Couple of Snooker questions.

[Vinnie]

1. Why are snooker cues short with short metal ferrules?

2. Why is the ball that is worth the most points (black) so close to the reds? Shouldn't it be at the other end of the table?


Vinnie
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Stroke.

 

[Boro Nut]

1. Why are snooker cues short with short metal ferrules?

2. Why is the ball that is worth the most points (black) so close to the reds? Shouldn't it be at the other end of the table?


Vinnie
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Stroke.

1. - They work.

2. - It would have been at the other end of the table, but all the spots were already taken by other colours. Happily, to make it fair, the rules of snooker allow you to go for the yellow after every red instead of the black as often as you like.

The truth is, snooker was invented by the Irish. They thought it would be more of a challenge to compile a match winning break if the black was furthest away from the reds, so they decided to put it on the yellow spot. Then someone else pointed out that it would be even harder to compile a match winning break potting only yellows, and hardest of all if the yellow was furthest away.

Boro Nut

 

[Aaron_S]

1. - They work.

2. - It would have been at the other end of the table, but all the spots were already taken by other colours. Happily, to make it fair, the rules of snooker allow you to go for the yellow after every red instead of the black as often as you like.

The truth is, snooker was invented by the Irish. They thought it would be more of a challenge to compile a match winning break if the black was furthest away from the reds, so they decided to put it on the yellow spot. Then someone else pointed out that it would be even harder to compile a match winning break potting only yellows, and hardest of all if the yellow was furthest away.

Boro Nut

OMG, I just about fell out of my chair the first time I read this, and it was even funnier the second time! Very nice.

 

[Drew]

1. - They work.

2. - It would have been at the other end of the table, but all the spots were already taken by other colours. Happily, to make it fair, the rules of snooker allow you to go for the yellow after every red instead of the black as often as you like.

The truth is, snooker was invented by the Irish. They thought it would be more of a challenge to compile a match winning break if the black was furthest away from the reds, so they decided to put it on the yellow spot. Then someone else pointed out that it would be even harder to compile a match winning break potting only yellows, and hardest of all if the yellow was furthest away.

Boro Nut

I've read it about 4 times and I still don't understand it

 

[Scaramouche]

I'm not up on cue history, but I assume that metal ferrules existed long before plastic.

A better question might be: Why did pool players change?

Better billiards through chemistry?

 

[StevenPWaldon]

Yet what about billiard cues?

I'm not up on cue history, but I assume that metal ferrules existed long before plastic.

A better question might be: Why did pool players change?

Better billiards through chemistry?

 

[predator]

Don't know about brass ferrules, but if the black and yellow exchanged spots...nobody would ever do a 147, not during this universe life cycle...never. The game is hard enough as is.