Things that will get your thumbs broken

leehayes said:
there's a guy who plays in the local hall that feels the need to stand about a foot from the table directly in front of your shot. He will actually move around the table to be in front of your shots. To me that deserves a crack up side the head.
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I was playing a guy a few months back & his friend that was not playing did that. At first I just thought it was a guy in passing but on my third shot he was there again. I just got up off of the shot & gave him an 'are you serious' kind of sarcastic stare. He moved away without a word spoken & did not do it again. I was a bit upset by the 'team action' & ran the table. His friend quit & they both left rather quickly. Maybe they thought they had been caught & were going to get their thumbs broken.
 
ENGLISH! said:
I was playing a guy a few months back & his friend that was not playing did that. At first I just thought it was a guy in passing but on my third shot he was there again. I just got up off of the shot & gave him an 'are you serious' kind of sarcastic stare. He moved away without a word spoken & did not do it again. I was a bit upset by the 'team action' & ran the table. His friend quit & they both left rather quickly. Maybe they thought they had been caught & were going to get their thumbs broken.
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Here is how you combat that maneuver. When he stands in front of your shot, immediately go sit down and wait. If questioned, tell your opponent that you will not shoot for 10 minutes. And if he does it again, you will sit for a half hour. And again, an hour. They will either stop doing it, or leave.
 
DeaconBlooze said:
I like to joke with my wife that her antics, like taking the chalk away from the table, would get her thumbs broken anywhere but in our basement. Last night I was playing and tapped the ball with my practice swing, and then took a quick stroke to make the shot... :o

My wife assured me that this was a great way to get my thumbs broken..

It's just a joke in reference to The Hustler, but what other bad habits will get your proverbial thumbs broken?
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Air Balling and losing a set may get your thumbs broke, but depending upon where you do it may get you killed.
 
You folks play in some tame places, the guys are not so nice where I play. Here are just a few that will get you thumb splints.

1. Paying for the table time.
2. Buying the house drinks.
3. Tipping the help.
4. Flushing the toilet.
5. Complimenting on your oppositions shot making.
 
I've heard threats of having an affair with an opponents girlfriend before. Its a miracle that guy didn't spend the night in hospital.
 
ChrisBanks said:
Here is how you combat that maneuver. When he stands in front of your shot, immediately go sit down and wait. If questioned, tell your opponent that you will not shoot for 10 minutes. And if he does it again, you will sit for a half hour. And again, an hour. They will either stop doing it, or leave.
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He stopped as soon as I gave him 'that look' & he did not do it again. They both left with in 2 minutes of the guy quitting & have never been seen nor heard of again. Maybe something worse than broken thumbs happened to them or...maybe they just left town.
 
You put yourself in harms way for $10?

You shattered a cue over someone's head for $10?

You hit a pro boxer in the head with a beer bottle for $10?

WOW


Johnnyt said:
Not only did I almost get my thumbs broke, I almost got every bone in my body broke. A friend and I walked into the Parkview Bar in Rockville Center, Long Island during a blizzard. When I walked in, before I could get my butt on a bar stool this guy "Punch Drunk Charlie" asked me to play some $10 a game 8-ball. Seeing that the place was dead and probably my only chance for a score that night I said sure. Charlie was a heavyweight boxer turned sparring partner. He spared with Floyd Paterson every once in a while still. Charlie was a nice guy when sober, but when drinking he could be an animal. He hurt a lot of people in bars.

Anyway to make a long story short I break and run the first game and am waiting for the ten spot and the qurater for the next game. He looked at me and said, "I quit", and walked back to the bar. I follow him back to the bar with the house cue in hand. My frind Kenny hit him on the side of the head with a bottle of beer. It just bounced off his head like he didn't even feel it.

I swung the house cue like I was going for the fences with a bat. One thing I forgot was in NY at that time all house cues in bars were break a ways. It just shattered in tiny pieces all over the bar, doing nothing to him. By the look in his eyes I could see he was going to kill us if he got a hold of us. As quickly as we could Kenny and I made it out the front door with Charlie in hot pursuit. We were running in the middle of the main road in front of the place (Sunrise Hwy) slipping and sliding in the snow with our dress shoes on. A few times he almost held on to Kenny. We went all the way around the block and jumped into Ken's car. Even though the car started after only a few spins it like 20 spins. Johnnyt
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Hungarian said:
You put yourself in harms way for $10?

You shattered a cue over someone's head for $10?

You hit a pro boxer in the head with a beer bottle for $10?

WOW
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Yeah it's baffling to me too. Blows to the head can kill a guy. Cripple or accidentally murder someone over McDonald's money? Torture people with broken bones because they commented on a foul? Are you people sociopaths?

Luckily, 99.9% of this shit is just guys doing a little macho fantasy chestpuffing.
 
Johnnyt said:
Not only did I almost get my thumbs broke, I almost got every bone in my body broke. A friend and I walked into the Parkview Bar in Rockville Center, Long Island during a blizzard. When I walked in, before I could get my butt on a bar stool this guy "Punch Drunk Charlie" asked me to play some $10 a game 8-ball. Seeing that the place was dead and probably my only chance for a score that night I said sure. Charlie was a heavyweight boxer turned sparring partner. He spared with Floyd Paterson every once in a while still. Charlie was a nice guy when sober, but when drinking he could be an animal. He hurt a lot of people in bars.

Anyway to make a long story short I break and run the first game and am waiting for the ten spot and the qurater for the next game. He looked at me and said, "I quit", and walked back to the bar. I follow him back to the bar with the house cue in hand. My frind Kenny hit him on the side of the head with a bottle of beer. It just bounced off his head like he didn't even feel it.

I swung the house cue like I was going for the fences with a bat. One thing I forgot was in NY at that time all house cues in bars were break a ways. It just shattered in tiny pieces all over the bar, doing nothing to him. By the look in his eyes I could see he was going to kill us if he got a hold of us. As quickly as we could Kenny and I made it out the front door with Charlie in hot pursuit. We were running in the middle of the main road in front of the place (Sunrise Hwy) slipping and sliding in the snow with our dress shoes on. A few times he almost held on to Kenny. We went all the way around the block and jumped into Ken's car. Even though the car started after only a few spins it like 20 spins. Johnnyt
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I got hit with a beer bottle once :mad: The only thing that saved that guy from 2 or 3 months in the hospital was that the cops showed up out of the blue, when i was just about to inflict mass destruction (im serious) upon his body :mad:
 
bdorman said:
Putting your chalk cube on the rail face down. The penalty should be worse than just broken thumbs but our liberal-permissive society won't permit it. :grin-square:
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I like the way you think... I'm gonna be watching you :)
 
CreeDo said:
Yeah it's baffling to me too. Blows to the head can kill a guy. Cripple or accidentally murder someone over McDonald's money? Torture people with broken bones because they commented on a foul? Are you people sociopaths?

Luckily, 99.9% of this shit is just guys doing a little macho fantasy chestpuffing.
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Most of this shit would go away if they though they were going to get hurt for being a scumbag. But since everyone has 1-800- mouthpiece on speed dial to sue, it doesn't happen much in todays fk up world. Johnnyt
 
ChopStick said:
Texting your girlfriend and getting caught by your wife. :p
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Don't go to sleep THAT night if you've got any Super Glue around the house ;).

If your wife's anything like Lorena Bobbitt, you had better not EVER go to sleep :eek:!!!

Maniac
 
Johnnyt said:
Most of this shit would go away if they though they were going to get hurt for being a scumbag. But since everyone has 1-800- mouthpiece on speed dial to sue, it doesn't happen much in todays fk up world. Johnnyt
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I don't know man. If today's world is F'd up but in your world it was acceptable to try to smash in a guys skull for quitting and not paying 10 bucks, I'd rather deal with the lawyers. It wasn't like he had strung you along for any significant money, he quit after the first game! Not only that, but according to your story, he walked back to the bar and for all you know he was going to buy a drink or pay up, but according to your story ... without even asking the guy ... you guys start swinging weapons at his head. That's F'd up in my opinion.

I'm sure there is more to your story than what you typed, but regardless, I wouldn't want to be in jail for accidentally hitting the guy in the perfect spot and explaining to all my fellow cell block inmates that I'm doing 20 years over 10 bucks. Heck, that's only 50 cents a year!!!
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
If his wife is anything like Lorena Bobbitt, he may just need the CA glue.
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Well did ya hear about Lorena Bobbitt's sister Gloria? She tried the same thing Lorena did but when she swung the knife she stabbed him in the leg. She was arrested and charged with a mis da weiner.;)
 
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