The funny bangers...

if the shoe fits....

grandpapkusky said:
So you know that all these people who wrote something are "not that far removed from the people they are laughing at."?

Are you saying once a banger always a banger? That was never inferred at all... it seems that there is no middle ground... you are considered a "player" or a "banger"... If you are a "player", you are held in the highest esteem, but if you are considered a "banger" you are mocked and ridiculed.Or are you saying that nobody in this thread is any good? Which is almost what it sounded like to me.Again, not what I was trying to say... I realize that there are several high level players here, but from what I have seen from the many polls, very few are at the "B" level or above.
I enjoyed reading this stuff cause it is funny. Nobody mentioned any names, so who exactly is everyone making fun of.
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Agreed, no names were mentioned, but I believe that almost everyone posting to this thread has been guilty of one or more of the faux pas they are making fun of, yet none ever admit to it. "It wasn't me, it was this banger I saw". I call B.S.
 
HEY, what's wrong with the rack spin when taking the rack off?! Guess, I have to knock that one off huh??? I'm not stopping the club twirl after a well struck iron shot though - I REFUSE! :)
 
Shortside K said:
Agreed, no names were mentioned, but I believe that almost everyone posting to this thread has been guilty of one or more of the faux pas they are making fun of, yet none ever admit to it. "It wasn't me, it was this banger I saw". I call B.S.
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this came across my mind the first time I read this thread. We all know that we all come from the same learning or beginners level. nobody is born a genius overnight. it is however human nature to laugh at those who aren't as good as we are now. also, we had the same share of being laughed at by others ourselves in the past. it's either we care about those comments or not. for a banger that is just having fun, that doesn't matter as long as he's playing pool, eventhough he sucks infront of his gf. It's not a perfect world, and laughter is a just a tool to ease off the seriousness in life.
 
seymore15074 said:
How about how they always have to claim they "used to be good" at pool...
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True but not all. some are just caught in their offnight and some haven't really played for a long time. a long lay-off and offgame would greatly affect one's fundamentals. in anycase, you can see one who really knows how to play but just wasn't feeling right. but to a ballbanger, you know when he is talking BS. here's one memorable experience I had with a banger years ago. Banger tells me he just played hours ago before our initial meeting. banger then shares to me that he enters local amateur tourneys. I, on the otherhand don't play in tourneys but otherwise invited him to play me in a friendly match. I smothered him playing pool from the beginning of the match til after a few minutes later, maybe 20, banger says he wants to go home. I guess I broke his spirit.
 
One thing that always cracks me up is when a banger bridges over a ball by placing their hand fully around the ball over which they must jack up.

Also, I am a mused when a banger racks the balls at the opposite end, This, I assume, is to ensure that the cue ball returns to the place from which they must shoot after a scratch on the break.

I've also run into more than a few that feel that if the cue ball hits three rails, it is not a foul, wether an object ball is struck or not.
 
How 'bout the guy that holds his chalk on the tip and then proceeds to spin the cue with one of his feet... then, after he chalks up, actually rubs some of the chalk on the fingers of his bridge hand for some unknown reason.
 
RiverCity said:
Guys who will walk up to where you are playing, and take one of your/your opponents cue and walk off with it..... then state "I thought it was a house cue....."
Chuck
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RC,
I swear on a stack of bibles that this happened in a local bar: We were just getting ready for our league to start and all my team had their cues sitting in their Q-Claws, about 10 or 12 cues altogether (some fairly nice ones too!), when in walks three guys who looked like they just got off from some kind of blue-collar job. One of them walks over to where our cues were propped on the table and started to inspect them with the intention of using one of them for his night of shooting. I promptly informed him that these cues were our personal cues and that the house cues were over in the corner in a floor rack. He was a bit embarrassed, apologized, and proceeded to make his way to the house cues. I mean, how much of a rookie can you be to not know that a bunch of really nice looking cues sitting neatly in Q-Claws around a table where seven people were sitting were not house cues???? Geez!!!!

Maniac
 
trustyrusty said:
HEY, what's wrong with the rack spin when taking the rack off?! Guess, I have to knock that one off huh??? I'm not stopping the club twirl after a well struck iron shot though - I REFUSE! :)
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the rack spin isn't the problem LOL its when the hit the bottom of the rack while spinning it and drop a ball on a coin op. they get a look on their face that is priceless.
 
How about when a casual player walks up directly in front of you and puts both hands on the rail as you're about to pocket the game ball. I stand up and swipe it into the pocket with the side of my cue and say "thanks! rack em".

Various interesting paths of conversation start from here.
 
I played a banger one night who used the hand chalk before every "inning" (leaving white handprints all over the table felt and rails). Then he would hold the cue horizontally, at chest level, and chalk the tip vigorously, with noticable pressure, for 5 to 10 seconds. Hell, I thought the cue was going to burst into flames from the friction.
 
I was witness to a guy learning how to bank, object ball was frozen to the rail, the cue ball about a foot away, he jacked up and hit it, BOOM! the cue ball bounced straight back, in the AIR, and nailed him right in the mouth...lol He looked at me, tears, blood, fat lip from hell, I couldnt help, I rolled, I tried not to, but that look, OMG! I did maintain my composure enough to help him wobble to the rest room, DAMN! its a wonder he had any teeth, I never knew shooting pool could be dangerous, 4! lol.....


SPINDOKTOR
 
Blackjack said:
I always think its funny when you see a guy playing with his girfriend who can't even hold the cue right. The girlfriend has this wobbly bridge and shakey stroke, and she desperately tries to hit the cue ball, but she can't. Usually, she miscues and then stabs at the cue ball again immediately afterwards - usually miscuing a second time - only to have another swing and a miss - strike 3 - strike 4 - strike 5

The boyfriend then takes over and he's no better than she is, yet he tries to show her how its done.

we've all seen that

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HAHAHA You describe it perfectly. It's one of my joy to watch female bangers play. :D
 
My favorites:
1. The Triumphant scoop jumper guy,
2. The Pick up the table and drop it to free up the jammed balls guy.
3. The Behind the back when they have ball in hand guy.
4. The chalk then tap off the chalk on every shot guy
5. The I took $$$$$ off John Doe last night-naw, I'm not in the mood tonight guy.


......Must have stolen his wallet......!
 
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ok, here goes....

You and the guy you are playing 1-hole with are the only two people in the pool hall.

4 bangers come in, buy 6 pitchers of beer & procede to the table that is closest to the foot of your table.

(if you have a sneaky pete that looks like a house cue, now is a good time to keep it close.....real close)

After they have used 2lbs of baby powder on their both their hands, their shirts, pants and shoes they start looking for the rack that is under their table or above it.

Having come up empty handed, one of them waits till you are about to pull the trigger on a difficulty 11 shot & borrows your rack. (and any pieces of chalk that were not in your pocket)

Once the rack has been liberated, and all 15 balls have been bounced off of it one at a time, sombody will rack the balls at the head end of their table while another knucklehead breaks from the footspot.

It will usually only take a few minutes before two of them get into an arguement because sombody forgot to call how many rails it would take to "walk" the 8 ball into the corner pocket. (if they ask for your advise, it's usually a good idea to pretend not to speak whatever language they are speaking)

For the next hour or two, you might just see some very entertaining things.

such as:

After the shooter has named the ball & pocket & how many rails it will take to get there & if it will contact any balls along the way, the opponent will walk over to said pocket & paint an imaginary "X" in front of the pocket. (i think this might be some kind of primative communication with the Banger Gods)

or

This is especially true if you are playing 1-hole.... Anyone that isn't shooting currently will be congragated at the foot of your table (or leaning on it, sitting on it or using it for a place to set their beer)

or

In a group of bangers, there is always a "Banger Ninja". You can always tell which one it is becuase when he isn't shooting, he's spinning his cue Bruce Lee style.

After it's all said and done, you will have no trouble guessing which table the bangers were playing on. It will be the one that looks like it was used to gang-rape the pillsbury dough boy.
 
I play quite a bit in places that dont exactly meet the definition of a "dedicated pool room", and likewise in small towns, where non-pool etiquette is the norm. How bout when your in a game for some beans, and a woman comes up, and drops their hopefully gigantic (insert term of your choice here) cleavage right on top of the pocket your looking at? They dont have a clue that you/they/I might have rent riding on that ball.
 
asn130 said:
ok, here goes....

(if you have a sneaky pete that looks like a house cue, now is a good time to keep it close.....real close)

I've had my Custom cues picked up and used as bar cues...let alone my sneaky...and the guilty party response is always "huh"?
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asn130 said:
After the shooter has named the ball & pocket & how many rails it will take to get there & if it will contact any balls along the way, the opponent will walk over to said pocket & paint an imaginary "X" in front of the pocket. (i think this might be some kind of primative communication with the Banger Gods)
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Ahaha, I've done that before when playing friendly games with someone who I can goof on (and who goofs on me back). It's basically "putting a hex" on the other guy. "No, sorry, this pocket is off-limits to your object ball." :D

And I'll admit to, back in the day, doing the space-the-cue-ball-off-the-rail bit. I hadn't been playing long and that's how the folks I shot with did things. I learned better later. :)

I like the "Pablo Escobar" bit - I'll have to remember that one.

How about the guy who, when racking, never gets the head ball in the same place - but insists on taking another ball and repeatedly WHACKING it on the head ball, into the slate, to make it stay?

Talking about odd rules - this is from the other night (see my post on page 2). First guy I was playing, I threw my quarter up on the table to get the winner. Game's over, I step up, and the winner guy says "we play a little different around here." "Ok, what rules do you guys play?" I say, thinking it's not gonna matter what bizarre mutated bar-rules they play.

Essentially it was typical bar rules (call shot), with the added caviat of NOT being able to use your opponent's balls in ANY fashion - can't carom off an opponent's ball, use it in the middle of a combo, NOTHIN'. AND, last pocket - got to sink the eight in the pocket you sank your last solid/stripe. "Funky", I thought to myself. I ended up winning every game but three - two I scratched on the eight (due to trying such weird-ass shots to sink the eight in my last pocket) and one because I left the other guy with the easiest last-pocket out ever. Best out was nailing a three-rail eight ball shot around the table to land dead center of my target pocket. I loved the look on that guy's face on that one. :D
 
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seymore15074 said:
I just wanted to see how many of you have observed the bangers standing the house cue up on the table by the rail and moving the cue ball off of the rail by the width of the butt. I see it at least once a week; I laugh everytime...

Name something funny that you see the bangers doing...
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I applaud them , as i own a room and about 60%-75% of my bussiness is bangers they pay my bills, it is fun for me to watch as i know they are having fun, i help if i think they want to getr serious with theyer game outher wuse i stay outof there way$$$$$:D :D :D :D
 
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