The good, the bad & the ugly ...
The miraculous, the spectacular, the awe inspiring ....
The incredible, the remarkable, the exhilirating ....
What am i talking about? well all of us know that I am talking about our own sanctuary of bliss, better known as the pool room ... That's right, if we all gave it a little thought we'd realize that we've all witnessed some CNN news worthy $hit at one time or another in the pool hall .... Sure we all love the game but you gotta admit, it's that "I saw it, but yet i still don't believe it" experiences that has had us hooked for 20, 30, 40, years
This thread is sort of a homage to the pool room ( if you will ) because there is no where on earth that you can go and see things like this:
1. Rounder walks in and tells everyone in the joint that he can sling a single playing card, suspended in the air, from one end of the room to the other hitting the back wall ........ And does it! busting everyone!
2. 25 guys standing/sitting around ( sweating ) for 3 hours eagerly listening to endless woofing from two potential combatants, even when it's obvious that they just "can't get the game right" half of them will prod and ask the person(s) closest to the action why, the other half will not say a word, just order another diet coke and call their buddy on the phone and say something like "yeah, cliff and james are here man, and they've been barking at each other for three hours, it seems like James wants 9-7 but cliff wants to play even, oh well i've been up here all day so i guess i'll just stay up here and see if they wind up doing anything"... I don't care what anyone says, the pool world has the best sweaters and railbirds .....
3. Watch a guy attempt to ingest a gallon of milk in 30 seconds ( or less ) without barfing for a c-note ....
4. A one armed guy offer everyone in the place except for the local shortstop the 8 ball on a bar box! And get there
5. Multi-tasking : grown men acting like children argueing over which pill was drawn by whom, at the same time motioning for a bid on a horse to buy in the tournament's calcutta, all the while betting the over on the USC game, the under on the Texas game, side betting on the 1P action on table 9, going in halves with your buddy because you think he's stealing playing some coconut even 8ball ....
6. I mentioned remarkable above, I saw Jack Hynes break and run 10 straight racks of 9 ball on some rather tough equipment . Cue ball flying way up in the air after every kaboom break and landing damn near in same exact spot rack after rack ( in the center of the table ) it is to this date the most exciting display of 9ball I have ever seen!
These are just a few things that we as pool players are priviledged to be a part of because they are unique to us ....... and only us!
The miraculous, the spectacular, the awe inspiring ....
The incredible, the remarkable, the exhilirating ....
What am i talking about? well all of us know that I am talking about our own sanctuary of bliss, better known as the pool room ... That's right, if we all gave it a little thought we'd realize that we've all witnessed some CNN news worthy $hit at one time or another in the pool hall .... Sure we all love the game but you gotta admit, it's that "I saw it, but yet i still don't believe it" experiences that has had us hooked for 20, 30, 40, years
This thread is sort of a homage to the pool room ( if you will ) because there is no where on earth that you can go and see things like this:
1. Rounder walks in and tells everyone in the joint that he can sling a single playing card, suspended in the air, from one end of the room to the other hitting the back wall ........ And does it! busting everyone!
2. 25 guys standing/sitting around ( sweating ) for 3 hours eagerly listening to endless woofing from two potential combatants, even when it's obvious that they just "can't get the game right" half of them will prod and ask the person(s) closest to the action why, the other half will not say a word, just order another diet coke and call their buddy on the phone and say something like "yeah, cliff and james are here man, and they've been barking at each other for three hours, it seems like James wants 9-7 but cliff wants to play even, oh well i've been up here all day so i guess i'll just stay up here and see if they wind up doing anything"... I don't care what anyone says, the pool world has the best sweaters and railbirds .....
3. Watch a guy attempt to ingest a gallon of milk in 30 seconds ( or less ) without barfing for a c-note ....
4. A one armed guy offer everyone in the place except for the local shortstop the 8 ball on a bar box! And get there
5. Multi-tasking : grown men acting like children argueing over which pill was drawn by whom, at the same time motioning for a bid on a horse to buy in the tournament's calcutta, all the while betting the over on the USC game, the under on the Texas game, side betting on the 1P action on table 9, going in halves with your buddy because you think he's stealing playing some coconut even 8ball ....
6. I mentioned remarkable above, I saw Jack Hynes break and run 10 straight racks of 9 ball on some rather tough equipment . Cue ball flying way up in the air after every kaboom break and landing damn near in same exact spot rack after rack ( in the center of the table ) it is to this date the most exciting display of 9ball I have ever seen!
These are just a few things that we as pool players are priviledged to be a part of because they are unique to us ....... and only us!
, he lost a nice chunk on it.
