Top 20 List - You Might Be a Googan If...

Drew said:
These are funny and all but...WHAT THE HELL IS A GOOGAN?

Gee, I love the internet

FYI - Googan

George Lucas Movies forum reference
But you've got to admit it was clever (in the face of the Jar-Jar hatred) how Lucas used the ineffable Mr. Binks in "Clones." The fact that he was so reviled (to extremes I don't understand, to be honest?€”he's annoying, to be sure, but some people act like he murdered their loved ones) and then Lucas turned around and put the blame (indirectly) of the entire downfall of the Republic on the Gungan is a riot.

Speaking of Gungans, has anyone ever noticed how Lucas will pronounce character names, race names, planet names, etc. one way, but people in the films will say it another way (sometimes multiple characters within a film will pronounce names differently (ex: Leia, Han, Lando are all given different pronounciations). The same goes for Lucas vs. his employees: some say these wacky names one way, some another. The kicker is, Lucas' pronounciations are seldom how he spelled the names to begin. Gungan, obviously looks like it should be pronounced "gun-gan," yet, I've heard Lucas say it "goo-gan." Is he just messing with overzealous fanboys to see if he can get them complaining or is it something else? Crazy.

Urban Dictionary
1) A general term for the various monsters, gargoyles, ghosts, boogeymen, etc. that small children have nightmares over
2) A hideously ugly woman
1) Don?t worry dear. I?ll lock the closet door so the Googans can?t get you.
2) Holy s*** dude! Did you see the Googan that Mark shagged last night? She was like the Elephant Woman.

What's a googan now? Whats a googan'gain? Simply put a Googan is an alien dancing in the rain. Peace Out.

I saw that googan the other day. Freaky deaky s***.

A cross between a cheeseburger and a hampster.

The Fisherman?s version
http://www.cafelocale.com/discus/messages/15/35244.html?1094512663

Youse welcome:D
 
Googan..... A name that was made up on the CCB a few years back and became the accepted title for .......... well ..... for pool nerds I guess. When it started I got my feelings hurt. I'm so vain I thought they were talking about me.
 
Steve Lipsky said:
The top 20 list of "You Might Be A Googan If"

20) You know what "squirt" is

19) Even though you stink at 9-ball, sometimes you play 10-ball for the added challenge

14) You're certain every week you've discovered the secret to pool, and it always involves changing your mechanics

13) You practice on tight pocket tables and rarely come within a diamond of making anything

7) You have pictures at home of you and pro players, arms on shoulders, you with a goofy smile, them looking like they can't wait to get away

3) You wear a magnetic chalk holder when you play

Steve,
Damn fine list except you forgot #21:


21] You hope a "googan" is something good; because you just qualified according to the "Lipsky List."


P.S. - you got me on #7 (but I swear to God that the pro player grabbed my arm and put it around her....I have witnesses), #13, #14, #19, and #20. Fortunately I tried #3 but didn't like it....whewww.....close call.
 
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funny stuff, i like lists like this, i must be old or something because this list dosent apply to me, i have no clue what squirt is on a pool table and really dont want to know, i like to keep my mind clear of as much as possible with this kind of stuff, all these concepts words etc just complicate things, I had a friend once who got so caught up in this kind of stuff it made him play worse-he could awalys find a reason for failure, ingorance is bliss. Give me a good stroke, cue, master chalk and I'll concentrate on learning shots and ball physics thats served me well over the years.

i have noticed that woith the exception of a few pros the bigger the case and the more gadgets the lesser the player
 
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thanks for bringing this one back

#24. You wonder why everyone at the pool hall calls you poindexter.

Great thread here
 
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if you can't do a backspin with a smooth stroke.

whining when you lose a game to a worse player : I'm in a bad day, usually I feel I could beat X player (obviously someone significantly stronger).



p.s. about the backspin thing, one of my friend and I were trying to show someone, who had been playing since he was a teenager, how to do a backspin because he can't do one to save his life. While my friend was explaining the process of follow-through and a smooth stroke and to have a good pendulum with his back arm. The guy made a backspin and said 'dude, you said pendulum and it clicked!!!'....hahaha he couldn't do another backspin though
 
Outing Myself

Steve -

During our conversation last night at Amstercorn, I thought 3 items applied to me. Turns out it's only #14 and #16.

However, I bring my own measle ball with me to the pool hall and sometimes, at home, I meditate while looking at it...

I really wish I were kidding...
 
lizford said:
Steve -

During our conversation last night at Amstercorn, I thought 3 items applied to me. Turns out it's only #14 and #16.

However, I bring my own measle ball with me to the pool hall and sometimes, at home, I meditate while looking at it...

I really wish I were kidding...

Good God woman, you carry your own measle ball! I hereby decree you to be, "Liz, Queen Googan of the Googanites".

Seriously, that is an insanely high level of googanosity. :p

- Steve
 
lizford said:
Steve -

During our conversation last night at Amstercorn, I thought 3 items applied to me. Turns out it's only #14 and #16.

However, I bring my own measle ball with me to the pool hall and sometimes, at home, I meditate while looking at it...

I really wish I were kidding...


Wow, you need a dog. I think we need to devote a thread to picking out a dog for Liz.
 
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