Cowboy Dennis
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Hu,shootingarts said:Dennis,
The way you play a game won't make you a gentleman even if you call fouls on yourself for the next hundred years.I would never call a foul on myself except when playing longtime gambling partners or friends. That is true of both you and I. Never-the-less it is still refered to as the gentleman's game as we both know.I thought that was 3 cushion billiards When I'm in the mood to have some fun with someone I don't really care for I prefer to play the other way.
I can make life a living hell for somebody trying to call fouls on me. By the time they get all wrapped up in the fouls they think I might be trying to hide they are too focused on that to play pool. It doesn't take much, a perfectly legal shot and then jerking my head to where they are sitting in their chair to see if they were watching. Deliberately selecting shots that they can't see from their chair when better shots are available. The occasional sudden expletive when I shoot and then continuing on with routine shooting. I haven't fouled a single time nor have I sharked the other player while he was shooting. However I have him so far out of his game that he couldn't make a ball in the ocean. You cannot shark me with any action, subtle or overt.
I have taken this path maybe a few dozen times over the years when someone doesn't call their own fouls and denies the fouls I see.I would never in life deny a foul that I committed. The results have always been the same. A player pissed off out of his mind about all of the fouls I am making and denying when in reality I haven't committed a single foul. I can't recall anyone ever beating me when I did this. You must be playing imbeciles, you know, like guys who let you spot two and go to 8 when you are spotting them 10-7.
I never said I was a gentleman, just that I prefered to play a gentleman's game. I never said you weren't a gentleman, only that it was un-gentlemanly to suggest that I wasn't for preferring to have you do your job.
Hu
Just because I expect you to fulfill your duties when you are in the chair doesn't mean that I am dishonest or lacking in integrity. Maybe you should read this entire thread, you may learn something about me and my character.
Dennis