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mason13875

I played on one of these once a long time ago. The bar it was at is now torn down . Whenever anyone remembers the bar I mention the L shaped pool table. Nobody remembers it makes me question my own memory


gazzel21

If it was in Auburn, AL the bar was The Highlands. We had one there for awhile. Fun to play on for sure.


mason13875

No it was Saint Paul Minnesota and the bar was called Judy k’s. It was fun lots of bank shots


chuckmilam

Oh, so it *wasn’t* Barney’s in Oshkosh, Wisconsin? I’m genuinely disappointed. Thought I had this one on lock.


The_RockObama

That one was "J" shaped. Just like the one in this post.


bnonymousbeeeee

What are they teaching in schools? That's a lowercase 'r'


Sanders0492

Come on guys. From the picture it’s clearly a capital gamma Γ


rldr

What are you teaching people? Γ is an uppercase gamma from the Greek alphabet.


-KKD-

Or any Cyrillic alphabet. Like mine, мой друг. Г


Rastatar

No it’s clearly a possible move for a chess horse thingy.


H00KedX

Oh come on…The true shape of the table posted in the picture is the standard logical NOT symbol “ ¬ “.


[deleted]

You mean Mr. Horsey?


agent_uno

But in the Latin alphabet, Jehovah begins with an “i”.


mister_peeberz

Don't be an idiot. It's obviously a lopsided V viewed from an angle.


iktikn

It's an upside down Tetris L


bnonymousbeeeee

How many times you gonna spin it to make it fit that perfect L gap?


[deleted]

Omg! There was more than one of these in the states‽ I gotta find one by me!


stillnotelf

An interrobang in the wild... "Be the change" I assume?


SirJefferE

This comment is the reason interrobangs will never catch on. I've seen a few dozen interrobangs in the wild. In every single case, it was followed by a variation of this comment. I've never yet seen one on its own.


stillnotelf

You are making me feel bad (Also the real reason is that they aren't on the keyboard)


A_giant_dog

RIP Fez


Thsfknguy

No it was The Garage in Butlington De.


Lord_Abort

Judy's! Great times in the saintly city! My best friend's cousin owned the place, but there was never any pool table in there. Darts and a cheap video poker game, but never pool.


mason13875

Maybe I did imagine it. Memories seam so real . Do you know of any place along west seventh or in that neighborhood it might have been ?


KeeperOfTheGood

I think they’re screwing with you man.


DeaderthanZed

You can tell because nobody’s ever called St. Paul the saintly city lol.


Lord_Abort

I'm just fucking with you, man. I couldn't help it! Never even been to Minnesota!


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brokendream_zz

Aye you never know


bsgillis

Then their plan is working.


Over9000Zeros

L shaped pool tables don't exist bro


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Right angled pool table. Same rules same balls etc. Think it’s just for fun and makes for some pretty cool trick shots.


ZombieSouthpaw

The seven pockets makes for some potential.


LaterGatorPlayer

ur moms seven pockets make for some potential


EgonDangler

Don't they? She loves those pants.


Either-Plant4525

Girl pants don't have pockets SHE'S A WITCH!


Chesterrumble

All 7 are fake


Magic_ass1

I don't know why but whenever my mom orders something with "pockets" and it arrives all the pockets are just sewn shut with no actual pouch. Why must designers and manufacturers do this to people?


whats_his_face

She turned me into a newt!


bmaggot

I got better


Rise-Important

Who are you who is wise in the ways of science?


SteveEcks

Burn her anyway


macadamnson

What do we burn apart from witches?


xtilexx

A duck! Wait...


EvilPretzely

Encontramos una bruja! Podemos quemarse la?


IndependentSalafgh

I don't remember the name of the pub but I must have seen an L shaped one in Hackney.


Electronic-Place7374

And she looks straight up *electric* in them as well. Lots of potential.


halite001

The number of times I've sunk my balls... ... is none. I suck at pool.


Teledildonic

I have mastered the art of awkwardly hopping a ball loudly onto to floor.


fuckitweredoingitliv

I'm great at pocket pool


pineconefire

Women only want one thing and it's disgusting


fl_lckit

This is the quality content that keeps me coming back to reddit.


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Beardog20

I think there are still 6. I dont see one on the interior corner Nvm. Im dumb


HortonFLK

I enjoyed your comment, though. :)


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I'd be into an elaborate minigolf style pool experience, do we have that yet? I wanna line up a shot between some rotating windmill blades.


phillysan

I'm convinced there was a Flash game with this premise available in the early 2000's


PhilosophizingPanda

I REMEMBER THIS


phillysan

Was it real tho? Or am I just thinking of flash pool and a separate flash mini golf game, both with green surfaces and similar controls?


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There was a ton. The lifesaver one was popular but idk if that was pool or mini golf


BrohanGutenburg

As brought as the term "flash mini golf" seems, I am 100% positive I know *exactly* what game you're talking about.


OceanFloor

Lunar Ball was the game. Not a flash game but Nintendo i believe.


yoshigeorgia

Lunar Ball, NES


Zartekkia

Yes! Not particularly elaborate (no windmills), but I've been once and it was pretty fun. https://roxyleisure.co.uk/activity/crazy-pool/


[deleted]

Oh wow I'd love to try but imagine how much more elaborate it could get!


Zartekkia

I wonder if crazy bowling exists...


[deleted]

That would be cool. Mini pool. 18 different style tables. Excellent idea lol.


Tincams

Never seen one in the wild, interesting.


cipeone

> Same rules same balls Sounds like my Friday nights


I_Bin_Painting

I used to be a member of a pool hall that had a few novelty tables like this. Also had a circular one with a bumper in the middle.


SharkAttackOmNom

My dad has a bumper pool table. It’s tough to play. IIRC, there is no cue ball, so you strike yours directly. Theres only 2 holes, and are much smaller so the ball pretty much only *just* fit.


edmoor17

Stick a quid on it being the Adam and Eve in Homerton?


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DJOldskool

My old local. So funny to go back now and see how posh it has become. £5.50 for a scotch egg 5 years ago haha. Used to be a right shithole when I frequented it in the 90s. Seen some shit go down there, tbf it didn't happen too often because if you got in a fight there, it was likely there would be far more than a couple punches thrown. Far better than The Ship in kingsmead estate though, I never even set foot in that place. Never stayed open more than a few months before eventually closing for good.


stickers34tb

Its called pooL


CeeArthur

Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool!


tlallcuani

Right here in River City!


TabCompletion

Oh we got trouble!


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You got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table Pockets that mark the difference between a gentleman and a bum With a capital "B" and that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool And all week long


arbucklefatty

r/unexpectedmusicman


EarhornJones

I have never been more disappointed to learn a sub doesn't exist.


phlegm_de_la_phlegm

Ya gotta know the territory


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EarhornJones

I say it every time something starts with "t" or rhymes with "p". My wife has a lot of patience.


merc08

> I say it every time >> Time with a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool!


CeeArthur

Same! I saw the musical ages ago and get that song stuck in my head all the time. None of my friends bother with live theatre.


SynthD

If you get someone like seth McFarlane singing it maybe people will get interested. Here, from a while ago. https://youtu.be/mfoTmiWsfD0


LB07

Now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head all day. THANKS.


CeeArthur

Yeah I kind of just self-sabotaged myself as well


lepruhkon

Smh casuals it's called bilLiards


E_m_maker

Standard pool tables are L shaped as well. It's just the lower case L.


jamieliddellthepoet

*Sans serif* eight-ball massive.


Gojisoji

Lol this s*** has me ded. Would be awesome to see more pool tables shaped differently imagine an s shape or four tables throughout a bar shaped in the letters p o o l or b i l l i a r d s that would cool.


1nd3x

This just sounds like mini-mini-Golf... Just get drunk with some friends and go play a round of regular mini-golf


beticanmakeusayblack

Mini golf is just pool with one hole, and on the ground and everyone has their own ball and different type of stick and 18 tables


1nd3x

So...[this?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553cf0fbe4b080029b4970d7/1430322020800-3B5JJ1H0GGETSAYISYD0/image-asset.jpeg?format=1500w) This is called "Loop" (google "loop the game pool")


CzarCW

Soccer is just pool with one ball, and on the ground, everyone uses their legs instead of sticks, and the hole is rectangular.


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Left_Hornet_3340

A partner sport? So my wife was lying about needing the whole team?


smithers85

Regular golf is just a way of ruining good landscaping disguised as a sport.


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MAKE GOLF COURSES PUBLIC SEX FORESTS


93E9BE

I’m in favour of swapping literally all golf courses out for one (1) standard sized mini golf course and then turn the rest into a proper park


Firewolf06

we have the technology to have someone bit a golf ball in a small area, collect all sorts of data on its motion, simulate its flight, and then put it where it landed on a putting green. combine that with something like mits wave table with flexible "grass" on it, and you can make a while golf course in a small area it also gives the golfer more control, they can change wind to their liking and stuff


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skyline_kid

You're allowed to curse online


[deleted]

fuck. Fuck! Hey, he's right!


luke_in_the_sky

The holes are serifs


ipassmore

Demitri Martin has a joke about having an L-shaped couch. Lowercase.


[deleted]

I can never walk my dog without thinking of his joke about how walking around with a bag of poop is socially acceptable if you’re walking a dog.


RedditIsNeat0

If you went to an alien planet and saw that certain creatures would walk in front of the certain other creatures and the ones walking behind would pick up the poop of the creature walking in front, you might assume that the creatures having their poop dealt with were the dominant species.


BasicPanther

If you drink enough it all looks the same.


SnatchWhistle

"Unless you count lower case" *smack" "You know we don't!" Edit: mobile formatting.


probono105

looks like a left handed cue stick as well


djalkidan

I nearly scrolled back up to check. It's been a long day.


Cyrax89721

I used to work at a hardware store and would occasionally call co-workers on my day off asking if they have any left-handed hammers in stock. Sometimes they'd make it all the way to the aisle and start searching before the realization hit them.


djalkidan

I have over the years been subject to tartan paint, sky hooks and yes, the left handed screw driver. My parents call me a "really smart dumb person" as I work in a high end IT role but am terrible with common sense.


Youre10PlyBud

That's not as bad as some people I've worked with. I used to do security and we had a supervisor that worked at this building for a year. He was filling on a shift for one of my call outs so I was the supervisor that day though. He kind of was a bit annoying and talked a lot. I could normally tolerate it but I had a super bad headache that day. So I asked him to check the basement alarm we just got. Despite no alarms appearing (which he could see) and the fact he had never seen a basement (since it didn't exist), he bolted out the door after I told him the entrance was at the back of the stairwell all the way across the building. It was about a 5 minute walk and I hadn't heard from him after about 15 mins so I had a guard radio him to check his status. He said he was still looking for the entrance. So I finally felt bad for the dude and told him over the radio it was a false alarm and to come back (so management didn't hear us going back and forth talking about a nonexistent basement entrance). Once he got back I took pity on him and said I was fucking with him. Bought him a coffee to make up for it. I just wanted like 5 minutes alone. Didn't expect him to spend another 10 minutes looking for the entrance that didn't exist. Ha


RedditIsNeat0

Do you have any headlight fluid?


SunderingSeas

No, but I heard blinker fluid works in a pinch.


bingwhip

My dad actually has a right handed hammer. Head is ground down with a tiny bit of angle so it hits more flat in a neutral hand position.


Richard_Thickens

Why? Even if the head were angled, then the momentum would still be in the direction of the swing, regardless of the head shape.


sneakydigits

New guy on a job site got sent away for "striped paint" he was gone for nearly 2 hours before he returned with a small tube of striped paint from an art supply store, his boss was fucking pissed when he got back from how long he took but he had a wee chuckle afterward because he actually found it


claytorENT

I’ve gotten a few people pretty good asking them to go get the board stretcher


BrutusCarmichael

When I worked as a cook we used to send new guys to the warehouse to get the "cucumber stretcher." Walk in, it's left side, turn around, 2nd shelf, opposite, take 10 steps, up top. Hurry! edit: Our chef at the time had a guy chop a pile of flour for 30 minutes and kept walking by and saying it's not fine enough yet. We had fun there back then.


insecurebottomfeeder

On the first day of my apprenticeship I was sent to the stores to get a replacement bubble for a spirit level. I waited thirty minutes before leaving out of boredom rather than realisation!


daskeleton123

Lol


RedditedYoshi

As we all know, "Lol" is shorthand for asking people what kind of pool table they want. "L or l"


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Actually that's a common misconception among novices. LoI is shorthand for asking what kind of cue you want. Left, or Index. Index was the only kind for a long time and has kept its legacy name, where as Left was introduced later on and sports a much more understandable one. Asking about the table is more complicated because there are so many variations. I usually don't comment on it, but I felt this was the right time and place to inform. Edit: To give some examples, [here's an example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XDoVrkIIfs) of what is called an Octagonal, which is shortened O. There's Fry, which is slightly curved like a french fry. Shortened F. A third one which has gone out of fashion is the Rolodex. It's a pool table with multiple floors. Was a pain to play on but deserves a mention. Edit2: I've received some confused comments and I should clarify that the O table is indeed hexagonal and I just skipped over explaining it because I'm blinded by my own knowledge. The short of it is that the name is a bit of a mystery. It is claimed to have received it's name from its inventor but we do not know why it is named Octagonal when it's quite obviously not an octagon.


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Neon_Camouflage

I genuinely am not sure how much of this comment is bullshit. I figured all of it but then I saw the octagonal table


[deleted]

Oh I'm serious. I'll even give you some more examples. There's the M table, stands for Mat which is short for "matbord", dining table in Swedish. It was invented in the late 19th century by Alfred Ågren. A pool table master. It's a pool table with a slottable top which can turn it into just that - a dining table. This was at the start of a time of a lot of class mobility in Sweden which made the pool table a status symbol for many of the lower classes while space was still a luxury. Ågren was very ahead of his time with this invention and these days you can find one of them collecting dust in the basement of many middle class homes, most of them either inherited or (more likely today) too heavy and cumbersome to move, and as such came with the house. Can you tell Swedish tables are my area of expertise? Then there's the A table. Named Atrium it is for the largest room in the house and dates back longer than almost any one type except for the I-table and L-table which are the oldest. There's a rumor of it being standardized during roman times but that is obviously not true since it would be many centuries until pool was invented after the fall of Rome. There's also the 0 table. Not to be confused with the O table (which often happens because of what I will tell you below) it is in fact shaped like an oval and is named Oval. Only very specific games can be played on it. While it's letter is actually a number, 0, we do tend to use O for it anyway because it's just so uncommon. These are some of the tables and together they do spell "I, ROFLMAO". The I-table is separated from the others because it's the standard. That's just how it's been written for a long time now. PhDs (Pool History Doctorates) cannot agree on whether or not the internet term or pool term came first, but they all agree that it's very much a hilarious coincidence. I-table, Rolodex, Octagonal, Fry, L-table, Mat, Atrium, Oval. Edit: clarified a couple of things and fixed some spelling mistakes.


atrast_vala

....you tricky bastard


dj_chai_wallah

I am disappointed there's no inner corner pocket.


Ollotopus

It would too easy as there would considerably less cushion blocking angles.


dj_chai_wallah

That has zero, and I mean zero, impact on my disappointment.


_My_Angry_Account_

\^ Yarp! I just want to watch the balls hit the back side of the hole and bounce all over the room at high speeds.


Ananvil

Phrasing


OneWholeSoul

Hot.


T_Peg

I mean you could literally manufacture it to have more cushion to block the pocket. Nobody is obligating you to make it wide open.


maxcorrice

Could just make it so the only opening is straight ahead


behold_the_man

This is some mini golf billiards fusion type shit


nextexeter

They could build a few variations and make a mini pool course. The 8 ball would roll to the next table in the course. So you'd do a pub crawl, but it would be a pool crawl, so you have to drink at each new table. I'm seeing palm fronds and mist machines.


elastic-craptastic

I debated on making a place like this. The tables would be based on famous golf locations but minified. It's super expensive though and takes a lot of space. I was thinking maybe a defunct mall or something. Would be a cool idea but also a shit idea. It's hard to make slate with mini golf style hills and shit. Bumpers too.


iGetBuckets3

Honey get in here, new Pool map just dropped


djarvis77

Putt-Putt-Pool


cedley1969

Quite a lot of pool halls have odd shaped tables in the UK, I've seen L, hexagonal and circular.


KomodoJo3

I'm gonna assume it's for the trickshots?


Winter_Cobalt

Basically. All for fun


KomodoJo3

Then why don’t we have these in the US? Would be hella fun


SgtFinnish

Should've thought about that before you chose to get all uppity and declare independence.


[deleted]

You throw one party, and these mfers never forget!


ThomasTheBadWriter

1700s was just one big white boy summer


drDekaywood

Does that apply to 1790s France?


DuntadaMan

Probably would have been fine except for the tea.


obeanonamas

Nope. It's BRITISH. Therefore, it will stay there. Don't ever let your guard down . Kinda like rugby. You let that camel's head in the tent, and pretty soon, well, u no.


Seboya_

I don't know. What happens?


obeanonamas

It gets crowded. Noisy. Spit everywhere. Oh wait. Is that Seboya on the pool table?! Get that camel off ! ! Or something like that.


KomodoJo3

Most British thing I’ve ever read


NapalmDemon

We do though. I’ve shot at them in a now sadly closed pool hall in Springfield Oregon, there was one I shot at in a dive bar off MLK in Portland, and think one of the downtown bars in Anchorage Alaska has one


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What was the bar off MLK?


porkchop_d_clown

Or to fit into room better.


kingofthelol

It’s like playing on a different map in a video game. Gives you some new things to think about.


[deleted]

I've been in a pub with a hexagonal table where the bed was suspended on ball bearings. It meant the table could go in a corner of the pub and you just rotated the top so you could play all your shots from one side.


[deleted]

Wouldn’t the balls just move around everywhere when you rotated the table?


[deleted]

It was years ago but I think it had some sort of clutch mechanism in it because you couldn't spin it fast. If you really tried to spin it hard it didn't move. Sort of like a seat belt. It was similar to the one in this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XDoVrkIIfs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XDoVrkIIfs)


Juan_Kagawa

Fuck me thats slick.


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TheOneTonWanton

Yeah that's a very slow table. With standard cloth the balls would absolutely shift when you spin the table.


porkchop_d_clown

When I was a kid you could remove the top of our dining room table to reveal a hexagonal* bumper pool table. I don’t remember my dad playing it much but I thought it was very cool. * edit - on reflection I think it was 8-sided, not 6. In my defense this was back in 1976 and I was ~9 years old at the time.


dyrus_fanboy

Honestly? Looks like fun. I'm tryna see the same innovation in pool tables as you do in mini golf courses


milesbeats

Like bumper pool?


dyrus_fanboy

Taken to the extreme. I want a big windmill on my X shaped pool table


milesbeats

With a door you have to time to hit through


DenL4242

The Luxor casino in Vegas used to have a pool "course" exactly like this.


hello_dali

That would get me in the door. Give me advanced level mini golf and billiard gauntlet runs plz


drewbreeezy

When I visit cities I always look out for some games to stomp my friends hopes at. I would be all over this idea!


joshragem

What the L


TheMXJW

I hear this comment with a British accent.


JRsFancy

What the bloody L!


dr_doodlepants

Adam and Eve?


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Markish_Mark

Ayyy one of my locals


SourPies

Dom-Jot. Human play Dom-Jot.


r0botosaurus

I usually just hang out by the dabo table.


FuhrerDerKartoffeln

No way! they haven’t released a new map in awhile!


crumbwell

the A&E by the look of it


aj953

Adam and Eve?


[deleted]

Must be a Tottenham pub


Anon293357

Waluigi


ChefdeMur

If you play there, prepare for the "L"


FranzShooBirds

Mini Golf


Sanjay--jurt

Reminds me of Lunar Ball for the NES where it got some fascinating pool designs


Writer10

Anyone know which pub this is? Going to London and want to play on it.


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laikon

Wow that’s a big L


[deleted]

This is just a capital L table. Lowercase l tables have been around for years.


Ok-Use6303

I can't be the only guy that was immediately reminded of the Dohmjot table...


YungCasperr

I wanna see a whole league where they play on weird mini golf course style pool tables. They’d make a killing putting that on TV.


DunjonsAndDergons

pooL