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dicnic

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Don'tcha hate it when you ........
« on: January 07, 2009, 09:10:25 AM »
really screw up? Second game last night was really close. Prior to throwing my first ball in the 10th, I watch the other anchor bowl and then calculate what I need to do to win. My poor old brain says, "two strikes and a few pins will do it!"  So I get the first two strikes, then, thinking the game was in the bag, throw a weak 7 count, not really trying.

Then everybody on both teams start screaming, "WE TIED!!!!!"

Holy crap, I not only miscalculated, I threw that crappy, not caring shot, thinking we won.

Take a lesson, folks, not only should one calculate correctly, but regardless, always throw your best shot.
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Re: Don'tcha hate it when you ........
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2009, 05:17:09 PM »
LOL That reminds me of the time I left a Greek Church on my fill ball, which meant my opponent only needed 1 pin on his fill ball to beat me. Lucky for me, he threw a gutter and we tied. That was pathetic, but it gave us a good laugh afterwards.
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Re: Don'tcha hate it when you ........
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2009, 08:32:43 PM »
I have did this 2 times this year shooting for 600..... both times I grabbed someone elses ball and figured good fill will get me 6....... 2 times craaaaaaank the snot out of it thinkin big boomin hook and 2 time dropped it into the gutter for 599 once, and 595 the second time...........

can you say DUMB.......................... fill in the blank...........

I can and I DID.........
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FAILURE IS FEEDBACK. AND FEEDBACK IS THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS THAT GOT DIGESTED!

Ten pin?????? Where?? I throw a BUZZSAW there is NUTTIN left on the deck...

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Member of the FOS, if there happens to be a 9 pin standing just toss a saw and cut it down~~!

dukeblue87

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Re: Don'tcha hate it when you ........
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2009, 08:50:35 PM »
Iv'e done the same thing before.  Threw the first 2 in the tenth... knew i only needed a few pins.  Through the ball down the middle and got 4 through the face.  Our team lost by a pin.... Whoops!
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Re: Don'tcha hate it when you ........
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2009, 12:57:22 AM »
I lost a game last night by 7 pins because i dumped it in the gutter in the 10th following a spare

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Re: Don'tcha hate it when you ........
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2009, 01:20:50 AM »
Needed 9/3 to win once.

Got 9/2. Tie game.

Try getting 2 on purpose sometime. My team captain wanted to kill me.

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