Blood banks don't accept hustler blood. It's enriched with too many additives. :wink:
road players
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Blood banks don't accept hustler blood. It's enriched with too many additives. :wink:
You are in the minority. Trust me. Ask any of the old timers. You're not far away but missed Ernie's best years as did I.
Ernie as NEVER had a job other than gambling and he never booked.
JoeyA
That pic didn't show where the Cliff JOINS the water???
The olde rent-a-girlfriend has been used more than once...
You must not have heard him correctly, I doubt that he only asked for 5. He would ask a homeless man for at least 50.
I've seen him ask a guy that he just beat earlier that night out of $1000 to borrow a hundred..he was getting staked for the 2 $500 sets..but still...he is quite the tool...lol
Since a lot of the replies are people outright lying (the people needing money i.e. selling a stick multiple times then leaving) I thought I would post this one.
A couple of people from Indiana and one really good legend type player who is talked about on this board lots of times go broke in a small town, but the car has serious problems and they can't make it any further without repairs. They do have enough for a local motel and some food but we are talking 20 years ago and prob less than $50 among them.
Anyway, the car is done and the guys get a ride to the auto repair shop from the motel. When the repair guy says their car will be xyz dollars they reach for their wallets and "realize" they have left them in the motel room. The players then ask the guy if he will hold their ring for them while they drive the car back to the motel and get the money. The ring looked authentic and said superbowl champion on it. I would guess thinking that even if they didn't come back this guy had him a superbowl ring. Guess the joke was on him they didn't go back and the ring cost $2 and they had 20 or so of them.
A couple of people from Indiana and one really good legend type player who is talked about on this board lots of times go broke in a small town, but the car has serious problems and they can't make it any further without repairs. They do have enough for a local motel and some food but we are talking 20 years ago and prob less than $50 among them.
Anyway, the car is done and the guys get a ride to the auto repair shop from the motel. When the repair guy says their car will be xyz dollars they reach for their wallets and "realize" they have left them in the motel room. The players then ask the guy if he will hold their ring for them while they drive the car back to the motel and get the money. The ring looked authentic and said superbowl champion on it. I would guess thinking that even if they didn't come back this guy had him a superbowl ring. Guess the joke was on him they didn't go back and the ring cost $2 and they had 20 or so of them.
upncomingchamp
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lol thats a pretty good one about the ring...i guess they come up with all kind of different ways
You are in the minority. Trust me. Ask any of the old timers. You're not far away but missed Ernie's best years as did I.
Ernie as NEVER had a job other than gambling and he never booked.
JoeyA
Ernie was a pool playing son of a gun, and a hustler deluxe. He pulled up both socks and wiped his face with his hankerchief before every shot ( Earl Hiesler school of stalling) I saw him all over the south, and don't remember any losers. (he was careful) He had a bad car accident when he was younger and never quite played up to his earlier speed.
Rod.
i would like to have seen this ernie charactor play
i imagin u run into alot of really different types of people when ur on the road.even though it might not be like it is on color of money or the hustler i still think them guys that have lived on the road their whole life goin from pool hall to pool hall to tourny to tourny have lived a very different and exciting life
although i hear the retirement plan isnt too good lol
i imagin u run into alot of really different types of people when ur on the road.even though it might not be like it is on color of money or the hustler i still think them guys that have lived on the road their whole life goin from pool hall to pool hall to tourny to tourny have lived a very different and exciting life
although i hear the retirement plan isnt too good lol
upncomingchamp
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Rod,
In his later years, he would still pull up his socks, lick his finger and flattened his eyebrows with the moistened finger.
(that might jog the memory of some of the people he beat). Glad you can confirm what I have observed about Ernie. JoeyA
Since no one will say it I will show you a picture....
thats the first person that came to mind when i read that post. lol.
didnt wanna out anyone though. hell if it works for him then it works
Why is it that people are "outright lying"??? Is it far fetched that someone sold a stick to multiple people and then left with the money and cue??? I have seen that happen twice myself and heard of it happening 3-4 other times. So it is completely believable to me.
So I assume that since you said "I thought I would post this one.", that you are outright lying with your story as well....
easy there big fella(grin)
I think he was saying that the stories were about people lying, not the story tellers lying.
Hu
I think he was saying that the stories were about people lying, not the story tellers lying.
Hu