Pool Terminology gone wrong....

Rak9up said:
My wife plays pool also so nothing gets by her.

In fact its funny if were going to a new restaurant she has to give me what we call Poolhall directions

For example she says:

From our room you head east like your going to "Jimmy's" go past where "Pro Billiards" used to be then turn like your going to "Clicks north" and the resraurant is just before that on the left.
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funny that you metion that, when in Springfield IL, I only know a few different points of reference. Most of the things I have to find I start with how to get there from Nielsens Billiards (joerackem from eBay's place)...lol.

As far as using pool terminology in everyday language...nope. I have said I skulled it on a miscue before, so I gotta get the golf speak outta every situation. :p
 
In discussing "Orange Crush" with a lot of people at the Derby City, the majority said:

Orange Crush - 5-ball and the breaks (Lime crush, grape crush, lemon crush, all follow suite)

A small amount said:

Orange Crush - 5-out and the breaks

And a very very very small amount said:

Orange Crush - 5-ball onlyl


Scooter went with the majority, IIRC.

Fred <~~~ Orange = 5-ball, Crush = Break
 
Bet high!!!

I have often found myself saying things i hear and say at the pool hall. my most common i guess is " bet high." No matter what the situation is I always want to sweat some action. Alot of people ask me what is a "nit?":D
 
Tony Robles and I went to a tournament years ago where I had to drive through a hailstorm to get there. He told me I could give him the 7 and out driving.
 
Saying something is "the nuts" will often raise eyebrows in non-pool-playing company. I will sometimes use the terms "hooked" or "snookered" for other things. Like when my wife says "I need to pee, take this exit", but there's traffic in the right hand lane, I might say "I can't, that Mazda's got me hooked".

Aaron
 
Cornerman said:
In discussing "Orange Crush" with a lot of people at the Derby City, the majority said:

Orange Crush - 5-ball and the breaks (Lime crush, grape crush, lemon crush, all follow suite)

A small amount said:

Orange Crush - 5-out and the breaks

And a very very very small amount said:

Orange Crush - 5-ball onlyl


Scooter went with the majority, IIRC.

Fred <~~~ Orange = 5-ball, Crush = Break
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Fred,

Good info. After I posted my comment and saw the responses I googled the term and all I found was "5 and out". I had never heard it used that way. I guess it's regional. Where I have played it always meant "the five and the break" -- the orange and the crush. Thanks.

Mark
 
The Iowans are so stingy with the orange crush, need to get some southern hospitality in em and give up the rest of the rack. Jason feel free to give me your version of the orange crush anytime, we'll play for lap dances at the lumber yard...your money is no good here. Speaking of that your brother hustled me for $40 bucks last night, and he even flipped a coin for it too...he's the man.

I like the sun is sharking me comment, made me laugh. The rest of them are pretty good too.
 
mikeyfrost said:
The Iowans are so stingy with the orange crush, need to get some southern hospitality in em and give up the rest of the rack. Jason feel free to give me your version of the orange crush anytime, we'll play for lap dances at the lumber yard...your money is no good here. Speaking of that your brother hustled me for $40 bucks last night, and he even flipped a coin for it too...he's the man.

I like the sun is sharking me comment, made me laugh. The rest of them are pretty good too.
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He told me, all in good fun :)

also ive never given or gotten the orange crush from anyone.
 
I use "gives them the 7" too, example that I just used with my non-pool dad "Cutler gives Orton the 7, 5 games on the wire and Cutler would still walk all over him"

I'm a lucky in the sense that my wife plays almost as much as I do, so I get to use pool terminology and she gets what I'm saying.
 
Richardson said:
He told me, all in good fun :)

also ive never given or gotten the orange crush from anyone.
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Booooo, after you kicked my ass in 8 ball like that I can't even get a little weight...damn JR you are a thief. I'm callin you Dillinger when I see you now. OK I know I'm the worst barbox 8 ball player alive and I completely hate playing it.

You should come to Stix tonite and play the 8 Ball tourney man, it's a good time. I especially love the handicapping system they use...it's sooooo FAIR.
 
so what handicapping system do they use? I'm always looking for a better way to handicap tournaments around here...
 
mikeyfrost said:
Booooo, after you kicked my ass in 8 ball like that I can't even get a little weight...damn JR you are a thief. I'm callin you Dillinger when I see you now. OK I know I'm the worst barbox 8 ball player alive and I completely hate playing it.

You should come to Stix tonite and play the 8 Ball tourney man, it's a good time. I especially love the handicapping system they use...it's sooooo FAIR.
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My wife plays league on monday nights, so i stay home with my kid.
 
I tend to use pool terminology at work once and a while. A co-worker will point out an attractive young gal and I'll say something like, "I wouldn't mind playing position on her".

I try to keep other players from using pool terminology at the wrong time. For instance, I had a few guys gather outside our favorite pool bar only to find out they were closed because they were in the middle of a flooring job. My buddies decided to go to a nearby bar. The problem was that it was a gay bar. I told them they might get some bad action if they ask, "Who's the best stick in the house?"
 
ugotactionTX said:
so what handicapping system do they use? I'm always looking for a better way to handicap tournaments around here...
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The handicap goes from a C to AAA player, with each level getting a game in basically a race to 5 for the AAA players.

So if a C plays a AAA player it is a 5-1 race I think. B plays a AAA its 5-2 and so on. Trust me it's by far from the best way to handicap a tourney, you have to play perfect at the higher handicaps(people do play well on the valleys in general.

The good thing is its a $5 tourney and the house matched the pot. Always fills up at 32 players and people drink it up there. They make good bank on the cheap tourneys they run.
 
Richardson said:
My wife plays league on monday nights, so i stay home with my kid.
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I was joking man, I shock myself everytime I even go out there. Especially since it's 8 ball. I almost won last night though. Fenton played perfect though, I actually enjoyed watching him play last night. I won the toss, broke dry...and somewhere between then and the time he got to 5 I kicked once. It's good to see him shooting like a champion.

Anyways holla
 
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