bigpocket said:
I used to know a gal at the old 211 that used to hit herself in the head when she got upset at herself over a shot. I cringed every time I saw it. She really needed therapy.
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I used to know a gal at the old 211 that used to hit herself in the head when she got upset at herself over a shot. I cringed every time I saw it. She really needed therapy.
i will never forget the post i read hear on AZ about 2 years ago it goes something like this> a guy was in a pool hall playing a man that was of a very huge size.all during their 2 or 3 hours of play the huge guy was having major problems rattling balls in the pockets.finally the last game of the night whatever was on it $20.00 or so. the huge guy getting more and more upset by rattling balls that did not go in ..the huge guy shooting at the game winning 9 ball the ball starts to rattle again in the pocket.the huge guy goes biserk runs with full speed about 3o feet and puts the butt of his cue on his sternum and runs the tip of it into the wall.thus knocking him down and out... the huge man now on the floor..all this time the 9 ball finally finishes rattling and drops into the pocket to win the game..his opponet who is telling this story walks over puts the money on the guys chest and leaves.. all this time getting a big laugh like the others in the entire hall...if you originally posted this plese post about it again..this has made me laugh so much over the past couple years..continue with your stories people...
Chess
OK, this is not technically a pool tilt story, but it went down at the pool hall.
I was playing chess with the pool room owner who had quite a temper (several broken cues/spiked cue balls in the past). After losing a few games, he finally managed to box me into a bad position after increasing the bet. That is, of course, until he walked into a very straight forward queen/king fork that cost him the game.
When he realized that his sure win had turned into a sure loss, he leaped up onto the counter, put one foot on one side of the chess board (it was the cheap kind that folds in half), screamed AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! and tore the board in half, sending pawns and knights sailing across the room. He then picked up the two sides of the board, threw them into the garbage can, and CHANGED THE GARBAGE........
I have never laughed so hard in my life..............
OK, this is not technically a pool tilt story, but it went down at the pool hall.
I was playing chess with the pool room owner who had quite a temper (several broken cues/spiked cue balls in the past). After losing a few games, he finally managed to box me into a bad position after increasing the bet. That is, of course, until he walked into a very straight forward queen/king fork that cost him the game.
When he realized that his sure win had turned into a sure loss, he leaped up onto the counter, put one foot on one side of the chess board (it was the cheap kind that folds in half), screamed AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! and tore the board in half, sending pawns and knights sailing across the room. He then picked up the two sides of the board, threw them into the garbage can, and CHANGED THE GARBAGE........
I have never laughed so hard in my life..............
A couple of a years ago one guy I knew came into our pool club and started shouting for a money match "I'll take anyone, any sum, bring it on!". Now he's a good player but always talking trash and very loud, also throughout all his matches. I was practising and finally we agreed to play 9-ball race to 7 for a $20 or so. I think he got one open shot and twice he was sooo buried and it didn't take long to make me up 5-0 without making a single mistake. When I made the nineball in that rack, he threw $20 on the table and said that he didn't want to play me anymore. Then he went to the bar to have a coffee and didn't say a word... I felt soooo good. I could've stalled a little and taken a few extra bets, but I felt better to take a quick $20, shut him up and continue practising 
About 10 years ago I was playing this guy 10 a rack 9-ball. He was fairly loaded, but I didn't notice how loaded he was (he hid it well) and wouldn't leave me alone, so I agreed on a game.
I won the first five games, and he got absolutely LIVID!!! He snapped his cue over his knee, turned red as a beet, fell down, puked and passed out.
His friends who were watching our match-up, paid me, and carried him out.
To this day, I have never seen anyone get that red-faced in my life. Must have been the booze...
I won the first five games, and he got absolutely LIVID!!! He snapped his cue over his knee, turned red as a beet, fell down, puked and passed out.
His friends who were watching our match-up, paid me, and carried him out.
To this day, I have never seen anyone get that red-faced in my life. Must have been the booze...
DaveK said:
I'm sorry if I implied idealism. Idealism doesn't really exist, just like the power to control others' thoughts doesn't really exist.
Utopia still isn't one of the options.
With that said, thought control is NOT impossible to implement. It is hard and requires self-control and work, but is verrrry possible in spite of outside annoying stimuli.
See, by even thinking that someone can make you hot requires you, the victim, to cooperate. The victim doe not have to do this. Muslims want to kill the Pope for what he said. This demonstrates to most people that those Muslims are weak-minded and unable to control their emotional responses. They have voluntarily given over their minds to the leaders of fundamentalist mystical violence. This was their choice, even if they don't realize that.
You can't shark someone without their permission.
Jeff Livingston
was playing a guy 20 years ago or so. I was getting the call 8 at 5 a game. We were playing that it counted on the break if I called the pocket and stayed down if I made it on the break and didn't call it. (coin op bar table) I made 17 money ball breaks, 8 or 9, on him. Not to mention winning others outside of the break of course.
He ended up snapping his shaft. Couple of us went to get the butt out of the trash and he took it and broke it into very small pieces. To my knowledge he hasn't played since.
He ended up snapping his shaft. Couple of us went to get the butt out of the trash and he took it and broke it into very small pieces. To my knowledge he hasn't played since.
RiverCity said:I was playing a drunk in a small single elimination weekly tournament one time..... I was playing good, but nothing special. The straw that broke this drunken camels back though, I break and run out on him to finish him off 3-0. He doesnt come over to me to give the obligatory handshake...... no he walks over to the barbox and flips it over. Everybody in the whole place stops what they are doing and looks, the table thumped the floor hard enough to stop the jukebox and knock over a couple drinks, Im standing there laughing my ass off....... because he is holding his groin screaming in pain...
Chuck
AWESOME....LOLZ...I would pay to see that....
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I was watching a friend of mine playing a hustler. At least he thought he was a hustler. My friend is black and mr. hustler was making remarks to his buddy that pool is one talent black people don't have. They just don't have the brains for it he said...
Needless to say, I was getting a little hot at these remarks. My friend gus is very intelligent and a good pool player besides....
Anyway. Gus winds up busting the guy. By out smarting him and out playing him. Now Gus is real laid back and a calm guy, normally...
We were in a bar and mr. hustler gets angry and calls Gus a hustler...They have a few words and mr. hustler grabs a house stick and cracks it over Gus's head. The cue breaks in half and the butt part lands on the table in front of where Gus is standing. Gus picks up the butt end, smacks the guy over the head with it. Smacks his buddy also and chases them out of the bar banging the cue on their heads...
At the time I really didn't think it so funny, but after thinking about it I started laughing about it and still do to this day. I often wonder whatever happen to Gus as this was years ago.....
Needless to say, I was getting a little hot at these remarks. My friend gus is very intelligent and a good pool player besides....
Anyway. Gus winds up busting the guy. By out smarting him and out playing him. Now Gus is real laid back and a calm guy, normally...
We were in a bar and mr. hustler gets angry and calls Gus a hustler...They have a few words and mr. hustler grabs a house stick and cracks it over Gus's head. The cue breaks in half and the butt part lands on the table in front of where Gus is standing. Gus picks up the butt end, smacks the guy over the head with it. Smacks his buddy also and chases them out of the bar banging the cue on their heads...
At the time I really didn't think it so funny, but after thinking about it I started laughing about it and still do to this day. I often wonder whatever happen to Gus as this was years ago.....
Stan
I was at a pool hall in ohio watching the owner get roasted. When he took his cue and chucked it into the dry wall behind the counter it stuck in the dry wall like a spear.He also threw a set of balls out the door because he said they were out of round. As for my self I once bent the shaft of my cue so hard the joint flew out,its ok though it was just a meucci.
I was at a pool hall in ohio watching the owner get roasted. When he took his cue and chucked it into the dry wall behind the counter it stuck in the dry wall like a spear.He also threw a set of balls out the door because he said they were out of round. As for my self I once bent the shaft of my cue so hard the joint flew out,its ok though it was just a meucci.
A guy who normally showed no temper challenged me to a game giving me the 8. He was the favorite but this night i played well and got all the rolls. He never would quit figuring he'd eventually get me but he never did. We played all night and he was screaming, throwing chalk and banging his good stick on the light. (This was usually my role.) I never beat him again.
He went on to be a good player and a pretty big TV celebrity the last 7-8 years.
He went on to be a good player and a pretty big TV celebrity the last 7-8 years.
I have'nt had anything real unusual happen, maybe a smashed cue or so, and someone quiting a race before it was over & paying up after stringing a few racks together. I'm not much of a hustler, if I'm in stroke, It shows in the first rack usually, but when I'm not in stroke It does'nt come till My backs against the wall sometimes, but it's still an honest show of play. Sometimes I just need to be pressed to wake up and focus, other times My game just sucks eggs.
how hot have I made somebody, ? today ?....you only have to check out a tongue-in-cheek remark I made on this forum today.....
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=49676&page=5
probably could have stopped after the first remark, but some people can't understand a joke, can't tell a joke, and I pity those people,,,,stopped short this time; could have quoted Mr. T....."I pity the fool !", but I didn't...lol
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=49676&page=5
probably could have stopped after the first remark, but some people can't understand a joke, can't tell a joke, and I pity those people,,,,stopped short this time; could have quoted Mr. T....."I pity the fool !", but I didn't...lol
Jack Flanagan said:how hot have I made somebody, ? today ?....you only have to check out a tongue-in-cheek remark I made on this forum today.....
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=49676&page=5
probably could have stopped after the first remark, but some people can't understand a joke, can't tell a joke, and I pity those people,,,,stopped short this time; could have quoted Mr. T....."I pity the fool !", but I didn't...lol
Look atcha stiring up trouble again LOL
One of My little brother's favorite quotes btw. I got Your your joke there. I'm glad to see you in a better mood Jack, seemed like that spam was driving you nuts the other day. I came close a few times in the last few weeks, but still have high hopes to hold out alittle longer before i get rattled. Gonna try and make the new year a good one this time. Wish me luck.Greg C
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chefjeff said:
I have a couple of comments about this :
- One may be able to control ones reactions to some stimuli, but I have a difficult time believing that it is possible to control ones reactions to ANY AND ALL "annoying" stimuli.
- many people do not have the mental abilities to think these things through to the point where they have "control".
chefjeff said:
Move something (your hand will do) quickly towards the face of someone about to shoot and they will blink or at least the movement will cause their eyes to move towards the movement. Deny permission for that shark
Dave
DaveK said:I have a couple of comments about this :
- One may be able to control ones reactions to some stimuli, but I have a difficult time believing that it is possible to control ones reactions to ANY AND ALL "annoying" stimuli.
- many people do not have the mental abilities to think these things through to the point where they have "control".
Move something (your hand will do) quickly towards the face of someone about to shoot and they will blink or at least the movement will cause their eyes to move towards the movement. Deny permission for that shark
Dave
Thanks for the response, Dave.
No, one cannot control ANY AND ALL of anything, as that is perfection, something that is a concept but not real (ie unattainable). Ask yourself this: Does missing a ball mean that the attempt was futile? Or that the making of other balls was futile? No, the miss actually makes the pots MORE valuable, does it not?
To say many don't have thinking ability is wrongheaded. Any conscious being can choose to think about his/her reaction to something. Any can; perhaps few do, but any can.
Sure, if I surprise you at the last moment you might miss. But then what? That is, what to think of that, too? Now comes the freedom of choice. Power.
How about this?...Here's an excerpt from an article I just ran across. It is written by a women and she is talking about this very concept with an interesting twist. The link is provided if you want to understand all she is saying:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/fontana/fontana16.html
...Regardless of which one it is, when I move away from being responsible for my own well being, I slip back into the illusion that someone else must be responsible for my unhappiness. I am no longer free, and neither are those around me who are willing to play this game. The emotional door swings wide open for dependency upon government, anything or anyone willing to shoulder responsibility for my well-being.
That crazy game now brings me physical discomfort. I can feel the tension in my body when I step over the line and I have to stop what I’m doing. This is the beauty of consciousness. (I certainly don’t like when other people try to lay their responsibilities on me! Talk about tension!)
When I refuse to lay responsibility for my own happiness on another person, I return to conscious awareness and I am free. My happiness is not dependent on the whim of another. Those around me, like it not, then become completely responsible for their own happiness. They also become free to succeed or fail. If they insist that you can “make” them happy or unhappy, then they have failed.
Personal freedom (is there any other kind?) has a crisp quality. It requires vigilance. No set of social manners or bureaucratic laws can do the job for you, and it is a fool’s game to hope for it to arrive from somewhere outside of you. When you see the truth about yourself and your own illusions, you begin to see the truth about the rest of the world. It’s truly the road less traveled. We’re all just looking for love, so if you just choose to begin at that place of love, the rest comes easy...
Enjoy (if YOU choose)
Jeff Livingston
chefjeff said:
My pleasure.
chefjeff said:
I do not apply meaning to single shots very often. While they may be significant in the context of a single game, they are often insignificant in a match and are certainly insignificant in my overall assessment of my game. It's the sum of all shots that is significant.
chefjeff said:
Think maybe, but think correctly, completely and with resolve to correct problems, not likely. Believe it or not there are some human minds that cannot think their way out of a wet paper bag. Some have difficulty with higher levels of abstraction. Sure, maybe you could teach then better techniques, but by the time they learn they'll be dead, and how much self-improvement can a corpse expect ?
chefjeff said:
No, you've been sharked. And you did not give me permission. That is the point, the "then what" part is meaningless, the point was about the here and now shark without permission. This was a direct rebuttal to your comment about sharking without permission, not a self-help enlightenment exercise.
chefjeff said:How about this?...Here's an excerpt from an article I just ran across. It is written by a women and she is talking about this very concept with an interesting twist. The link is provided if you want to understand all she is saying:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/fontana/fontana16.html
...Regardless of which one it is, when I move away from being responsible for my own well being, I slip back into the illusion that someone else must be responsible for my unhappiness. I am no longer free, and neither are those around me who are willing to play this game. The emotional door swings wide open for dependency upon government, anything or anyone willing to shoulder responsibility for my well-being.
That crazy game now brings me physical discomfort. I can feel the tension in my body when I step over the line and I have to stop what I’m doing. This is the beauty of consciousness. (I certainly don’t like when other people try to lay their responsibilities on me! Talk about tension!)
When I refuse to lay responsibility for my own happiness on another person, I return to conscious awareness and I am free. My happiness is not dependent on the whim of another. Those around me, like it not, then become completely responsible for their own happiness. They also become free to succeed or fail. If they insist that you can “make” them happy or unhappy, then they have failed.
Personal freedom (is there any other kind?) has a crisp quality. It requires vigilance. No set of social manners or bureaucratic laws can do the job for you, and it is a fool’s game to hope for it to arrive from somewhere outside of you. When you see the truth about yourself and your own illusions, you begin to see the truth about the rest of the world. It’s truly the road less traveled. We’re all just looking for love, so if you just choose to begin at that place of love, the rest comes easy...
Enjoy (if YOU choose)
Jeff Livingston
I read it, but type is cheap. I would be curious as to how blissful the authors life truely is ... but we'll never know (her childhood sounds quite fked up), so I'll just stick to my own path for now.
Dave
DaveK said:
At lot of points to address here, so bear with me...
First and foremost, your final paragraph demonstrates what I've been trying to convey: YOU chose to not let my ideas affect you.
I am NOT omnipotent after all, am I?OK, now for the details...Your evaluation of the sum of all shots also reinforces the fact that you choose how to let reality affect your emotions. No problem with that from me.
Any conscious being can choose his/her reaction, regardless of intelligence or effort. In fact, ALL do it even if they don't know it. That's a fact, not an opinion. Now people may choose to go back into the womb and pretend to no longer be conscious, but once conscious, there's no going back....ever. That's the essence of self--until death anyway. And all DO choose something, even if it is to follow others' wishes and influences with their bad results.
Yes, I would be sharked if you waited until my final stroke and e.g., lit a crank lighter in my face like the story I told in another thread. You said that was THE point, but it is not. THE point of this thread is how hot someone gets by reacting to someone else's behavior. So, THE point takes place AFTER the shark, ie, the reaction is THE point here. Therefore, MY chosen reaction to the shark determines the hotness of my emotions, correct? When the crank lighter incident happened, I laughed & felt sorrow for the crankhead, but my teammates were pissed and expressed it. Two completely opposite reactions to the SAME event! How could this be? Yes, I might lose the game, match, tournament even, from the shark, but I STILL choose my reaction to that whole mess. As you said, you combine all the shots into your evaluation of the game, not just one.
And finally, I don't know the women who wrote the article, but her crummy family history was put into her article, imho, to demonstrate how she has gone beyond those self-imposed limits and found more happiness by adopting this paradigm of not letting others control her emotions. At least that's the message I got from it and the point I'm trying to convey.
Noonan....NOONAN Nooooonan Noonan...Noonan...miss...Noonan
Jeff Livingston
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