Random worthless thought of the day

[alstl]

I was watching a snooker match the other day from England. They evidently have a dress code. The players all have spiffy attire. They don't allow the players to put chalk on the rail, they all keep it in a pouch or the pocket of their spiffy vest.

However, a lot of the players drag their cue around the table with the butt of the cue dragging along on the floor.

Contrast that with an American pool tournament. You will see players dressed randomly, several cubes of chalk on the rail, but even the most sloppilly dressed player will not drag his cue around the table on the floor.

They do things different over there.

 

[deebee53]

They don't allow the players to put chalk on the rail, they all keep it in a pouch or the pocket of their spiffy vest.

Ask 90% of the population and they will tell you . . .

The rails are flat so you can set your chalk, drink, cigarette, or sandwich on it between shots.

If the rails are curved, you just go ahead and set things on the playing surface.



Seriously though, it is peculiar to see someone dragging their stick. . .

 

[alstl]

Ask 90% of the population and they will tell you . . .

The rails are flat so you can set your chalk, drink, cigarette, or sandwich on it between shots.

If the rails are curved, you just go ahead and set things on the playing surface.



Seriously though, it is peculiar to see someone dragging their stick. . .

Especially since they seem so anal about everything else.

 

[Philthepockets]

Most of the right handed snooker players chalk with their right hand and the left handed players chalk with their left. Quite number of right handed pool players chalk with the left hand and the left handed pool players chalk with the right.
This leads me to believe it's cause they drive on the wrong side of the road or it's because the water goes down the drain in Australia the opposite way.
either way these are all very very random and have nothing to do with the price of tea but it may explain why they drag their butts.

 

[Lan]

They even teach them how to chalk properly.

Also, watch how far up the cue the non-chalking hand is when they're chalking. That's why a lot of players drag the end of the cue around (btw no bumpers on a lot of snooker cues)

Lan