Win $100 For Your Talents

One Pocket Ghost said:

Any poets who want to pm me to discuss a saver, feel free to .....:heh


- Ghost

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NH Steve said:

One Pocket

Our passion, this discipline
Not that we fall in line
Eight soldiers in step
Partners in crime
Our game, it’s a war
Cerebral in nature
Knowhow, know when, know why
Easy to say, not so easy
To execute in play

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Cowboy Dennis said:

Unless someone rocks my world in the next 45 minutes then this entry is the winner of the contest. It was very difficult to choose between all of the ones I liked. Bille, V-Man, Miller, Clare, Ghosty and so many others were so good that I really hate to narrow it down to one but I must.

The check will be in the mail tomorrow barring a late entry that just kills it.

Thanks to all who participated, I knew you had it in you.

Dennis

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Cowboy Dennis said:

Unless someone rocks my world in the next 45 minutes then this entry is the winner of the contest. It was very difficult to choose between all of the ones I liked. Bille, V-Man, Miller, Clare, Ghosty and so many others were so good that I really hate to narrow it down to one but I must.

The check will be in the mail tomorrow barring a late entry that just kills it.

Thanks to all who participated, I knew you had it in you.

Dennis

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One Pocket Ghost said:

Boy am I ever glad now, that Steve pm'ed me wanting to do a $50 saver - and I agreed...

- Geaust

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Cowboy Dennis said:

Unless someone rocks my world in the next 45 minutes then this entry is the winner of the contest. It was very difficult to choose between all of the ones I liked. Bille, V-Man, Miller, Clare, Ghosty and so many others were so good that I really hate to narrow it down to one but I must.

The check will be in the mail tomorrow barring a late entry that just kills it.

Thanks to all who participated, I knew you had it in you.

Dennis

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Clare said:

Hey, I miss you guys. Gotta quit all this working. LOL

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Cowboy Dennis said:

Yeah, then all you'd need is a girlfriend who has a job and you could be a poolplayer

RBL

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Clare said:

I'm considering that. :lol Not a bad fit,though, eh? Pro pool player and hard-working girlfriend? Could very well work out.


All you need is love (and money),
Clare

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lll said:

i think alot of us out here might say
"i got the love if you got the money"
jk clare
larry

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Clare said:

I'm considering that. :lol Not a bad fit,though, eh?


Clare

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Cowboy Dennis said:

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, lesbian poolplayers.

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Cowboy Dennis said:

Yeah, then all you'd need is a girlfriend who has a job and you could be a poolplayer

RBL

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Clare said:

Dennis, you need to understand something. A pro pool player does NOT have the time or energy for a real job. Reminds me of a question that a girlfriend asked me back in the day. She queried, "What does Jimmy do every day?" I responded, "Well, you know the kind of things that most people do for leisure, or fun, like play pool, golf, play cards, play backgammon, sleep, watch, TV....well, that's what Jimmy does every day." She just gave me a funny look. Stupidly, she decided to dig a little dipper. She want on to ask, "Well, where does he get money from?" I simply told her that she just wouldn't get it. She was way too square to comprehend. :sorry

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lll said:

clare i comprehend
when pool is your job
you play every day
duh???
Not necessarily.
the caveat is
you have to be better than everyone you play
Covered.
or
make games where you can win and do win all your match ups
Not always.

dont take your winnings and lose them at the track or the card room
This is where a little problem creeps in.
whats so hard about that:heh

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sunnyone said:

the vaquero has spoken; thus spake the buckaroo.

in fact, i found the winning entry in this poetry competition to be completely adequate. for this type of thing. in this context. under these circumstances.

in my exit-polling of several friends, i learned there is a consensus as to why i didn’t triumph in this particular tournament.

the answer begins with ‘t’ and that’s a capital ‘T’ and that stands for Talent.

1) talent that i don’t have.

b) talent that others do.

‘smile though your heart is aching, smile even though ...’

beaming bravely through dismal despondency is my life,

sunny

p. s. i suppose it would be mean-minded not to thank cowboy denise for both creating the contest and for providing the purse.

p. p. s. it’s just a silly little competition and it doesn’t bother me in the least that i didn’t win!

p. p. p. s. but -- for the sake of some hurting-poets who, prostrate in fetal-position grief, and in danger of cranial injury from tumbling from their stained, sagging couches -- i asked a completely independent professional literary analyst to evaluate all of the poetic submissions herein. this is her totally unbiased assessment ...

p. p. p. p. s. hello, this is not sunny writing this. i am a completely independent professional literary analyst merely appraising the poetry in this particular thread.

from an unimpeachably impartial perspective, it is obvious that sunny’s entries should have come in:

number one,
two,
three,
four,
and tied for fifth.

this is my solemn, neutral perspective and this is not sunny typing this.

p. p. p. p. p. s. hi! sunny back again ... i hope this challenge becomes an annual event!

p. p. p. p. p. p. s. ‘bitter berries’ can be translated as ‘sour grapes.’ cliffsnotes for additional references are available for a nominal fee.

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Jimmy B said:

I read all of the entries multiple times because I get off on things like that. Anyway the assortment of poems by You and Red Card were very enjoyable and I liked them a lot, but there were several others that were real good too, but I just remember you two doing a variety of great entries. Anyway the vaquero has indeed spoken (I caught the cowboy denise remark) and he is more than a fair hand with a pistol, as R Boone would say to Hombre. I'm watching closing arguements in the Conrad Murray trial. Damnnn I would hate for that prosecuter to be stalking my ass. That Ryan Seacrest looking mullafkr is relentless, isn't he. ouch. Don't get despondent. I am thinking about sponsoring a writing contest to the tune of at least $300 (probably more) if Steve says it's ok. I need a good idea of what to go for though. I thought about war stories concerning one pocket but have these long timers already told all of them they know?? I think some new people came in here because of this contest so maybe anothern with more money would work, not to upstage RBl (he'll probably win it). Maybe Artie Bodendorfer will come back to enter (ola Artie te quiero). Freddy The Beard has fantastic writing skills and he can win if he really wanted to. Anyway if somebody has any good ideas let me know because necesito me jorar mi vida. I got to learn spanish by tonight.Hey baby que pasO??? Buenos noches. See ya in Boystown....

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sunnyone said:

the vaquero has spoken; thus spake the buckaroo.

in fact, i found the winning entry in this poetry competition to be completely adequate. for this type of thing. in this context. under these circumstances.

in my exit-polling of several friends, i learned there is a consensus as to why i didn’t triumph in this particular tournament.

the answer begins with ‘t’ and that’s a capital ‘T’ and that stands for Talent.

1) talent that i don’t have.

b) talent that others do.

‘smile though your heart is aching, smile even though ...’

beaming bravely through dismal despondency is my life,

sunny

p. s. i suppose it would be mean-minded not to thank cowboy denise for both creating the contest and for providing the purse.

p. p. s. it’s just a silly little competition and it doesn’t bother me in the least that i didn’t win!

p. p. p. s. but -- for the sake of some hurting-poets who, prostrate in fetal-position grief, and in danger of cranial injury from tumbling from their stained, sagging couches -- i asked a completely independent professional literary analyst to evaluate all of the poetic submissions herein. this is her totally unbiased assessment ...

p. p. p. p. s. hello, this is not sunny writing this. i am a completely independent professional literary analyst merely appraising the poetry in this particular thread.

from an unimpeachably impartial perspective, it is obvious that sunny’s entries should have come in:

number one,
two,
three,
four,
and tied for fifth.

this is my solemn, neutral perspective and this is not sunny typing this.

p. p. p. p. p. s. hi! sunny back again ... i hope this challenge becomes an annual event!

p. p. p. p. p. p. s. ‘bitter berries’ can be translated as ‘sour grapes.’ cliffsnotes for additional references are available for a nominal fee.

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