Funny thing that you heard

I don't know if this qualifies or not, but here it goes:


A few years back, the company I was working for decided to hold
a billiards competition for its employees. Officemates came to take part
in the competition held at the Superbowl at the Makati Cinema Square
in Makati City.

'Twas around 4 PM, when a particular officemate of mine arrived
at the event with her husband. For one reason or another,
the couple decided to watch me and my opponent play.

As my opponent was racking the balls for me to break, the guy (husband)
said, "You know what, I used to play with Luat (Rodolfo Luat
aka Boy Samson) when we were kids. Luat and I are friends.
And i used to beat him, too! Imagine, if i had continued to play billiards
all these years, I might have ended up as a pro - even better
than our professional pool players now!"

I said, "Uhmmm. Wow! You must have been pretty good.
To actually beat Boy Samson - wow!"

The guy flashed a one-of-a-kind smile with a grin that I didn't like.
I knew he was just showing off with tales because his Mrs. is with him. And oh! And I kid you not when I say that the Mrs. was indeed
beaming with pride and all! Like she was with the uber man's man!

He continued blabbering about his tall tale and all. To my disdain,
of course. But polite as we all are, I just let him continue with his
talk of talks and tale of tales. I guess it was out of respect for his Mrs.


'twas around 5 PM when a good buddy of mine came to my table
and said hello. I skinned my hands with my friend. My friend stayed put
for a while at the table I was playing at - right beside the couple, too!

After a few moments, my friend went on his way towards the smoking
room to light a cigarette.

I turned to the couple to say something, when the husband blurted out,
"Hey, whatever happened to Luat? Does he play here? What's the news
on him, anyway?

In a polite voice and all, i answered, "You can ask him yourself. He is at
the smoking room right now. And oh! He was the guy standing
beside you and your Mrs. a while back."

And just like magic, the blabbering stopped! I couldn't even describe
the face that the guy had when I finished my statement!



AnitoKid
 
I have been running the weekly tournaments at JR Pockets in Denton Tx., for over 15 years plus own a non-handicap open league. So i am at said pool hall quite a bit. On with the story, was practicing with a friend of mine and on the next table two guys (whom I had never seen) started to make comments about our play. Finally the (smarter) of the two said "Hey buddie, I do not mean to be rude but, ya'll are the worst 8 ball players I have ever seen." Not skipping a beat, I asked if they wanted to play doubles so we could learn alittle from them. The other guy said "I don't teach for free." so I suggested maby 5.00 a man, he retorts 20.00 would be a good start. Well I turn to my buddie, he shruggs I says, well atleast we could learn something. Well we have a match. Pay after every game right the second guy says.
We won 8 games on a row, playing behind the line and calling all rail touches ect. as that is how the (instuctors play)
Thought it was gonna get messy when they wanted to play one more game double or nothin, but they get the break. We said post and will do it, he scoffs, but I reminded him he wanted the cash on the table all the other games, so he went to the ATM and posted.

His buddie racks, he breaks and drops nothing, I get a wide open table and stop shots for the rack and run.

I said we will get the table time (I do not get charged) They go to pay their beer tab. But stop on their way out and said, "Just so you know, ya'll hustled us."

I nodded my head and said
"Just so you know, we were playing one pocket." :smile:
 
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two guys play about the same and one is trying to get a death lock on the game, finally the other player gives in and says " o.k. you can use two pieces of chalk and i will only use one ".
 
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