What's the funniest thing you have seen in pool?

rackmsuckr

rackmsuckr

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I'm not talking about people taking the wrong ball, but that's funny too.

I saw an 8ball game where a player broke, flew the cueball off the table, but also made the 8 on the break. Neither player noticed that the 8 went down. There were lots of clusters of balls. The opponent took ball in hand and started shooting. By now, the crowd is smiling. They both had several innings at the table. Finally, ON THE BALL BEFORE THE 8, the guy finally realizes he has nothing to shoot at next. You should have seen the look on his face when he realized they both shot the whole game with no 8 on the table! :p

I think this demonstrates that they weren't thinking out the whole table, now were they?? :rolleyes:

I also once (a long time ago) broke and the cue flew out of my hand, sailed over the bar, and almost speared the bartender. My whole team was on the floor rolling. :o
 
one time we were in a room with those really powerful low-hanging ceiling fans. this kid was playing a match that he was'nt supposed to win, but somehow he pulled it out in the end. he was so excited he stuck his cue straight up in the air to celebrate, and just as he did the blade of the cieling fan snapped that shaft right in two. the kid was so emberassed but it was hard not to laugh. personally, i couldnt stop laughing because it was one of those guys that you just dont mind that happening to.

another time i can think of is when some guy was breaking. he had been trying to get that power break all night. he just kept breaking harder and harder until finally he popped the ball straight up and busted the light on the table. the glass went every where, it was a total disaster. the look on his face was priceless when he turned around to see who all noticed
 
Funny things ....

1) A girl's tit falling out of her blouse while racking.
2) A young guy wearing low riding jeans fall down while racking.
3) A girl bent over the table with a short skirt on and no panties.
4) When I told a guy long time ago to not stand in back of the
table when I broke 9 ball because I was known to jump the table,
and he said, 'Ah, I am okay', and I broke, the cue ball jumped
the table straight forward and smacked him dead center of his
forehead. He was dazed for 5 minutes.
 
8 ball corner pocket....On the other table

I have seen a guy break on one table ane cue ball flew off the table and landing on the next table knocking in the 8ball!

I've also seen the cue ball fly off a table on the break only to land right in the glass part of a jukebox sending broken glass everywhere.
 
chefjeff said:
What's the funniest thing you have seen in pool?

A BabyRuth candy bar. :D

Jeff Livingston
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Did you take a bite out of it? :p

One funny memory:

This guy in a bar, broke and flew the CB off the table. Someone else gets the CB for him and the guy non-chalantly sticks his hand out in a "toss it over here" look. The other guy lobs the CB his way, the guy tries to scoop catch it baseball player style and winds up swatting the CB into his teeth and chipping a tooth :D (LMAO)


Eric >doesn't catch cueballs
 
A guy I was playing with bought a Meucci from the owner of the room we we playing at. I knew the owner and I've seen some of the cues he sells (warped). Anyway, this guy was so proud of his new purchase and racked the balls up to play a game. When he broke, the shaft split right down the middle! It's amazing he didn't lose an eyeball. Evidently, the shaft had been damaged and the owner tried to repair it (unsuccessfully). The look on the guys face was priceless. WTF!!!!
 
chefjeff said:
What's the funniest thing you have seen in pool?

A BabyRuth candy bar. :D

Jeff Livingston
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That is classic, someone actually did that at a community swiimming pool at my in laws summer house. They had to perform procedeures anyway and evacuate everyone and drain the pool and everything even though they knew it was a candy bar. I believe the person who did it got banned from the pool for a year too.

Although it is funny as hell, I bet that person will think twice next time. :D
 
Seems to me a lot of the funniest things I've seen occur when lower level league players get into big pressure matches. They get sooo emotional about it.

Both these stories are from League Finals, on the final ball of the final deciding match.

1. Player shoots up and down at 8 over pocket from a snooker. As it comes towards the 8 one side of the room, his supporters, start cheering louder and louder and then scream and jump with glee as the 8 goes in. 5 seconds of jubilence as the CB heads toward the center pocket. The shouts of joy on the left fade gradually as shouts of come on replace them from the right side of the room. The right side roars louder and louder as the CB scratches. Both sides of the room went from the agony of defeat to the joy of ecstasy (and vice versa). The losers were in tears. I couldn't help but laugh at the whole scene.

2. A player rather well known for being a real pain in the ass competitor, always fussing about rule calls and doing things by the book, and the type that almost always misses those half hard shots was in the league final, final frame and had given up all hope after leaving his opponent a sitter on the final 8-ball. The opponent, likely as much a choker as this guy, stuffs up his shot and leaves the 8-ball hanging right on the lip of the pocket, agonizingly close to falling with the CB just a dozen inches away. The guy who had given up hope jumps in the air, screaming and punching with joy at having been offered up a winning shot that even he knew he couldn't miss.

However....haha...in his excitement he rushed to the table too fast, losing his step and bumping into the corner of the table with his hip...the 8-ball fell in. He loses the game and falls to a heap on the floor!

Any resemblence to people real or imaginary is purely coincidence.
 
A senior moment-I am sure many people have done this. I was playing a guy for a buck a rack. I'm up like 10 bucks. He breaks, makes a ball. The cue ball stops close to the nine ball. He then pockets the one ball using the nine ball instead of the cue ball. He knew he did it before the balls even stopped rolling. I guess it must have been at the right angle where all he could see is the white part. He said it's been a long time since he's done that. I couldn't stop laughing when I got up to shoot. I can say that I have never done it.
 
One league night at the pool room this guy was breaking and the cue ball flew off the table hit the wall and fell right into a pitcher of beer that was half full.
 
I'm working in the pro shop at a local room. This guy comes up and asks how much to replace his cue tips with LePro tips. I give him the price, he reaches into his pocket and pulls out 6 SCREW-ON TIPS, lays them on the counter and asks if they can be ready by the weekend!
Steve
 
A kid tried to do a 7 rail shot, but the cue ball hit the first rail and went airborn which then hit a kid by the table in the nuts at mach 5.

Also saw a person miscue on the break send the cue ball airborn and it bounced off the ground and into the cueball return of the next table.
 
Two things I have witnessed that I never forgot.

I was in a game room, me and 2 other guys were playing 3 ball. During a break, the cueball hits the 3 racked balls, the cue ball literally breaks in half... right down the middle, and the two pieces lay dead in front of the front racked ball, the 3 balls barely moved an inch or two. We were all stunned.

The other time, I was in stance lined up on a shot. After a few practice strokes, I start my shooting stroke. In the middle of my stroke, a gnat lands on the cueball dead nutz center where I contact the cue ball, my tip splatters the gnat, and I miscue something fierce.

Kelly
 
Buddy was playing The Jockey in Detroit and.....

Buddy was playing The Jockey in Detroit and had just busted him. As old-timers will tell you, The Jockey was famous for doing weird things when he lost. He often would cry and try to get you to give his money back and all sorts of other things. This time he was so upset that he took his cue and just like a spear - he threw it right at Buddy standing about 25 or 30 feet away. I think it was Red that pushed Buddy away and Red went after The Jockey.
Buddy didn't think it was funny, but everyone else did (including me).

Another time at Freddy's poolroom in Chicago, Louie was playing Bernie Schwarts (?spelling) a 9-Ball race for large. Bernie's wife was holding the up $ and when Louie made the set 9-ball he slammed it real hard straight into the side just to show off. Bernie's wife took the up $ and threw it at Louie. Money went everywhere and Louie got real pissed and started to go after her. Naturally Bernie got involved and now it was Bernie chasing Louie - Until Louie found his way behind the counter and picked up this Hugh butcher knife. Now it was Louie chasing Bernie all over the poolroom. I think it was Freddie that finally stepped in to quite things down. Louie, Hubbart & I had been there for about a week and I remember Hubbart & I laughing so hard when this happened our sides hurt.

TY & GL
 
Kelly_Guy said:
Two things I have witnessed that I never forgot.

I was in a game room, me and 2 other guys were playing 3 ball. During a break, the cueball hits the 3 racked balls, the cue ball literally breaks in half... right down the middle, and the two pieces lay dead in front of the front racked ball, the 3 balls barely moved an inch or two. We were all stunned.

The other time, I was in stance lined up on a shot. After a few practice strokes, I start my shooting stroke. In the middle of my stroke, a gnat lands on the cueball dead nutz center where I contact the cue ball, my tip splatters the gnat, and I miscue something fierce.

Kelly
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Everyone's are sooooo funny, but these 2 have to take the cake as far as being so improbable that when they did happen, I'll bet it was hard to stop laughing! Would that last one be called a 'fly ball'?
 
It was like slow motion... In the middle of my stroke I saw the gnat land, and in a brief instant my thought was ... yeah I remember seeing the gnat fly around... and then the last few inches of my stroke my inner voice screamed..damn I'm going to hit that thing...


rackmsuckr said:
Everyone's are sooooo funny, but these 2 have to take the cake as far as being so improbable that when they did happen, I'll bet it was hard to stop laughing! Would that last one be called a 'fly ball'?
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Playing in the Midwest 9-Ball Tour, my opponent, a player of good repute, spends forever surveying the table after the break, then gets behind the 9 ball and fires it at the 2. Just as he let the trigger go, he said "Oh, S#!t!!!", walked around and picked up the CB and handed it to me and said "Happy Birthday". I was so tickled I missed the BIH shot.

Later,
Bob
 
I'm sure this has happened to most of you at one time or another...

While stretching for a shot, my foot slipped and my body and face hit the table. Both legs were left hanging over the sides. Not my finest moment.

Regards,

Doug
 
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