Post by: Dewey24 on September 30, 2009, 01:15:19 AM
1. I was visiting a pro shop and a kid comes in with 6 or 7 balls, all of them massacred. "My parents bought me a spinner for Christmas and I've been practicing"
2. A kid walks into my brother's pro shop and says he wants a new Jigsaw. here's the catch he only throws a 12lbs ball. My brother tries to explain to him he is really wasting his money and lite weight equipment uses different weight blocks, and he can get the same reaction out of a less expensive ball. Nope Mm and Dad say I can buy this one, I want this one.
Post by: Zanatos1914 on September 30, 2009, 09:51:07 AM
Its almost thanksgiving and Xmas...
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Post by: 1MechEng on September 30, 2009, 10:11:29 AM
The big burly guy with the tattoos - looks like something out of a biker movie - who is using the 12 pound orange house ball with a completely uncoordinated release and a straight (to the gutter) ball that couldn't hit sand on a beach.
The league bowler who get up to the ball return to get his ball and goes into the delivery without ever stopping to get set. Yet, somehow, he always makes the spare. Too funny!
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Post by: on September 30, 2009, 10:26:16 AM
The one who needs a 45 second shot clock because 25 seconds isn't enough time to get through his pre-shot checklist.
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Post by: themachine300 on September 30, 2009, 10:34:41 AM
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Post by: mainzer on September 30, 2009, 10:44:02 AM
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The league bowler who get up to the ball return to get his ball and goes into the delivery without ever stopping to get set. Yet, somehow, he always makes the spare. Too funny!
^^^^^
I do that from time to time when I am bored with bowling. LOL
I like the guy that only bowls in one house or two houses tells everyone he is the greatest thing to ever happen to bowling, and look... I shot 7. Calls other bowlers out but when the person he is calling out steps up to the plate he runs.
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Post by: DanH78 on September 30, 2009, 10:57:04 AM
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Post by: OddBalls on September 30, 2009, 11:12:57 AM
It's great comedy....
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Post by: trash heap on September 30, 2009, 11:16:57 AM
Having it happen all night. Over and over. By third time it happens you know every word he is going to say and you know what's going to happen.
Post by: themachine300 on September 30, 2009, 11:22:20 AM
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The guy that runs out strikes on his way to a solid 185
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Post by: 9andaWiggle on September 30, 2009, 11:27:09 AM
I get a chuckle out of the guy that brags about all the 300's he throws in practice, yet avg. 150 in league and seldom carry more than a doube or shoot 200. Then you find out that in practice he changes 9 counts to X, and deletes/rebowls frames in which he doesn't get 9 or better.
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Post by: Mr Hurt24 on September 30, 2009, 12:07:51 PM
And then there are the bowlers who yell and make loud noises when they strike. Its okay to have fun but it gets annoying after a while
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Post by: xdiamondsbeatstarsx on September 30, 2009, 12:19:31 PM
That and the guy who doesn't make any adjustments and complains about carry.
"Every time, flat 10" well you didn't change anything why would the result be different?
Post by: Dewey24 on September 30, 2009, 12:21:03 PM
We have 2 guys like this on our mens league. God forbid you have a night with both of them on either side of you. You never make it home.
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Post by: RSalas on September 30, 2009, 12:23:34 PM
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The one who needs a 45 second shot clock because 25 seconds isn't enough time to get through his pre-shot checklist.
So you *were* watching me bowl when I was at All Star Sandy, then.
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Post by: echidapus on September 30, 2009, 12:32:42 PM
He proceeds to go up and mess up his string of strikes and continuingly trying to start a fight with the other team.
lol. Whenever we bowl him now, we make sure the ball return is full
Post by: Bluff on September 30, 2009, 12:34:48 PM
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the high avg league bowler who doesn't throw if there's someone on the approach 4 lanes over!
yea 4 lane curtiosy and bowls 150 game lol
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Post by: Uncle Crusty on September 30, 2009, 12:51:37 PM
- The guy that claps out shots from the first frame of the night through the last frame of the night. And finishes with 560. Every week.
- The guy in tournaments that runs out the second hit in the tenth to "save" 185 when the scoring pace of the building is 240.
- The guy that averages 165 and strolls into league with the slicked back hair wearing a Hammer mock neck, slacks, the best shoes on the market, and carrying 8 new pills.
- Conversely, the guy that strolls into league with a wife beater, sweatpants, shoes held together with duct tape, and a Teal Rhino Pro that's never been cleaned and averages 238. This guy is especially fun to drink with after league.
- The guy who goes 250-150-250 and tells you he "lost the carry" game 2, even though he most likely had about three 6-counts, a 7-count, and three 8-counts.
- The guy who reminds everyone about every honor score he's ever shot when someone else shoots one.
- The guy who, when you ask how he bowled the other night, will tell you the carry sucked, the pattern was impossible, and he was both sick and hurt. Then he'll tell you he shot 760.
- The guy who puts on a body english clinic while the ball is going down the lane.
- The guy who shows up to league wearing a shirt with his name on the back. Come on, bro, it's just league.
- The guy that insists on giving you a high five after every shot, whether you struck or missed a 5-pin by 18 inches. This guy also has a tendency to give harder and harder high fives the better he's bowling.
- The guy who looks around after throwing a strike to make sure everyone saw it and realizes how great he is.
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Post by: NoseofRI on September 30, 2009, 12:55:12 PM
- That 165 average with 7 balls, mock hammer shirt, best shoes, you can''''t forget about him having his name on the back his shirt
- The guy in league that after throwing a shot and finishing the frame holds HIS hand out for YOU to give him five and will stand there until you do
- The house rat that is lighting it up that night coming over to you after your 92873493827 wrap, flat, plaque, and ringing 7, 8, 9, and 10-pin left on the night and complaining to you about his carry
- The 230 average house rat that will talk trash all night because he''s out averaging you by 5-10 pins and just beat you by 50+ that night, yet when you challenge him to bowl pots he asks for sticks
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Post by: Crankenstein300 on September 30, 2009, 01:01:29 PM
- The guy that takes a minute or two standing on the approach and never moving, almost like he is waiting for a higher being to take over his body and bowl for him
- The one that motions you and insists that you bowl even though you just stepped up to the return and it's his turn to bowl anyway to keep the correct flow going
- The guy that yells incoherently at the line in a language that sounds like Klingon
- The guy that drinks the entire night and shoots honor scores while barely being able to stand up
- The flirt, that you either have to go hunt down to get to bowl or skip because he's too busy schmoozing with the female bowlers all across the house. 50/50 on if this guy is married too.
- The local ball staffer that you ask technical stuff about concerning the new ball he just got and can't tell you anything about it. "I just got (insert ball driller's name here) to drill it and have no idea what it's going to do."
Post by: trynabbest on September 30, 2009, 01:15:09 PM
Also i find random profanity funny, but not just any random swearing. Its the swearing that happens in that one weird moment that the whole alley is quiet and you hear the clearest expletives you could ever hear lol, and its always awkward for anyone around because even people not near the league heard it lol.
Post by: Monster Pike on September 30, 2009, 01:22:45 PM
The guy that picks up his ball, puts his hand over the air blower then turns & talks to his buddies about the other night or whatever it is they're talking about. Just f-ing bowl & talk after your shot....... He does this at league warmup practice also, holding up lanes for others.
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Post by: eagle101 on September 30, 2009, 01:24:05 PM
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Post by: Xcessive_Evil on September 30, 2009, 02:28:03 PM
1) The guy who is 25 yards past drunk, yet doesn't understand why he's bowling so bad while tripping over everything in a 10-foot radius.
2) The guy who never bowls bad. For him, it's the crappy lanes that made him look bad.
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Post by: MI 2 AZ on September 30, 2009, 02:48:38 PM
It''s Only About Me - Bowler whose every conversation centers around their bowling. This bowler may approach you and ask how you are doing, but before you can reply, they will start to tell you about the bad breaks they are getting and/or how great they are doing. Pray that a teammate calls you to tell you that it''s your turn to bowl as it is the only way to get away unless this is also a Personal Space Invader who will follow you to your lane.
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Post by: jwcorn01 on September 30, 2009, 05:52:03 PM
Post by: guffnuh on September 30, 2009, 06:09:20 PM
the guy that goes 250,120,250 because the second game he changed balls because he didn't carry twice in the first game.
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Post by: Xcessive_Evil on October 06, 2009, 03:37:15 PM
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The guy that runs out strikes on his way to a solid 185
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Post by: DanH78 on October 06, 2009, 05:14:59 PM
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Post by: nerdytoes on October 06, 2009, 05:44:38 PM
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Year 'round shorts guy.
The rules Nazi.
The guy who has a different excuse for every miss.
The guy who compares everything that happens in league to stuff that he once saw on tour. He may have actually been there, or maybe he just watched it on TV.
And this one isn't a single person, but a team. I like to call them "The Village People". That team where everybody either just got off work or is bowling right before work and every bowler is wearing all or part of his work attire. One guy is a painter, one guy is a mailman, and so on.
at least we have a job now a days..
Post by: Atochabsh on October 06, 2009, 08:09:17 PM
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Something that cracks me up is when someone goes brooklyn and then kicks the ball return because it didnt carry... Often I see that.
How about the guy that goes Brooklyn and then expects a hand slap for such a terrible but lucky shot?
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Post by: leftyinsnellville on October 07, 2009, 04:52:08 AM
The other night I watched him throw a shot right in the pocket. As soon as he saw that the 10 pin didn't carry, he started shaking his hand like the ball got stuck on it.
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Post by: Easy10pins on October 07, 2009, 05:52:34 AM
"Powder" - The guy that puts powder on everything.
"Skinner" - The guy that uses way too much Nu-Skin. I think he gets high on the vapors.
"See-Saw" - The guy that see-saws his plastic ball before every shot.
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Post by: DON DRAPER on October 07, 2009, 05:52:46 AM
*the guy who never has any tape for his thumbhole yet always needs to borrow some.
*the guy who always seems to need to borrow a shoe brush yet never buys one.
*the guy who always misses 10 pins yet mumbles he's got to get that plastic ball drilled up.......yet never does.
Post by: AdrianS on October 07, 2009, 07:49:14 PM
Also beware of the 160-170 guys that 'know' everything (small centres are real good at having a couple of these)
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Also beware of the 160-170 guys that ''know'' everything (small centres are real good at having a couple of these)
They may indeed ''know'' everything, but having knowledge does not equal having good execution or having any talent. Not even close. Those of us with no talent have to work much harder and longer than those of you with talent. Even then we tend to hit a ceiling far below your floor. Congratulations. Perhaps you should consider becoming a coach. We don''t have anywhere near enough GOOD coaches.
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Post by: atltnpnr on October 07, 2009, 09:34:24 PM
The individual: They tell you how they bowled. When you ask how many the team won they say "not sure".
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Post by: Spider Man on October 07, 2009, 09:52:19 PM
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- The guy that drinks the entire night and shoots honor scores while barely being able to stand up
- The flirt, that you either have to go hunt down to get to bowl or skip because he's too busy schmoozing with the female bowlers all across the house. 50/50 on if this guy is married too.
I have these two on my team. The drinker likes his Coors Light. And we jokingly call the 'flirt' guy Sniffer.
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Post by: Spider Man on October 07, 2009, 10:08:50 PM
- Likes-to-smoke-guy. He needs to run outside to smoke every other frame b/c the state banned indoor smoking. Every year at the captain''s meeting, random bitching breaks out when the secretary says he''s coming back
- The guy who sets up on the approach than takes two big steps forward - than same two big steps backward (w/o turning around) - and finally he proceeds to the line. This guy always seems to be up when I am.
- Failure-to-launch-guy. The teammate who talks about the waitress all night, every week. And does nothing.
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Post by: NtheDitch on October 07, 2009, 10:29:21 PM
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Post by: Brian Green on October 07, 2009, 10:37:02 PM
The guy who walks to the line with a backswing that doesnt go past his hip, shoots off the corner and tops every shot, starts practice with 2 strikes and tells everyone in the place he's on pace to shoot 840
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Post by: no300tj on October 08, 2009, 03:05:42 PM
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Post by: neverbackdown_x7x on October 09, 2009, 05:21:58 AM
Post by: tc300 on October 09, 2009, 04:09:13 PM
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I take a long time on the approach, prob around 25 sec. Anyway, I love the guy that always seems to bowl close by and slaps out every strike and walks out every double. He usually averages around 190 lol
but im sure that guys team gets done wwwaaaaaaayyyyyy b4 you guys do FYI.... cuase he's not up there di(k'n around.
Post by: ambi1 on October 10, 2009, 07:25:21 AM
then he turns around to check if anyone was watching his ball hook 8 boards on a dry lane.
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Post by: themagician on October 17, 2009, 01:53:19 AM
But I'm sure its been posted but the Body English guy trying to get the ball to move like hes moving is a personal favorite.
Also we have the guy who takes 2 minutes of the approach and then will tell you he rushed a shot by not taking enough time on the approach.
And last but not least the guy that runs the pro shop, has 20 balls, can't even get his own stuff to fit right and has one lucky 299 but is according to him the best bowler and its always the lanes and the house's fault, never his because he is the man. He also has to walk out every shot and says he gets tapped for ever flat ten pin he leaves because he throws the ball 18 mph with no hand.
Hate to rant on about the last guy but I bowl on his team and it just irks me, this is fortunately the last year i'll be bowling with him.
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Post by: No Revs00300 on October 17, 2009, 02:11:27 AM
Post by: BrianCRX90 on October 21, 2009, 04:37:49 PM
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Something that cracks me up is when someone goes brooklyn and then kicks the ball return because it didnt carry... Often I see that.
Your joking right? If this is true then people that do that are really pathetic!
Post by: BrianCRX90 on October 21, 2009, 04:40:44 PM
Post by: BrianCRX90 on October 21, 2009, 04:45:41 PM
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We have this guy in our league, before he throws his first shot he raises the ball as far as he can over his head. Then after his first shot, turns his body parallel to the lane and if he strikes does this dramatic, 5 second arm pump. It's in the motion like he's pulling an invisible bow & arrow. One of the most bizarre things I've ever seen.
wth...we want video! Get a camera and put it on youtube!
Post by: Zanatos1914 on October 21, 2009, 04:46:11 PM
They say every shot was pocket.. LOL
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Post by: Monster Pike on October 21, 2009, 05:01:27 PM
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Post by: global900pbaexp on October 21, 2009, 05:50:40 PM
Or, those league bowlers who keep bowling on the wrong lane and no one
in the bowlinbg alley knowing how to fix the computer score
And, lets not talk about those bowlers who drink 10 cups of
coffee while bowling and leave a nice coffee trail thoughout
the alley
Post by: A_P_K on October 21, 2009, 05:57:56 PM
1. Guy in my Thursday league runs and claps out a strike that hit the head pin dead flush and managed to break up a 7-10 split. Let me not mention he averages 178, oh guess I did mention.
2. Guys in said league as well packing a 195 average who cry the lanes are too dry when they're fluffing the ball up the first arrow of a severe wet dry. Hell I don't want to move myself but you got to go where the shot takes you, even if it's as far left as 37.
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Post by: CHawk15 on October 21, 2009, 05:58:13 PM
1. Guy that treats a $13/wk mixed leauge like the finals of a national PBA event. Every strike he gets is a perfect shot and all of yours are "just luck."
2. "By the book" guy that has to follow the letter of the law instead of the spirit of the law.
Post by: mainzer on October 23, 2009, 05:58:21 PM
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Post by: David Lee Yskes on October 27, 2009, 12:12:46 PM
Or I see the guys on the "big" mens league who walk in with the 6ball donkey roller and barely avg 200.... its like wtf its league and you need 2 balls lol, maybe 3.....
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Post by: jbruno6 on October 27, 2009, 12:56:24 PM
Plaque Kills Guy - these guys don't know the difference between a plaque, or flat, or half 10 pin and a ringing or stone 10. Kicking the machine, meanwhile the 8 pin fell late, and the 6 pin fell in the channel like a feather.
Stories of the past guy - these guys walk around the back of the center screaming how the sport isn't real anymore, it's too easy now, they would average 250 with todays equipment, how they averaged 220 with rubber, bowled action for 20K a game, cashed in the high roller, traveled all over the country with backers, yet the oldtimers still bowling say they stunk anyway, were never good, and don't want to shoe up, because they wouldn't be able to tell their made up stories anymore.
PAP's guy - I love the 160 average guy who knows his PAP, his tilt, axis rotation, RPM's on the CATS, his qubica speed, AMF speed, etc. Also love the 238 average using his friends equipment who doesn't even know his span.
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Post by: Xfest on October 27, 2009, 01:02:37 PM
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Post by: tdub36tjt on October 27, 2009, 01:11:49 PM
Also the guys who take so long they make you not want to be there anymore. It shouldn't take more than 25 seconds to throw a shot EVER....if your not ready let someone who is go.
Post by: majik13 on October 27, 2009, 01:15:21 PM
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Hey, I'm the year round shorts guy.
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Post by: LotsaBalls on October 27, 2009, 01:22:59 PM
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The old guy - This is the guy that takes two minutes to find the right feel in the ball, and then gets his focus and finally throws it and MAYBE strikes once a game..
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Stand left, throw right, and strap it like a trojan!!
I cant stand the punk kid that doesnt respect his elders and crowbars on everything and has never thrown a good shot in his life.
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Post by: Phoneman on October 27, 2009, 01:29:51 PM
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Hey, I'm the year round shorts guy.
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Post by: Xfest on October 27, 2009, 01:40:17 PM
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I hate the people who need and expect lane courtesy during practice...
Also the guys who take so long they make you not want to be there anymore. It shouldn't take more than 25 seconds to throw a shot EVER....if your not ready let someone who is go.
This is the way I meant it.. But i have respect for my elders, I just know when I am next to one on the lane next to me, I should put my ball back on the rack and wait approximately 5 minutes until he's completely done..
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Post by: eagle101 on October 27, 2009, 03:14:59 PM
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Post by: fritorayyy on October 27, 2009, 03:31:16 PM
Post by: JOE FALCO on October 27, 2009, 03:57:58 PM
. Never there when it's their turn to bowl
. Gets up on the approach and starts talking to his team
. After the ball hits the pins and the rack comes down he's still standing at the foul line looking at the pins.
. The guy who takes his young kids with him and allows them to sit with the bowlers.
. The guy who uses a different ball for spares and doesn't have the ball available for his 2nd ball.
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Post by: tc300 on October 27, 2009, 04:28:56 PM
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The old guy - This is the guy that takes two minutes to find the right feel in the ball, and then gets his focus and finally throws it and MAYBE strikes once a game..
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I cant stand the punk kid that doesnt respect his elders and crowbars on everything and has never thrown a good shot in his life.
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well most of the elder bowlers think there $ht dont stink(my area) cause they have bowled xx many of years. why are the youngsters supo kiss there @SS???
Post by: Zanatos1914 on October 27, 2009, 04:57:02 PM
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Post by: BrianCRX90 on October 27, 2009, 04:58:43 PM
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I have a guy on my team who is lets say, is ignorant in the sence he doesnt realize that just because you hit the head pin, he thinks you should always strike. or that when i miss my target by 5 boards and still struck and i come back with a sickly look on my face and shaking my head, he is like well you still struck whats wrong?
Ya that guy is a newb. I shake my head at strikes all the time. I actually try to throw a good shot most all the time and getting lucky all the time from something I did in my release, timing or bad aim or a combination of those and get a lucky strike people ask me what is wrong because it was a strike. They just don't get it! My other favorite is when I know I completely messed up and just stare down the shot and manages to strike. Then it's obvious from my actions I should not have struck. Then the newbs come out that think they are all the sudden experts will say "you sure got lucky on that one" or blah blah. But if I had no emotion and got the same lucky strike they would think it's a perfect shot. SIGH!!!
Post by: LotsaBalls on October 27, 2009, 05:09:07 PM
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The old guy - This is the guy that takes two minutes to find the right feel in the ball, and then gets his focus and finally throws it and MAYBE strikes once a game..
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I cant stand the punk kid that doesn't respect his elders and crowbars on everything and has never thrown a good shot in his life.
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well most of the elder bowlers think there $ht dont stink(my area) cause they have bowled xx many of years. why are the youngsters supo kiss there @SS???
You might understand when you are 60 plus and dont get around so good anymore and it takes you more time to do things. Until that day comes you can kiss mine while your waiting.
Post by: tc300 on October 27, 2009, 05:47:48 PM
Post by: LotsaBalls on October 27, 2009, 07:26:18 PM
Post by: tc300 on October 27, 2009, 08:41:08 PM
Post by: eagle101 on October 28, 2009, 11:26:41 AM
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A bowler on the opposing team shows up with 3 bowing balls (really somthing odd back then), all of them Columbia white dots(one each in Carmel, Burgandy, and Blue). The guy used all 3 balls by the end of the night, played the same line and pretty much had the same scores (165-175) all 3 games. So as he's putting his equipment away I ask him why he uses 3 bowling balls. He tells me that each ball is drilled just a bit differently so that he never has to move from 2nd arrow.
I could be mistaken, but I thought all the white dots of that era had different hardnesses and the were depicted by the color of the ball.
Does anyone know this for sure?
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Post by: Xcessive_Evil on October 28, 2009, 12:26:57 PM
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I'm 29 so I'm not that old and xfest was talking about them being slow,the comment that I responded to. That was you that made the comment about there noses being up in the air. Maybe its because you smell, ever thought of that.
Are you sure you're 29?
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Post by: Urethane Game on October 28, 2009, 12:35:27 PM
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Post by: eagle101 on October 28, 2009, 01:10:25 PM
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I couldn't figure out if this guy was just nutty to think that a white dot drilled slightly different can react that much differently or was he ahead of his time with the wrong equipment?
The guy wasn't that nutty. With different hardnesses, the softer white dots would hook slightly more. Adjusting side and top weight was also a way to get them to hook a little more. So different drillings on different white dots back then would make sense.
Todays white dots are all the same - no matter what color.
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Post by: Xfest on October 28, 2009, 01:16:39 PM
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I'm 29 so I'm not that old and xfest was talking about them being slow,the comment that I responded to. That was you that made the comment about there noses being up in the air. Maybe its because you smell, ever thought of that.
I'm not saying slow, I'm saying where they sit on the approach, with their ball, adjusting and taking their time to throw a ball down the lane. Theres a huge difference to where an older person with bad knees that still likes to get exercise and the person thats older with the ability to bowl but they just take there time for concentration.
As someone said earlier on here, it should take you NO longer than 25 seconds to get on the approach, set up, and throw the ball. Thats a perfect time limit.
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Post by: sluggo35 on October 29, 2009, 02:37:33 AM
Post by: BrunsMike on October 29, 2009, 04:35:23 AM
We have a different kind of guy in leauge tho. I call him the "oops guy". He give's you tip's about your game, usually saying that you need to slow your ball speed down, take rev's off the ball and to play the lane's a lot straighter. Then proceed's to roll his shot 30-5 with 400 rev's and 20mph, if he happen's to strike on the shot he yell's out OOOPS!!!! He does this on every strike and does this to everyone that is a treat to him, some people take his advice and try it only his advice isn't designed to help this other guy's game..
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Post by: BrianCRX90 on October 30, 2009, 09:24:55 AM
Post by: Monster Pike on October 30, 2009, 09:39:14 AM
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One release only guy - palms the ball and sprays it everywhere...gets everything from the good strike to lucky strike to splits. But when he has to convert the 10 pin he's not changing his shot so proceeds to crank it at the 10 pin. Goes in the gutter or hits where the 9 pin would be. Sometimes that same guy will use a plastic spare ball and still does the same thing.
Dam, do you bowl in my league on Thursday nights? We have a few guys like that. No thumbers cranking at everything.... LoL!
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Post by: Maine Man on October 30, 2009, 09:52:13 AM
- The house rat that complains about other house rats.
- The guy who worked all day and couldn't be bothered to at least make an attempt at throwing on some deodorant before bowling.
- Women who come to watch bowling and b!tch that it's too cold in there.
- Anybody who uses ez-slide.
- The people who come up to me during bowling and think I should stop bowling and open up the pro shop for them.
- People that tell me their ball has a "modified RICO drilling" on it.
- Right handed donks who always complain that the left side is "money", yet couldn't hit the same arrow twice in a row to save their soul.
- The one guy in the league you never make eye contact with, but always comes up to you like you're his best friend when all you want to do is stab him with a pencil.
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Post by: cheech on October 30, 2009, 01:11:29 PM
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Post by: sigmaphi9 on October 30, 2009, 01:40:55 PM
Post by: BrianCRX90 on October 30, 2009, 07:36:41 PM
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Post by: NOTHUMB on October 31, 2009, 11:59:29 AM
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The one guy in the league you never make eye contact with, but always comes up to you like you're his best friend when all you want to do is stab him with a pencil.
I have a couple of these guys in my Monday league. The guy is invariably around us and even when he isn't, he comes and finds us.
My personal fav---
"I have to knock anyone who doesn't use their thumb because obviously they know nothing".
Obviously, alot of NOTHUMBer's are clueless. Very true. But I have a newsflash for you----SO ARE ALOT OF GUYS WHO USE THEIR THUMB. Food for thought, not that it changes your mind---because the instant thought is "well he's a NOTHUMBer what does he know...".
My 2nd fav based on frustration---
"The Bowler who should be a poker player". Because every night/game/frame has a bad beat story.
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Post by: laddog54 on October 31, 2009, 02:36:53 PM
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Post by: Rileybowler on October 31, 2009, 03:11:59 PM
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Post by: Rileybowler on October 31, 2009, 03:14:32 PM
The guy who is bowling half way good and you're just waiting for him to miss because you just know he is going to lose it and explode
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Post by: TKelly on October 31, 2009, 06:34:48 PM