Tommy Joe said:
Oh, I'm not saying they weren't kids, only commenting on the way I read your story and imagined it. At first I saw young kids, maybe 10 or 11 years old. That was the image I got when you first described your kids coming home to complain to you about what was going on at the hang-out.
Jay said WHEN HIS DAUGHTER WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. Do you think there are 10 and 11 year old kids in high school? LOL
Anyways, I'll tell a story that happened two weeks ago. A friend of mine gave me the scoop that there is an extremely hot girl who is a bartender at a bar I have never been to. My friend is not a poolplayer, and he thinks I'm a god at the game (he has never seen some of the shortstops play at the poolroom I go to, and they drill me). So we head down to the bar just to have a few beers. The bar has one barbox in the back. I end up striking up a conversation with the hot bartender. Meanwhile, my friend is paying attention to the barbox across the room. There is this guy spouting off how he played pool on ESPN, he is a world champion, etc. My friend taps me on the shoulder and tells me about it. I am entranced by the beautiful woman I am talking to, so I shrug him off. Then I hear someone yelling from across the room, and it's the loudmouth, after making some kind of shot that I didn't see. He raises his stick in the air, and says "Anyone else want some?". My friend grabs me and before I can say anything, he says "Yeah my friend here will play you!". The guy points his cue at me and gestures towards the table. I am kind of embarassed, so I end my coversation with the bartender and walk over to the pool table. The guy asks me what I want to play, and I tell him that I like to play 9-ball. He starts saying how he used to play 9-ball on ESPN, and that he has studied the game his entire life. Keep in mind I haven't seen the guy play yet.
I think to myself, what the hell, I'll ask him to gamble. I wanna see how good he is. So I say 'how about 5 or 10 bucks a game?" He says "I'll play you for whatever you want. How about 20?" My friend says go for it, he's got the money to cover me. I agree. He loses the coin flip, I break, and don't make a ball. He has an easy shot on the 1 to get to the 2, just follow the cueball a foot and he's fine. He stops the ball and hooks himself. He goes for an impossible kick and misses. I run out. He looks agitated, and says I'll be right back, I'm gonna get my cue. I asked him for the $20, and he says it's in the car. The guy never comes back.
The people at the bar were really happy that I beat him, saying that he thinks he is the greatest pool player in the world, but he really sucks. They say he has so many bullshit stories it's ridiculous. I end up exchanging phone numbers with the lady bartender, and I told her to call me if he ever comes back. I'm still waiting for the call lol.
