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Post by Joshua 'Turbo' Borrow on Sept 21, 2009 20:57:17 GMT -5
i knew i shoulda refraised that
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Post by John Wilson on Sept 22, 2009 7:36:07 GMT -5
The best way to shut up a loudmouth is not to beat him, because in his mind he can't lose and you must have cheated. But they can't say squat when you just clamp them down and let them turn purple and sweaty. (They're always looking at the table, aren't they? And who has veins that big in their forehead?) About the time his buddies are staring open-mouthed like slack-jawed imbeciles you calmy start giving the poor schlub some pointers. "You're a pretty strong guy. You know, if you pull back some it would put pressure on my hand..."
That's when he looks up at you like you crawled from the pit of Hell and then he comes to the stark realization of your total disregard of him. Usually this is when Bubba snatches his hand away and storms off the table, yanks his 'old lady' by the wrist and storms out of the bar. She's always got that "Call me!" look in her eye as he's pulling her through the crowd.
The good news is one of Bubba's buddies usually sticks around to learn something and sometimes gets interested in the sport.
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Post by "VENGEANCE" -David Rivera- on Sept 22, 2009 7:40:54 GMT -5
Or the drunk s.o.b goes outside and waits for you in the parking lot and shoots your ass
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Post by Josh 'Butcher' Bratton on Sept 22, 2009 7:54:09 GMT -5
Or the drunk s.o.b goes outside and waits for you in the parking lot and shoots your ass Sounds like my luck. Been stabbed but not shot yet...
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Post by Hungry Hippo on Sept 22, 2009 9:37:35 GMT -5
This happened to me a couple years ago...One friday night, my buddy that owns a tattoo parlor wanted me to bring my table up there to promote the business by offering a free tattoo to anyone who could beat me. I had fun that night, most of who was pretty cool. However there was this one guy about my size who was eyeballing me the whole night and avoided to make conversation. Well he hung around after the event and one of his buddys said why don't you do it. He said " If I do it, somebody's arm is gonna get broke cause I won't give up, I put everything I can into it." That definately merited an IDA award. We always have those people who try to use "reverse pshycology" to avoid a match with ya. "I don't want to hurt ya", "I've never lost" etc. which usually leads into excuses "My back hurts", "I have an engrown toenail" etc. Guess it also convinces themselves too.
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Post by Chuck Hoffman on Sept 22, 2009 9:57:25 GMT -5
I once did as John was describing with a guy who was just slamming guys into the table he did not care if he hurt these guys My friend told me to go teach him a lesson so I walked up and offered him a match he unloaded like a bull but had nothing after that I held him straight up and he would not give so I eased him down with a smile he walked around telling everybody he had never been beat by a normal person my friend asked him if he was calling me abnormal he then shut up and left
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Jared Cook
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Post by Jared Cook on Sept 22, 2009 10:17:18 GMT -5
The best way to shut up a loudmouth is not to beat him, because in his mind he can't lose and you must have cheated. But they can't say squat when you just clamp them down and let them turn purple and sweaty. (They're always looking at the table, aren't they? And who has veins that big in their forehead?) About the time his buddies are staring open-mouthed like slack-jawed imbeciles you calmy start giving the poor schlub some pointers. "You're a pretty strong guy. You know, if you pull back some it would put pressure on my hand..."e That's when he looks up at you like you crawled from the pit of Hell and then he comes to the stark realization of your total disregard of him. Usually this is when Bubba snatches his hand away and storms off the table, yanks his 'old lady' by the wrist and storms out of the bar. She's always got that "Call me!" look in her eye as he's pulling her through the crowd. The good news is one of Bubba's buddies usually sticks around to learn something and sometimes gets interested in the sport. Been there. If you pin them, then they always find ways to say you "cheated"...but if you just hold them they can't say too much. It's pretty funny when the local bada$$ who has "never been beat" (and weighs 50 pounds more than you) hits you with everything he has and you just give him the "is that all you've got?" look. That takes the wind out of their sails pretty fast. It's even better when that happens right handed and then you tell them..."my right arm is my weak one...i'm actually a lot stronger left handed." That really freaks them out. That's when you find out what kind of person they really are...do they get mad and leave...or do they say "hey, could you show me a few things?"
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Post by Coley Jones on Sept 22, 2009 23:44:51 GMT -5
We have quite a few of the "never been beat" guys in my state as you could imagine. Plenty to pull if one is up for it. One of them, about 40 yrs old, wanted to wager $1,000 to go righty a few months back. My friend called me down to the pub where he was to get it going, and I declined the bet. But...we pulled.....I should've laid down the cash....damn the lack of courage.
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Post by Mike Drew on Sept 24, 2009 15:55:40 GMT -5
Well said Josh out comes the money and there no where to be found.
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