cure for chalk facing down

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enzo

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inventors or rather engineers out there, that is it-- i have had it!

i say you should design a pool table fitted with an electrical current, and, somehow fit each chalk with a device that will make it so that any player that sets the chalk facing down on the table will get a mega jolt sent through their entire body.
 
ps, if you are reading this and dont know what we are talking about.... please..... next time you play pool, look down at the chalk after you have set it down. if it is facing down with the exposed chalk part of the cube touching the table, turn it over (we forgive you), and never do it again :)
 
I recently discovered that flipping over my opponent's upside-down chalk was the perfect addition I needed in my pre-shot routine! So if you want me to play badly, just put the chalk right-side up and it will totally throw off my rhythm. ;) :D

Good thinking with that invention by the way. :thumbup:
 
Wouldn't that lead to higher electric bills in pool rooms, which would surely result in more expensive table time?
 
Why not design a chalk shape that always ends right side up when set down?
 
enzo said:
inventors or rather engineers out there, that is it-- i have had it!

i say you should design a pool table fitted with an electrical current, and, somehow fit each chalk with a device that will make it so that any player that sets the chalk facing down on the table will get a mega jolt sent through their entire body.
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Sounds like your bored...........
Just ask them nicely to turn the Chalk upright...
 
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I prefer to solve the problem by removing the paper wrapping on the chalk and use a different side every time...
 
If they are an experienced pool player I make them feel stupid for doing it. If its at a bar I just deal with it much like playing bar rules.
 
Just throw the chalk across the room and yell how much u hate when it is face down:) Just kidding
 
enzo said:
inventors or rather engineers out there, that is it-- i have had it!

i say you should design a pool table fitted with an electrical current, and, somehow fit each chalk with a device that will make it so that any player that sets the chalk facing down on the table will get a mega jolt sent through their entire body.
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who cares. it's just a little chalk. people always make such a fuss over it
 
Oh, there are a few of us who prefer not to get blue chalk dust all over our clothes when we lean over a rail to reach a shot.
The ones that REALLY get me riled up are the ones that not only turn the chalk upside down, but insist on tapping it against the rail 3 or 4 times .

Steve
 
It's like house training a dog.....every time they leave it face down, hit them across the nose with a rolled up newspaper....

Signed, the Chalk Ninja....
 
All you need to do is invent a chalk holder that has a rounded cap that can be placed on the top for the cube of chalk. The opening can allow for the tip to be chalked ... the top is rounded so that it can only rest upon the rail right side up.

It would look sort of like this...

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Imagine that, a chalk holder designed to look just like a tip and ferrule... ingenious.

You could market this to pool halls, tournament directors, home table owners, etc.

Now go take my idea and make a million bucks with it.
 
I like it! ... as long as the rounded cap is compatible with Enzo's electro-shock rail set. :thumbup:
 
Cuebacca said:
I like it! ... as long as the rounded cap is compatible with Enzo's electro-shock rail set. :thumbup:
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LOL

The only other cure, is for chalk companies to start making chalk "cylinders" instead of chalk cubes.

I went from Kindergarten - 12th grade, then off to college - and never once did I see anyone using a square piece of chalk to write on a chlkboard.

So, the technology for cylinder-shaped chalk does exist - just not in the billiards industry.

IMO, this would take care of the "upside down chalk" problem entirely.
 
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