"how did he hit it"
"nice z bank"
"i didnt get shape anyway"
"close only counts in horseshoes"
"nice z bank"
"i didnt get shape anyway"
"close only counts in horseshoes"
I'm sick of these sayings. If I hear them just once more.....
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I'm sorry, I'm with sjm on this one. While I enjoy the game for the game itself and would play anyways, the various sayings that are thrown around in the pool hall are part of the flavor of pool. They are part of what makes every trip to the pool hall different; a new experience. For those of you who feel that these sayings should be wiped out of pool, you'll find that while the game itself would not change, much of the character of the game would disappear as well.
Also, everyone who hates these sayings so much, you must absolutely HATE it when the Keith McCready show is going on. He uses many of those sayings when he really gets on a roll. And don't tell me that, "well, he's the Keither...he's allowed to use those". Sorry, that's just bunk. Anyone can use them. And while it might be mildly annoying, it's part of the game. Deal with it.
IMO
Also, everyone who hates these sayings so much, you must absolutely HATE it when the Keith McCready show is going on. He uses many of those sayings when he really gets on a roll. And don't tell me that, "well, he's the Keither...he's allowed to use those". Sorry, that's just bunk. Anyone can use them. And while it might be mildly annoying, it's part of the game. Deal with it.
IMO
agree with Dags and SJM
For the most part the sayings don't bother me and add a little flavor. One that I find does annoy me is when TV commentators who are mostly talking to people that don't know better say, "he hit that one too well." If the player had hit it well he would have a shot! That probably raises the real issue with a lot of these sayings, for me it isn't so much what somebody says as when they say it. I almost swatted a sweet young thing in the teeth with a house cue butt for saying, "smile, Jesus loves you" at the wrong time.
Hu
For the most part the sayings don't bother me and add a little flavor. One that I find does annoy me is when TV commentators who are mostly talking to people that don't know better say, "he hit that one too well." If the player had hit it well he would have a shot! That probably raises the real issue with a lot of these sayings, for me it isn't so much what somebody says as when they say it. I almost swatted a sweet young thing in the teeth with a house cue butt for saying, "smile, Jesus loves you" at the wrong time.
Hu
I love "he hit it too good" ... the way we use it, it's when you're faced with a tough shot or sort of tough position that maybe requires extreme draw or sidespin or force or whatever... and the player gets a little more than even the 'extreme' amount they needed. Like he has to make a thin rail cut with tons of draw+outside to beat the side pocket scratch and zigzag back up the table, and instead of 3 zigzags he does 4 and comes up on the wrong side of the ball with no shot. Or someone has to draw 7 feet with a bridge and (we've all seen this) draws 11 feet instead.
Ha! Good one!!
How bout "I'll cut him up" or "I'll shoot holes in him" and all those type phrases that if literally carried out would be grounds for the law to step in.
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I have played ray....It was a cold Saturday night. I immediately spotted my victim after hours of wondering who in the world could i possibly beat. The there he was Ray Charles!
I jumped outta my chair ran over and said Ray me and you right now race to 9. How about it? He said no problem kid.
Here we go i won the toss after calling heads and it ended up tails, but i didn't tell him that....hee hee...
So i break em and immediately i had him 8-0.... So Ray says hey man your killing me how about we even things up a bit....
I said sure whats on your mind soul man? He said lets cut the lights out and finish this thing. I said sure Ray no problem...cuz i'm such a nice guy...
Well things didnt go so well for me....Ray beat me 9 in a row!
I have played ray....It was a cold Saturday night. I immediately spotted my victim after hours of wondering who in the world could i possibly beat. The there he was Ray Charles!
I jumped outta my chair ran over and said Ray me and you right now race to 9. How about it? He said no problem kid.
Here we go i won the toss after calling heads and it ended up tails, but i didn't tell him that....hee hee...
So i break em and immediately i had him 8-0.... So Ray says hey man your killing me how about we even things up a bit....
I said sure whats on your mind soul man? He said lets cut the lights out and finish this thing. I said sure Ray no problem...cuz i'm such a nice guy...
Well things didnt go so well for me....Ray beat me 9 in a row!
:grin::grin::grin::grin:
I have played ray....It was a cold Saturday night. I immediately spotted my victim after hours of wondering who in the world could i possibly beat. The there he was Ray Charles!
I jumped outta my chair ran over and said Ray me and you right now race to 9. How about it? He said no problem kid.
Here we go i won the toss after calling heads and it ended up tails, but i didn't tell him that....hee hee...
So i break em and immediately i had him 8-0.... So Ray says hey man your killing me how about we even things up a bit....
I said sure whats on your mind soul man? He said lets cut the lights out and finish this thing. I said sure Ray no problem...cuz i'm such a nice guy...
Well things didnt go so well for me....Ray beat me 9 in a row!
ok, getting beat by a blind man playing pool would be a tough pill to swallow, BUT, was he wearing rollerskates???
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hate when people call the rails "walls". "Off the back wall, into the corner". Also hate when people refer to Cues as sticks.
Love most of the others mentioned.
Love most of the others mentioned.
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Shoebat
it's only the tip of the iceberg.
When a cue ball is rolling farther than its desired stopping point: "Sit, Ubu, Sit!" You have to watch way too much t.v. to think that's remotely funny.
Any reference to a "Dolly Parton break," which is invariably followed by the requisite definition.
"There you go." I agree with that one so much that I have to repeat it, too.
Also, men who yell orders and the B-word (or "sl*!") menacingly at uncontrolled cueballs. A lot of these men sound like they either currently beat their girlfriends or as though they would in a heartbeat if they just thought they could get away with it.
When a cue ball is rolling farther than its desired stopping point: "Sit, Ubu, Sit!" You have to watch way too much t.v. to think that's remotely funny.
Any reference to a "Dolly Parton break," which is invariably followed by the requisite definition.
"There you go." I agree with that one so much that I have to repeat it, too.
Also, men who yell orders and the B-word (or "sl*!") menacingly at uncontrolled cueballs. A lot of these men sound like they either currently beat their girlfriends or as though they would in a heartbeat if they just thought they could get away with it.