You know you're a pool player if...
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My cue and car are a tie, both worth less then 500, but usually 1 of the 2 gets the job done, hardly never both!
When the beautiful girls walking around big tournaments raffling off cue sticks get ignored, but guys clamor around to check out the stick. 
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Someone sent this to me via e-mail a few years back. (I don't know who the author is.)
You know you're a pool addict when....
You know you're an addict when people stop asking 'what are you doing tonight;'
When you spend more time at the pool hall than at work, school and
home combined;
when your laundry room smells like a pool hall;
when everyone in the pool hall knows your name (even if you don't know theirs);
when you get personal calls at the pool hall; when the phone rings at the
pool hall and you say "I'm not here.";
when closing time doesn't apply to you;
when your cue travels with you regardless of your plans for the evening;
when you sleep in the pool hall for a few hours instead of going home;
when you own more than one book about pool;
when you have pool related dreams;
when things outside the pool room are referred to as "strong" or "rough action";
if you've ever said anything along the lines of 'McDonald's gives Burger King the 7';
when people in the pool hall get worried that you weren't there the night before;
when you're in the pool hall on holidays;
when the thought of dating a non-pool player is insane to you;
when the first place people look for you is at the pool hall;
when you go through withdrawals if you didn't play pool that day;
when you go to an out of town tournament and as soon as you get back in town, you go to the local pool room instead of home;
when you're at the local diner at 5 in the morning, because you are up from the night before;
when you turn your non-pool playing friends into pool addicts;
when you start seeing pool as life instead of a game;
when you are still talking about pool on the way home;
when cigarette boxes become representation of a table to demonstrate a shot you had;
when skittles kinda look like a nine ball rack;
when you think pool is more important than college;
when you see a pool table on TV the urge to go play is worse than the urge to smoke when you see someone light up;
when a bridge is no longer something you drive over; a bank is not a building full of money; a tip is not something you leave a waiter; a diamond is not a jewel; firewood is not a log; draw has nothing to do with a piece of paper; chalk is not found in a classroom; powder is not for hygiene;
when you may have pockets in your pants, but they are not the important ones;
when a rack is not on a girl's chest;
when a shaft is not a penis; and balls are NEVER hairy.
And when you shake your head while reading this.
You know you're a pool addict when....
You know you're an addict when people stop asking 'what are you doing tonight;'
When you spend more time at the pool hall than at work, school and
home combined;
when your laundry room smells like a pool hall;
when everyone in the pool hall knows your name (even if you don't know theirs);
when you get personal calls at the pool hall; when the phone rings at the
pool hall and you say "I'm not here.";
when closing time doesn't apply to you;
when your cue travels with you regardless of your plans for the evening;
when you sleep in the pool hall for a few hours instead of going home;
when you own more than one book about pool;
when you have pool related dreams;
when things outside the pool room are referred to as "strong" or "rough action";
if you've ever said anything along the lines of 'McDonald's gives Burger King the 7';
when people in the pool hall get worried that you weren't there the night before;
when you're in the pool hall on holidays;
when the thought of dating a non-pool player is insane to you;
when the first place people look for you is at the pool hall;
when you go through withdrawals if you didn't play pool that day;
when you go to an out of town tournament and as soon as you get back in town, you go to the local pool room instead of home;
when you're at the local diner at 5 in the morning, because you are up from the night before;
when you turn your non-pool playing friends into pool addicts;
when you start seeing pool as life instead of a game;
when you are still talking about pool on the way home;
when cigarette boxes become representation of a table to demonstrate a shot you had;
when skittles kinda look like a nine ball rack;
when you think pool is more important than college;
when you see a pool table on TV the urge to go play is worse than the urge to smoke when you see someone light up;
when a bridge is no longer something you drive over; a bank is not a building full of money; a tip is not something you leave a waiter; a diamond is not a jewel; firewood is not a log; draw has nothing to do with a piece of paper; chalk is not found in a classroom; powder is not for hygiene;
when you may have pockets in your pants, but they are not the important ones;
when a rack is not on a girl's chest;
when a shaft is not a penis; and balls are NEVER hairy.
And when you shake your head while reading this.
When driving becomes playing position.
When you refer to drivers who block lanes as nits.
When anything good is the nuts. When you describe getting the better end of a deal as having gotten the nuts.
When you play imaginary pool with any rectangle and anything round.
When you plan your life around pool tournaments.
When you skip sex to play pool.
When you absolutely can't stand to walk or drive by a pool room that you don't know without checking it out.
When you won't go check the mail in the snow but you will face death to go to the pool room in a blizzard.
When you would rather talk about pool than work. ;-)
When you refer to drivers who block lanes as nits.
When anything good is the nuts. When you describe getting the better end of a deal as having gotten the nuts.
When you play imaginary pool with any rectangle and anything round.
When you plan your life around pool tournaments.
When you skip sex to play pool.
When you absolutely can't stand to walk or drive by a pool room that you don't know without checking it out.
When you won't go check the mail in the snow but you will face death to go to the pool room in a blizzard.
When you would rather talk about pool than work. ;-)
When you think quitting winner is lame.
When you think spending/investiging/promoting/gambling any money you actually have on the sport of pool will make you a profit and is a good idea.
When you actually know what Bonus Ball or the IPT is.
When you think spending/investiging/promoting/gambling any money you actually have on the sport of pool will make you a profit and is a good idea.
When you actually know what Bonus Ball or the IPT is.
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