How many cues have you smashed? Discussion inside!
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Funny
I've had the same habit. On a critical shot sometimes I'd belt out "get in slutt!" and sure enough some girl or girl's boyfriend in the vacinity would come and yell at me thinking I was calling them names. Needless to say I still do it from time to time by force of habit.
Varney Cues said:
I've had the same habit. On a critical shot sometimes I'd belt out "get in slutt!" and sure enough some girl or girl's boyfriend in the vacinity would come and yell at me thinking I was calling them names. Needless to say I still do it from time to time by force of habit.
I have a cue stick graveyard and it just gets bigger all the time. Someday I will start a tooth pick company and cash in. lol
Sure, I've never broken a cue either. Fixed a bunch that were and saw a bunch get snapped but never could understand why.
It's not like its the cues fault YOU messed up, thats like driving your car into a tree because YOU got a ticket. Heck if all the guys that broke cues would have put that money into lessons they could be pretty sporty right now.
It's not like its the cues fault YOU messed up, thats like driving your car into a tree because YOU got a ticket. Heck if all the guys that broke cues would have put that money into lessons they could be pretty sporty right now.
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
Nostroke said:
I took a Schon outside of my friends pool room in the late 80's and turned it into sawdust. Those days I carried a huge knife made by Gil Hibdon called a Colorado Toothpick <it was about 14" long>, anyway I was destroying this cue and my friend came out and "stop Steve, gimme the shaft I can use it". Well...that lit my pilot light and I pulled the knife out and carved big chunks outta the shaft, tossed it to him and smiled..."Enjoy the shaft A**Hole"!! I guess it was a bad chemical day in the life of Voo, HAHAHAHA!!!
Nostroke said:
Ahem!! (clearing the throat)
Me too! I like to have my cues wiped down before I put them away. And I would never, ever think about abusing my cue for something I screwed up. Besides, I bet I'd never get it fixed within a couple years.
I've seen some really bad cases in Barry's shop. This one guy that used to work for Mike Fusco when he owned what is now the Green Room was practicing - practicing - the "L" with his loaded 8-point ebony/ivory Boti when he missed a shot and then smashed it against the side of the table. He broke off the shaft but the butt was still in one piece. Mike, as crazy as he was back then, goaded him into "finishing the job" so Tony smashed the butt and broke it. A couple days later I'm in Barry's shop and I spy this mess of a cue and Barry told me the story. And then he actually fixed it!! Can't do that today, Barry's too busy with other stuff.
Barbara
Raodwarior said:
It isn't about being the sticks fault-It's venting and the cue's the only thing around which belongs to me and I have a right to break/abuse!
I have never blamed a cue for a miss in my life. I have never broken a house cue and ive played with a million of them. I think it's smarter than stabbing myself in the neck.
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Secaucus Fats
Banned
Nostroke said:
SSSSSsssshhhhh!
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Why don't you guys just include a hammer with your other equipment, that way you can hit yourself in the head, hand or knee with it when you get mad. After all, the cue is not responsible for your bad play, you are.
Temper, Temper LOL
I did throw a $1000 dollar guitar threw the sliding glass door once, and yes alcohol was involved. It still has a sweet sound but a few cracks in in now.
BK
Temper, Temper LOL
I did throw a $1000 dollar guitar threw the sliding glass door once, and yes alcohol was involved. It still has a sweet sound but a few cracks in in now.
BK
I broke the shaft of a Dufferin sneaky pete while practicing. Sigh. That cue hit great.
I think I bent the pin on my current playing cue (plain jane Jerry Olivier) when I dropped the cue in disgust after missing a shot.
I've often tried to shatter a buttcap by smashing the cue on the ground, but I've yet to succeed. Someday, someday....
I think I bent the pin on my current playing cue (plain jane Jerry Olivier) when I dropped the cue in disgust after missing a shot.
I've often tried to shatter a buttcap by smashing the cue on the ground, but I've yet to succeed. Someday, someday....
I have broken 1 cue.
I had dogged an easy shot on the 9 to win a set. I then walked over to the cue racks, and picked out one of the house cues, and walked over to the guy who owned the room, and asked him how much he wanted for it.
(It was a total piece of junk) He said "gimme $8 for it" which i gladly paid.
I proceeded to go outside, and go ballistic on it, busting out some DEMOLISH-YOUR-CUE KUNG FU that i never knew i had in me.
Once the dust settled, i tossed the pieces into the trash, and i walked back inside, and continued gambling.
I did miss another shot on the 9 HILL-HILL for $200 bucks one time, and was totally disgusted with myself and pool. I probably replayed the shot in my head about 20 times on the way home on I-95, before i chucked my case out of the sunroof. I kept driving for a mile or so, before i thought to myself
.oO(you IDIOT, what the heck are you doing? That cue is worth a lot of money) at which point, i pulled over to the shoulder, and started backing up.
When i finally saw my case, it was getting avoided by cars, and run over by 16 wheelers. I finally jumped out on the highway, and grabbed it, and despite the case being ripped up pretty bad, the cue didn't have a scratch on it.
THANK YOU TO WHOEVER INVENTED PVC!
I had dogged an easy shot on the 9 to win a set. I then walked over to the cue racks, and picked out one of the house cues, and walked over to the guy who owned the room, and asked him how much he wanted for it.
(It was a total piece of junk) He said "gimme $8 for it" which i gladly paid.
I proceeded to go outside, and go ballistic on it, busting out some DEMOLISH-YOUR-CUE KUNG FU that i never knew i had in me.
Once the dust settled, i tossed the pieces into the trash, and i walked back inside, and continued gambling.
I did miss another shot on the 9 HILL-HILL for $200 bucks one time, and was totally disgusted with myself and pool. I probably replayed the shot in my head about 20 times on the way home on I-95, before i chucked my case out of the sunroof. I kept driving for a mile or so, before i thought to myself
.oO(you IDIOT, what the heck are you doing? That cue is worth a lot of money) at which point, i pulled over to the shoulder, and started backing up.
When i finally saw my case, it was getting avoided by cars, and run over by 16 wheelers. I finally jumped out on the highway, and grabbed it, and despite the case being ripped up pretty bad, the cue didn't have a scratch on it.
THANK YOU TO WHOEVER INVENTED PVC!
Nostroke said:
Damn straight! I've owned more than 40 cues...never EVER broke any of them. Breaking your cue is ridiculous and infantile. It's not the cue's fault that you played poorly. Even if you lose because you play with a poorly maintained cue, it's still your own fault. I agree completely with Secausus Fats and Raodwarrior.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Scott Lee said:
I've thrown my fair share of tantrums and slamed the butt of my cue on the ground or the tip on the table in frustration. I reallize that hese tantrums are uncalled for and I should know better. I think it's kind of ironic that the one cue I broke I was mocking someone who dropped a cue and not throwning a tantrum...lol. Also, luckily, it was the least expensive cue I owned.
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
Scott Lee said:
NoStroke...we should bow our heads in shame in front of his greatness Scott, the patron saint of patience. I almost feel like I should go put my nose on the chalkboard...EYER
LL
I have broke a few.I am a big guy 6 ft tall and about 290lbs. I was shooting behind my back and was standing on my shoe lace lost my balance and snaped the cue in half across my back.I also was playing in a tounament . I had this viking cue I kept hearing this noise.It was the brass incert that I had fix 3 times already.I lost the match got mad went up to the tounament director and smash the shaft on my head.It is funny now.My wife thought it was funny to and made a key chain out of the shaft tip.So after I broke the shaft I went out side threw my 4x8 case full of cues in a mudd puddle and walked home .I lived across the street from the pool hall.I was so mad I got home and I broke the door frame lol I beat it up good.I did get my cues back some guy got them and returned them to me the next day.I am 27 years old now and all my cues are over a thousand bucks.I won't be doing that any more.I also broke a 5280 once. I had it for about a hour.Just got off work and took the cue from a sponcer I had.I got the cue for a break cue ,I liked it lol but I did not make a ball on the break and one hard smash on the but cap and I cracked it up to the wrap. I sold it the next night for 50 bucks.I not rough on any of my cues now and I don't drink or get mad any more.I guess I grew up . I play alot better now . I don't get to mad any more.I love my cues so much .I wonder how I can ask my wife to sleep on the floor???
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I never have broke a cue. Worst thing that I have done is getting pissed after hanging a 6-6 hill-hill 9ball against my friend. There was no money involved only pure competitive pride. We would play serious and maybe 2 words were said all match. When it hung, I saw the chalk on the table and sung my cue at it. The swing at contact was parallel to the table and never touched the table, but the chalk went flying 4 tables away. Put a super large deep dent in the cue. Took me all weekend of expanding the wood to get it mostly out. Had to sand it down to get it close to normal. As hard as I hitthe chalk I would have snapped the shaft if I had hit beneath the rail. Thank god for my previous baseball experience.