Pool Peeves

[CaptainJR]

I warned you that I felt rather strongly about this.

I don't like to gamble. I work to hard for my money. They could get lucky. My daughter might not get that new pair of sneakers she wanted. etc. etc. etc. Loads of reasons. But the main one is because they are a Jack Ass.

Oh, by the way, I don't quit while I'm ahead. They are welcome to play for that same amount as long as they like or untill I've lost what I'm willing to lose.

 

[chefjeff]

DOes this only happen in my pool hall or is it a universal thing? Every now and then, a couple of kids decide it'll be fun to stand on opposite ends of the table and ujst fire balls into one another! What the f*@! is the point of that?! I eman, really! It doesn't even look like fun!

I've thought about that a lot. I think it helps their games in the long run, as they are subconsciously learning how balls reacts on the table. Every little kid wants to do this in the beginning, it seems.

It looks kinda stupid, but perhaps it isn't?

Jeff Livingston

 

[chefjeff]

Whoa i remembered one of my biggest Pet Peeves. People that complain about vegas rules and tell you how much better bar rules are. No ball in hands, don't have to contact a rail, basicly you can just roll the balls wherever you want and the other guys gotta shoot, if the 8 is in the kitchen and he scratched, ball in hand behind the line shooting forward. Its bullshit. But most bangers would like to argue these are REAL RULES, and the world standardized rules are for shitty players that need ball in hand. BALL IN HAND IS A PUNISHMENT TO THE MORON THAT JUST SCRATCHED OR MADE A MISTAKE. YOU CAN'T GO AROUND F***ING UP EVERY SHOT AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT!! HIT YOUR OWN BALLS FIRST, THEN A RAIL. this one REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY pisses me off.

Now, on THIS one I really agree with you.

I had a guy tell me about "real pool" just the other day....he couldn't play worth a shit, and I had just ran out again on him, and he tells me about the "real" rules and insinuates that I should play by those "rules" and that I don't really understand pool.

I like to show them the BCA ruledbook with the first copyright in the 1940's. I say, "Do you think they just made up the rules one night and kept them pretty much the same for 60 years, and have never considered your "real pool" rules? Do you think there might just be a reason for driving a ball to the rail after hitting your ball first, and the ball-in-hand penalty if you don't?"

There ya go,

Jeff Livingston

 

[RAZOR ROG]

Drunks
Drunks that know all about the game.
Drunks that try to pound the head ball through the table to make em stay put!
Drunks that tell you how to play a shot, but can't seem to do it themselves!
Drunks that ask if they can use your cue after they just got through denting a house cue on the rail!
Drunks...............

 

[Snapshot9]

Pet Peeves

Half of your peeves are sharks, and the other half are commited by
Stupid people or ones without any manners.

I will share some of mine:

1) People that think they can become a player within a couple of weeks.
2) People that don't use their brain.
3) Guys who have to beat their girlfriend in Pool to show what a man they
are.
4) Rude inconsiderate people next to you or watching your money match
going.
5) People that gather in right next to you when an important tournament or
money match is going on, and asking you questions all the time while
you are trying to concentrate on the match.
6) People not in a tournament that grab a tournament table inbetween
the scheduling of tournament matches.
7) Loud profane young women in the area just trying to get noticed.
8) Drunks
9) People that have been playing more than 10 years and still can not
figure out how to play. - Duh! Use your brain and get a clue ...
10) People that put money up on challenge tables and interrupt a money
challenge going on on the table - Go get your own table and play for
free, challenge 9 ball tables are for money games.

 

[matthew staton]

We all have something someone does that just gets to you....unless it's just me....but what bothers me the most is when right after someone chaulks ....they put in down face down.....just makes me wanna smack the back of their head with a newspaper and rub their nose in it.

people who squeek the chalk every time they chalk up.... need to get smacked in the head lol