :wink:
The first person to call in the correct answer might (but probably won't) win an all expense paid trip to next years DCC, an AZB T-shirt, and a new Cadillac Coupe Deville, compliments of your friends at J.T.S. Brown Distilleries. :wink: