The most common lies told in a pool room.

dr_dave said:
I think the numerous myths often perpetuated in pool halls certainly qualify as "lies." As you know, the top 100 are listed, along with the corresponding truth, here:

Top 100 Pool and Billiards Myths ... Debunked, Busted and Explained

Regards,
Dave
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Sorry Dave,
While the top 100 pool and billiard myths are quite good, they are not the lies, I am talking about. IMO, pool myths are not lies at all, just misconceptions that sometimes help players to explain the phenomena that they don't know how to explain otherwise.

Now LIES, are just LIES; intentional untruths, purposefully crafted falsehoods used to deliberately assist in obtaining or maintaining one's personal agenda or to simply confuse or lead another person astray. :smile:

Merry Christmas.
JoeyA
 
DAVE_M said:
"I need a spot." - It's a lie, but I always ask politely :)
"You play too good for me." - Lies... All Lies
"I'll bet a thousand!" - Chumps trying to get out by betting bigger than they have.
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Finally, an honest liar. You have a few brothers out here, just very few. (Most don't ask politely and just demand) :thumbup:

JoeyA
 
The tolerant melting pot.

pwd72s said:
Bingo! Why is it that the pool world contains such a high percentage of flakes?
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Probably because in this sub-culture, we tolerate all of us. :D

My highly successful lawyer friend and accomplished pool player says that pool is one of the only hobbies/sports that you can be accepted in any pool room where you go, because the most important qualification to belonging is: Do you like pool, can you play even a little or can you at least talk a little pool smack?

JoeyA
 
OK, you got me Shooting Arts. That is my most common line that I hear in the pool room. "I havent been playing for...." :D (And no, I don't use that one. LOL)

JoeyA

ShootingArts said:
"I haven't been playing for . . . ." A line I use since it is true but it is always met with the fish eye since it is one of the most common lies in pool!

Always funny, sitting at the bar a player hasn't lost a match-up in twenty years, trying to match up they can't make a ball!

Of course my favorite line is that I did put myself through college playing pool, all three weeks of it! I discovered I wasn't ready to go back to being a student after four years of working, owning my own businesses, and playing pool.

Met a fellow in a pub/pool hall awhile back, maybe two whiles. He told me he owned a Ballabushka, handed down from his father. He didn't play with it, kept it in a vault since the value was a million or two. Seemed George only made two cues in his whole lifetime and this was one of them. He had a navy uniform on so I respected the uniform.

"How do you match up with so and so?" "He gives me the lemon crush and ten to one on the money"

Of course there is the ever popular, "I played much much better when I was younger."

I also get a chuckle out of all the people that beat Willie Mosconi, most of whom weren't born in time to play him and can't make a ball in the ocean anyway.

One gag I used was going into a place and having a beer or two. Then I would be talking to somebody and loudly proclaim I once beat Wally Mosconi! Got action a handful of times using that line! :thumbup:

Eventually somebody would usually point out the name was Willie Mosconi. "Yeah, but I played his cousin Wally. Wally doesn't play nearly as good as Willie!"

The pool hall is the perfect place to baffle'em with BS if you can't confound them with wisdom.

Hu
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There is a fella at Guys n Dolls in Roanoke known as TRAP CITY can not play a lick of pool but says he was a hell of a snooker player AKA CRAZY GEORGE
 
A lot of the lies I hear when making a game are very acceptable....
...it's like misrepresenting your hand in a poker game....
....if you're going to be honest, stay away from the action.

But a lot of the excuses for losing either make me laugh or groan...
...lies that are nothing but trying to salvage an ego.


The lie that irks me the most...I hear it in pool halls and on AZ...

"I outran the nuts."

You either made a good game or a bad game....
...some people NEED the rainbow crush.
So "outrunning the nuts" is usually a form of bragging ....yeah, yeah, yeah, I got heart.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
itsfroze said:
How many people have you heard say, "I put myself through school playing Pool" Usually prefaced by I can't play anymore, but... :D
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I believe you have nailed the exact response you will get, if you talk to almost any male in the universe, and the subject of pool comes up !..I have heard it said by people who, after a few minutes of conversation you can tell they have probably never gambled 10 cents, on a game of pool, in their life...I think it comes from their sincere desire, to be included in a male dominated activity, that is considered by most macho men, to be a "right of passage" ! :eek:

I would strongly suggest just letting it go, because if you press for details and they can't readily provide them, they may very well become violent !..Its almost like you are questioning their 'manhood' ! (this will be true, even if they are gay) :rolleyes: :grin:

PS..I know, because both Cardone and myself, have had trouble getting "Cowboy Dennis" (over on 1p.org) to admit he's never played a game for money in his sheltered life !..(and he DOES get violent !) :p
 
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If we count "ignorance" as a cause of bad information a "lie" I've heard quite a few.

"All you need to do to avoid a double hit or a push is elevate the cue and it's good"
"If you hit 3 rails with the cueball even if you don't hit anything else it's a good hit"
"Don't use that sissy bridge, climb on the table to reach that shot"

The absolute best one I have, and I posted this a few times already:

Two guys were at Country Club USA in MA (sad to say closed a while ago) playing, both had their own cheaper cues.
One was clearly more experienced and was talking to the other guy about rules and how to play shots.
So player #2 asks while chalking "what is this chalk stuff for anyway?"
Player #1 with his weeks of knowledge states without a second thought "well, you see how some of it falls on the table as you chalk? It's used to season the cloth so it plays better".
 
pt109 said:
A lot of the lies I hear when making a game are very acceptable....
...it's like misrepresenting your hand in a poker game....
....if you're going to be honest, stay away from the action.

But a lot of the excuses for losing either make me laugh or groan...
...lies that are nothing but trying to salvage an ego.


The lie that irks me the most...I hear it in pool halls and on AZ...

"I outran the nuts."

You either made a good game or a bad game....
...some people NEED the rainbow crush.
So "outrunning the nuts" is usually a form of bragging ....yeah, yeah, yeah, I got heart.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
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If that "I outran the nuts." isn't the most irritating to hear, I don't know what is. LOL

Bragging.....maybe, but ALMOST ALWAYS, a bald-face lie it is, designed to label one's self as a "gambler" who is fair with his games, rather than a THIEF OR SMART LOCKSMITH. :p

JoeyA
 
itsfroze said:
How many people have you heard say "I put myself through school playing Pool"

Usually prefaced by I can't play anymore, but... :D
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They don't usually say that one around me, because I have been around them since they were in school.:grin:

JoeyA
 
" I'm Efren's backer." :D
" I saw Efren run 5 racks of 15 balls opposite handed." Somehow, they all saw it.

" We'll play this way and we'll adjust later if we need to." Quits after winning one set.
 
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