Give-aways of pool wanna-bees

Russ Chewning said:
Sign of a wannabee: Making fun of a tool that a LOT of people use, just because YOU don't use it.

This can be applied to - Jump sticks, tip tappers, tip shapers, hand towel, and YES... Billiard gloves. (I am looking at you, JohnPT.. Some people have sweaty hands and DON'T like getting hand chalk on themselves....)

I have seen a good majority of pro billiard (3-cushion) players wear a glove from time to time.. Does that mean they are bangers?

Didn't think so.

I wore a glove until just a few months ago. I'll take the six and the breaks, gentlemen..... Especially since I am Short Bus "C player" Russ.. :D :D :D

Russ
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Worst kind of wannabee is the railbird that hangs around the room getting into everyone's business and won't even bet water is wet.

Just off hand, Russ. Asking for that spot, are you related to Bucktooth in any way? LOL

Stones
 
dont forget my favorite...

cue ball is locked up on the rail and the get the butt of the cue out and allow that distance to move the cue ball off the rail!!!! :eek:
 
Bang

hang-the-9 said:
Hey! I used to do that :D
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I did it last week, wasn't thinking. I acted like nothing happened, everybody knows me, but I felt terrible about it anyway.

The one that really bothers me, is the Tom Cruise Samurai flinging the cue all over the place.

A funny one is when your opponent calls a "split" when two balls are close together. I say "which one are you calling" they say- "it's a split, one could go in that pocket, the other could go in the other pocket", I say "whatever"
 
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There is nothing that bothers me more than the nobody who can't run 3 balls who takes over the house table or crowds the players at the house table by using an ajacent one. These guys don't know the difference between Simonis and the carpet they are standing on...but they show up every day...earlier and earlier and just talk the talk.
 
must be a banger. i shoot behind the back from time to time. i don't mind bar rules, last pocket, or bank the 8. i certainly don't mind bar tables. and you might catch me practicing my baton twirling techniques. don't pre-judge. there's no room for cockiness when you're gambling.
 
deadwhak said:
when playin eight ball...making sure to but solid and stripe as the corner balls!
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Isn't that a BCA rule? Opposite balls on the bottom corners of the rack?
 
Drew said:
must be a banger. i shoot behind the back from time to time. i don't mind bar rules, last pocket, or bank the 8. i certainly don't mind bar tables. and you might catch me practicing my baton twirling techniques. don't pre-judge. there's no room for cockiness when you're gambling.
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I think he was talking about the lame bar rules. Like scratching on the break is a loss, or you have to take what you make on the break. Or my least favorite bar rule, call every little bank and kiss your ball will make, not just the pocket.
 
After working in a few pool rooms I've seen every one of these and things that still make me laugh! :D Whats scary is the road agent that has all these moves down knowing a mid level player is gonna try to jump on em!

My personal favorite is people who bridge upside down with thier knuckles on the cloth and the cue going between thier middle fingers.......I've had to stop and help more than a few of these....I just couldn't take it :o
 
ShootingArts said:
I have known people whose every other word was a profanity and it was as natural as breathing but some people using profanity just rings false as hell. When it is a few kids you figure they will grow out of it when they get more comfortable in a grown up world. When it is thirty or forty year old yuppies who think they are out slumming it is almost an irresistible urge to just amble over and slap them upside the head. You can't fix stupid though.

Hu
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Well said! I can't believe my ears when I hear 12-14 year old girls,
and guys, using the F word in every sentence. I guess its peer
pressure and they think its cool. Well it ain't, it labels them as
immature trailer trash! (Hope I didn't hurt any mobile home dwellers
feelings.) Its just a figure of speech!
 
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easy-e said:
I think he was talking about the lame bar rules. Like scratching on the break is a loss, or you have to take what you make on the break. Or my least favorite bar rule, call every little bank and kiss your ball will make, not just the pocket.
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I agree 100%.

I still play their bullshit rules, b/c they think BIH is "a pussy's game". So I make a couple and start playing ridiculous leave on them for the next 5 or 6 shots.

I was playing this one guy, bar rules ( call every bank, kiss, carom) get down to my last ball before the 8...pic would be easier....

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So, I'm stripes. He is standing right at that corner pocket. I look at him, call the 9 off the five and in the corner...HE ****ING NODS (obviously acknowledges the shot)

I make the 9, leave the cue on the red X and his 5 is on the other end of the table now....He jumps up and goes to shoot...

I say "dude, I called that exact shot" he replies "my 5 isn't neutral"

I just let him shot b/c I don't want to start shit while my bartender friend is working...he misses the 5, leaves me almost the same shot I had on the 8 to begin with...so justice was served!

Wouldn't have bothered me if he would have said something BEFORE I shot, then I would have just left him between the 8 and the rail. I just thought is was a little chicken-shit to just stand there.

EDIT: had to finish the story.
 
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laser sighted cues..

bluetooth headset jammed in ear while shooting and cell phone attached prominently to hip..

cue ball skipping across the pool hall every 3 mins..

butt of cue has some miniature aquarium or some flashing led crap..

this one is recent.. "Hey, do you know how to use this juke box?"
 
Players just play, and seldom brag about how great they are, and let the play speek for their ability.
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Pool wanna-bees seem to need tell you how great they play, and when they do not play great they seem to always have an excuses like.
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My home table is fast, my home table has tighter pockets, the music was a distraction, I need a new tip this one is crap, should have bbrought my Schone to play with, etc., etc. ,etc.
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Lately it would seem like logging onto AZ and reading the forums. It is amazing what some people post on here and how fast it has fallen off. I love reading the action stories and there are still quite a few good "posters" on here. But I can see why some of the bigger names have decided to leave or don't post as much. It's a shame.
 
JoeyA said:
The one I enjoy the most is the wannabee, (while watching a one pocket match between two top players), as he explains to another wannabee when the A player misses and what the A could have done or should have done. (and of course the wannabee is almost always wrong)
JoeyA
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My favorite is similar to this. When you play someone who obviously can't shoot very well or consistently, proceeds to tell you what you are doing wrong in your stance, grip, bridge, etc. LOL :rolleyes:

Happens sometimes in my golf league too. :mad:
 
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poolstar31 said:
The guy who chalks his cue, then bangs it on the side of the table to "knock the loose chalk off" :D :D :D
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I do that :D

And Im definitely a banger then because I hate 8 ball racking, organizing the balls, etc. I look like a retard racking 8 ball... and i look like a retard in many other situations too but I prefer one pocket when dealing with 15 balls ;)
 
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deadwhak said:
when playin eight ball...making sure to but solid and stripe as the corner balls!
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I'm pretty sure that's an official WPA rule, one corner a stipe, other a solid, so this would be someone who actually knows what they are doing. What the wannabes do is make sure the balls alternate around the whole perimiter of the rack :) .
 
Irish634 said:
My favorite is similar to this. When you play someone who obviously can't shoot very well or consistently proceeds to tell you what you are doing wrong in your stance, grip, bridge, etc. LOL :rolleyes:

Happens sometimes in my golf league too. :mad:
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hehe, I have a story like that.. I was shooting for a while in a place and when league started I was in the middle of a bunch of their tables. I heard someone next table over telling thier friends how I would go from shot to shot. So I started looking for ways to play shape going the long way, in the most opposite way he was describing :-) .

Another one, in the same place, 2 women were shooting, one about 20yrs older think was playing with her daughter. The daughter gets to a long stretch shot and goes to use the bridge. So what does her older, and wiser playing partner say?? "No no no, don't use that stupid thing, just stretch and shoot behind your back" :eek: . The blind leading the blind is a reason why so many people can play so long and not get any better.
 
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