have you ever been challened to play with a BROOMSTICK??

[j_zippel]

lol

Yes, by a Wiccan.

I asked, "what will you offer"?

She said, "a small jar of Eye of Newt, (which is quite rare these days), and some fresh Sage".

She offered me the use of her Broom. I said, "No, you're a hustler aren't you".

I used my own.

I lost. I think there may have been a little Hocus Pocus going on. I thought the Pentagram drawn in the middle of the table with Blue Masters was unnecessary as was the sprinkling of Salt in the pockets when it was my turn at the Altar, oops, I meant table.

this is gold, just another day in the office eh

 

[genomachino]

Carried one in my car............

THIS THREAD IS NOT A JOKE.

has an opponeant ever made you squirrlley mad enough to accept this challenge?

I kept one in my car while on the road.

Sanded the paint off the end and chalked it like a real cue tip.

Got to playing pretty good. Good enough back in the day that I had to lay down a little.

Many old timers out there did this.

had to pick your games right with this though.

 

[ratnip]

THIS THREAD IS NOT A JOKE.

has an opponeant ever made you squirrlley mad enough to accept this challenge?

Never been challenged. However, many years ago one Halloween night a local bar, that held many pool tournaments and team leagues, organized a pool tournament where participants were required to use broomsticks. I ended up winning the tournament. :thumbup:

 

[iusedtoberich]

I was into all the gimmick games...

I bought a metal broomstick that had a vinyl coating on the handle. It was ribbed vertically. I played a guy who had been my mark for a year or so. This guy bet good, and I was up a few thousand on him over the course of the year. He was no lie a D player, and I was a strong C. Anwyay I used this broomstick, and I think he gave me weight. I had glued a tip onto its end. But the stick was so light (hollow metal) it was almost impossible to move the CB with any speed. Anwya, the game we played was too fair for my tastes. I needed an edge. So I went home, and hand made a brand new broomstick from a wood dowel. I wanted it to look exactly like the metal broomstick. So I had to cut in grooves all along the length of the wood dowel to make it look like the vinyl ribbing. Then I painted it yellow, and put the same bristles onto it. This wooden version looked exactly the same as the metal version I had a few weeks before. So I go back to the pool hall, and play my mark the same way we played before (which was a very tough game), but now I had a broom stick that was way better than the last one. I ended up making a good score

I even drilled out the front of the dowel to make it lower deflection, lol. I still have both brooms somewhere. I also would carry it in my car at all times when I was playing a lot. Its the type of gimmick you could only show every few years, when there was a new crowd in the pool room.

 

[Dead Money]

Never been challenged. However, many years ago one Halloween night a local bar, that held many pool tournaments and team leagues, organized a pool tournament where participants were required to use broomsticks. I ended up winning the tournament. :thumbup:

Sounds like you really cleaned up!

 

[Bambu]

Many moons ago I wandered into the Golden Q. I was just a little kid, maybe 10 years old. (Yes, back then they let kids in.) It was an early summer morning. pinball machines still haven't been turned on yet, and the place is completely dead.

Aside from someone sweeping up, theres only one other guy in the place. He's an old guy with a scruffy voice, kind of an unsavory character too. But, I have nothing better to do than watch him shoot.
I guess I wasnt impressed very much by his game, largely because I had never really watched anybody shoot pool before. The next thing I know, this old man is kicking my ass all over the place. Yes, with a broomstick!

And with that display of how tough a game this really was, I was hooked. Years later I found out that old dude wasn't just any old man. He was former one pocket champion, John Ervalino.

(These days I only pull out the broomstick to humiliate my wife. Pisses her off real good!)

 

[Bob 14:1]

No, but when I was a teenager, I got totally trounced by a young fellow who only had one arm. Not tooo humiliating, but a good lesson; a lesson which I have not forgotten to this day!