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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Gabriel94509 on March 05, 2009, 10:39:09 AM
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So last night i was subbing on my girlfriends team for a teammate who is injured. Two of the guys we were bowling against went outside for a "cigarette break" between the second and third game. They came back absolutely reeking of pot smoke. When we questioned them about it they kinda gave us a "whats the big deal about smoking some weed" comments. What i'm wondering is there a USBC rule pertaining to this and can they get in trouble for it?
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That gives whole new meaning to bowling "pot games" after league...
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Mellow out, dude.
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Considering pot smokers smell like crap after they smoke it, nothing like having to put up with the smell from them for a game or so.
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so whats the difference between bowling against a stoner or a drunk. (i set this one up). but form real I've bowled against someone that had a hell of a beer buzz going on . he was a real POS. i told him i didn't like the way your talking to me are my teammates , asked me what i was going to do about it . told him i don't beat up drunks not another word came out of his mouth. i know there are stoners out there on league . there scores are HIGH.
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is there a USBC rule pertaining to this and can they get in trouble for it?
Well, hmm, it kind of is against the law, so, yeah, technically they can get in trouble.
One thing is certain: they're not serious about their bowling, they are just there to occupy space and time.
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I'm sure there's a "for-the-good-of-the-game" clause that covers this tangentially, but yeah, the law ought to be able to take care of this.
Along that same note (minor threadjack), I wonder if that same USBC rule covers someone who drinks so much during bowling that they become a real -- and I mean REAL -- problem?
The only time I've had experience with either, a guy got so drunk on our league he literally fell down on the approach a couple of times. He still didn't get kicked out, though, until his equally-drunk friend hit on the wife of one of our more violent redneck good-ol-boys and nearly touched off a small riot.
Jess
Edited on 3/5/2009 8:26 PM
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i got 2 teammates the smoke b4 and in between games... LOL you can smell that hydro in the pockets!!
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And why would you care if they smoked pot during league play?
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No issue here, they are doing it outside. Is it illegal, yes. But so is drinking and driving. Are you gonna police the parking lot for people who drive home after a few pitchers of beers??
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Are you gonna police the parking lot for people who drive home after a few pitchers of beers??
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Separate issue, but yes, I wish that happened more often. Drunk driving is nothing to downplay.
In general, some people are pretty serious about laws of society being followed. Get pot legalized and there's not a problem anymore. Until it's that way, however, people are going to be expected to abide by it.
From my personal perspective, as a teammate, I don't bowl with people who get f'ed up when they bowl, whether it's drugs, alcohol or whatever. I don't require them to carry a certain average but I do want them paying attention to what they're doing and trying. The guys who want to turn bowling into a bar with bowling balls have it wrong. One of my current teammates drinks while bowling, but stays sober and that's not a problem.
Jess
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uhh I dont think there is a USBC rule against it but there is a LAW against it. lol
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Law against speeding also but people ignore the mess out of that too. IMHO I would say to them "hey I smell the weed on ya, stay away from the cops that bowl here". He will be so paranoid to bowl good and you will win the games.
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why would i care if they smoked pot during league play? Well I guess i forgot to add that it is a FAMILY LEAGUE! very innapropriate to say the least.
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Too bad they didn't offer you any. Bummer dude...

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Law against speeding also but people ignore the mess out of that too.
That seems to be the default answer for any pro-legalism argument, whether it's pot, prostitution, etc. Fact is society has prioritized what it will accept and what it won't, and what they'll look the other way with, or what things it considers "not really that bad after all."
Fair? Maybe not, but that's not the point. The point is, it just is.
Jess
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Good point Jess. Thing is I don't smoke (weed or anything else), don't go to prostitutes either, do gamble and speed on rare occasions.
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We have a team like that in my league. it's horrible. You can smell them 4-5 pairs down. 4 out of 5 of them are above 200 average. the pot relaxes them so they just throw the ball.
Personally the smell of pot makes me hurl, so I have to be careful around them. You can compare it to steroids and baseball, steroids are illegal in the US, but they "weren't" in baseball.
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A few mates of mine formed a team called "Coneheads" a few yrs back, they were happy after there pre leauge warmup routine in the carpark!!!!
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Considering pot smokers smell like crap after they smoke it, nothing like having to put up with the smell from them for a game or so.
John
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That is the only thing that would bother me, is the unbelievable stink of it.
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Good point Jess. Thing is I don't smoke (weed or anything else), don't go to prostitutes either, do gamble and speed on rare occasions.
No need to knock prostitutes.
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And why would you care if they smoked pot during league play?
Forget the legalities (it isn't). If it were me, I could lost my job *IF* the second hand smoke were to show up on a drug test. Yeah, I care....
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So what?!!!!! People are allowed to make adult decisions....
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And why would you care if they smoked pot during league play?
Forget the legalities (it isn't). If it were me, I could lost my job *IF* the second hand smoke were to show up on a drug test. Yeah, I care....
They were smoking it outside. As far as I know the only way that second hand smoke would show up in your system is if you went outside with them.
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And why would you care if they smoked pot during league play?
Forget the legalities (it isn't). If it were me, I could lost my job *IF* the second hand smoke were to show up on a drug test. Yeah, I care....
LMAO. 2nd hand smoke from stinky potheads? I think I found what happened to all the nerds from high school.
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And why would you care if they smoked pot during league play?
Forget the legalities (it isn't). If it were me, I could lost my job *IF* the second hand smoke were to show up on a drug test. Yeah, I care....
LMAO. 2nd hand smoke from stinky potheads? I think I found what happened to all the nerds from high school.
Actually, it's 3rd hand smoke, and it's a scientific fact. The chance of it showing up on a drug test are insanely small, and it would have to be given within a couple hours for what I'm sure you're being exposed to.
Honestly, I wouldn't care. Smoking cigarettes has been banned inside as well, and I'm sure they stink as well. So smell shouldn't be the issue. The only problem I could see is if the cops in your town are trying to juice up on revenue, and they take you down for not telling anyone. Other than that, why confront something completely harmless?
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Edited on 3/6/2009 11:40 AM
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3rd hand smoke, sceintific fact, whatever fella. Point is if smelling a stinky stoner is more than you can handle, don't hang out in bowling alleys.
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3rd hand smoke, sceintific fact, whatever fella. Point is if smelling a stinky stoner is more than you can handle, don't hang out in bowling alleys.
How about keeping the junk away from the bowling center to begin with?!
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My opinion is that if they want to smoke up during bowling no big deal to me as long as they are there when it is there turn to bowl. If I know they have been hitting it and I see them get behind the wheel...well that is what the cell phone is for...and yes I do the same thing for the drunks...I am not putting my life at risk so they can have a good time...
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Bowling is a back alley, dirty, hustler game. At least it used to be. When it was cool and popular. Then along came the sterilized, smoke-free, fun-free, bowling "centers" full of power nerds b!tching about some kid that "smells" like weed. Give me a break... and give me a bowling "alley."
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Bowling is a back alley, dirty, hustler game. At least it used to be. When it was cool and popular. Then along came the sterilized, smoke-free, fun-free, bowling "centers" full of power nerds b!tching about some kid that "smells" like weed. Give me a break... and give me a bowling "alley."
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Back alley, dirty, hustler game? LOL
It's bowling. Not a cock fight. Times change. I agree that people should quit their whining, but everybody has their rights, so buck up.
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Bowling is a back alley, dirty, hustler game. At least it used to be. When it was cool and popular. Then along came the sterilized, smoke-free, fun-free, bowling "centers" full of power nerds b!tching about some kid that "smells" like weed. Give me a break... and give me a bowling "alley."
Edited on 3/6/2009 12:03 PM
Time for you to realize this is 2009....The PC crowd took the 70s away from us a long time ago....
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Bottom line, if you're doing something illegal, go to whatever end you need to to cover it up. You'll be OK if you do.
If you do it and people find out, and you end up in trouble for it, you have no one to blame but yourself for being sloppy.
If you do it and people find out, and then you want to act like they're the ones with the problem and not you, you'll find out that it just steels their resolve to make sure you don't do it. And trying to intimidate them/harass them into letting you alone typically just makes the situation worse.
Jess
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...and the thing is lost in the 21st century is respect for the fellow man. That's the saddest thing of all..
If a center is NO SMOKING, then don't smoke, except in designated smoking areas. If weed is illegal (it is in most places, right?), smoke all you want at home - just keep it there...
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Bowling alleys have finally fallen as a last bastian of men. I don't smoke weed so I don't need to buck up. It's the lack of "bucking up" that's the problem.
Edited on 3/6/2009 12:43 PM
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LOL!!!!! Bowling alleys have finally fallen as the last bastion of men????
The bowling houses I've frequented over the last thirty years have been dominated by mixed, senior, junior leagues, and open bowling with, usually, ONE men-exclusive league. Some bastion of men. Come out of your cave...there is a real world out here.
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Pot is a gate...no no I don't believe that. We have quite a few blaze up during league. Big deal, if you don't like the smell don't stand near them. Pot smell doesn't stink any worse than cigarettes. Why should you question them about what they were doing outside? Thats really none of your business as long as they were back in time for their turn.
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If you guys want pot to be legal, that's fine. Alcohol was illegal for many years but is illegal no longer, and laws change.
But the notion that laws should just be overlooked -- and that the person with the "real problem" is the one asking, or even demanding that the law be followed -- is a bunch of BS.
If you do something illegal in public, you have no right to get upset about it if you get caught or in trouble. If it's that important, do it at home or where no one can see you. If you get caught, you have only yourself to blame.
Jess
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I'm guessing that the USBC frowns upon smoking pot or doing any other
illegal drugs during league play, but I didn't "officially" check
the handbook.
I'm just wondering why you didn't report them if it bothered you??? No
matter how many people do it or feel it should be legalized, it isn't legal.
(yet)
However, you should take that up w/ the center and let them know that illegal
drugs are being used on their premises and I'm almost sure they'll address it.
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Did you see them smoking pot? Did you see them with pot? Did you see them breaking any laws? If not, then leave them alone, unless you are an on duty cop. I'm not saying to over look laws but unless your a cop it ain't your problem. Unless you're going to call the police cause you think someone was smoking pot. If you're going to do that make sure you call the police next time someone makes a illegal lane change.
I wasn't the guy who witnessed this, but yeah, if someone lights up in my home bowling center I'm probably going to say something to management. To say cops are the only ones who should help enforce laws is laughable. Following that logic to its ultimate end, if I were to witness someone trespassing on my neighbor's property, I'd have to hope a cop happened to drive by and see it, too.
As far as calling in illegal lane changes, if I want to, I will, and if I don't, I won't. Point being, it's my call, not theirs.
Jess
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you should prefer them to smoke pot over drinking, the buzz is usually gone within an hour and they are less likely to run over your child who is playing in the street. seriously, are some of you really so uptight you would narc on them? geezers 
Has nothing to do with being uptight. Why is that the argument from people who want to break a law and be left alone to do it?
If you want to smoke pot, change the law. It's very simple. You get enough people on your side and you vote to change it. Then we all have to accept the outcome whether we personally like it or not. Until then, though, oh well...
Jess
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Nothing wrong with a couple of reefers....as long as you're not blatantly shoving it into someone's face!
Sorry, but smelling like weed is no worse than smelling like cigarette smoke or like you work at a brewery!






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I'm an avid pot smoker and a serious bowler. I wont be there to occupy your space or time. I'll be there to take your money. Just because someone smokes pot does not mean they can't live a productive life or be of use to society. Use your head before you post, please.
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One thing is certain: they're not serious about their bowling, they are just there to occupy space and time.
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Bring value, not trouble.
You may be a good bowler, and if you are, you are doing a disservice to your game, as you would likely be better if you didn't feed your head THC (smoking weed is not advantageous when it comes to performance, whether it be sports, education, work, driving, etc., although it makes one a better at eating and giggling).
As for taking my money in bowling, well, good luck with that.
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wow...didnt realize i was gonna spark up such a debate. Heres the thing, i really dont care if they smoke pot or not, but i could tell they were outside smoking some real skunky stuff. The smell actually made me queasy, along with everybody else on our team and theirs. Not to mention it was a family league so there were alot of younger kids around too. And yes, i actually saw them smoking it since our pair of lanes was right across the lobby from the entrance, where they were smoking. I dont care if you guys think im being uptight.
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This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "he just packed it" on the lanes.

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My only problem with this pot smokers if they get behind the wheel of a car to drive home, then it becomes every other resonsible drivers problem. My family and I drive on the roads, my friends do, I'm resonsible and sure as sh*t do not cause or wish to be involved in an accident. I would ask them politely to think about that, and to get a cab home, or smoke when they get home. If they tell you to f**k off then, grab their license plate over the next week or so, then straight after league one week, give the police a buzz letting them now they are leaving shortly, hopefully the police will be there and can catch them.
The driver is stoned....Your'e actually doing him a favour in the long run, and the rest of the community.
just a thought
i like a couple of drinks (only a couple) during bowling, but I am responsible!!! I have a few more at home, I'm sure he can get as high as Tinkerbell when he gets home..
To do nothing is very poor..
Take care
LL
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Stay the hell off the roads, bottom line if you have been smoking weed, or are over the alcohol limit . Its quite simple.
Listen to Pink Floyd, Nirvana or Mudhoney stoned at home LOL, have a few beers or whatever your poison is, at home.I'm all for it!!
Dbar71, 2 beers over the space of 2 and a bit hours is responsible drinking dipshi*!!!!
rrholjr said "Subsequently, you notice that these people are able to drive every bit as well as if they were sober, if not better. Myself, personally, am a lot safer on the road and tend to concentrate a bit harder. I'm 23 years old. I've never been in an accident and I've had 1 moving violation in the last 8 years, which was over 4 years ago, before I started smoking pot. So no, you're not doing anyone a favor. You're just beng an a-hole."..
In reply you have just contradicted yourself with "every bit as well"driving statement. Driving is hard enough as recognised with so many accidents out there, we need people not to be "every bit as well" kinda driver, but to be totally focused, basically be the safest they can be... Accidents happen so to at least minimise the numbers we all have to be straight, not high or pissed or even a little!! Don't u get it, perhaps you will if you are ever misfortunate enough to lose a friend or family member to one of your stoned buddies ... I forgot your'e only 23 yrs old, still in dipers and naive. Gee, I stopped smoking pot when I was 18 or so, about the time I began growing up, and having to not rely on depressants.. Whatever floats your boat.
If you ever run in to me in your car and you are high as a hippie, I can sincerely promise you now, that I will kick your skinny little a** from one end of the earth to the other..
Take care all, even u rrohljr..
LL
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Stay the hell off the roads, bottom line if you have been smoking weed, or are over the alcohol limit . Its quite simple.
Listen to Pink Floyd, Nirvana or Mudhoney stoned at home LOL, have a few beers or whatever your poison is, at home.I'm all for it!!
Dbar71, 2 beers over the space of 2 and a bit hours is responsible drinking dipshi*!!!!
rrholjr said "Subsequently, you notice that these people are able to drive every bit as well as if they were sober, if not better. Myself, personally, am a lot safer on the road and tend to concentrate a bit harder. I'm 23 years old. I've never been in an accident and I've had 1 moving violation in the last 8 years, which was over 4 years ago, before I started smoking pot. So no, you're not doing anyone a favor. You're just beng an a-hole."..
In reply you have just contradicted yourself with "every bit as well"driving statement. Driving is hard enough as recognised with so many accidents out there, we need people not to be "every bit as well" kinda driver, but to be totally focused, basically be the safest they can be... Accidents happen so to at least minimise the numbers we all have to be straight, not high or pissed or even a little!! Don't u get it, perhaps you will if you are ever misfortunate enough to lose a friend or family member to one of your stoned buddies ... I forgot your'e only 23 yrs old, still in dipers and naive. Gee, I stopped smoking pot when I was 18 or so, about the time I began growing up, and having to not rely on depressants.. Whatever floats your boat.
If you ever run in to me in your car and you are high as a hippie, I can sincerely promise you now, that I will kick your skinny little a** from one end of the earth to the other..
Take care all, even u rrohljr..
LL
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Such hostility...so few facts.
http://bloodalcoholcalculator.org/
2 beers, 2 hours, male....you'd have to weigh less than 70 lbs to be .08
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Hey F*ck Face (looseleftie) Depending on your height and weight after a couple of beers in a few hours you could be over .08. F*ck Face....
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Yeah, if I quit smoking pot, my average will go up 10 pins to 235. I might get lucky and make it 15. You would just as likely be better if you started feeding your head THC. I know 4 people, other than myself, who have shot 300/800 while high... it's not a performance "decreaser."
rrohljr,
Been there, done that, way before you were a figment in somebody's imagination. Thanfully, I got smart and realized that IT IS A PERFORMANCE DECREASER!!! (you're admitting such, whether you realize it or not, by also stating that your average could be highger--no pun intended--which makes you right about one thing: if you are currently averaging 225, you would be able to tack on at least 10 to 15 pins to your average--I know, I did).
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Such hostility...so few facts.
http://bloodalcoholcalculator.org/
2 beers, 2 hours, male....you'd have to weigh less than 70 lbs to be .08
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Hey F*ck Face (looseleftie) Depending on your height and weight after a couple of beers in a few hours you could be over .08. F*ck Face....
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golfnutFL,
Just some interesting info....
Actually most of the BAC calculators, are way off...according to emergency room techs.
I weigh 175-180, had 5 beers over 6-7 hours....BAC: by EMT was .297!
I have a very quick metabolism...had vegetable soup at 4 pm.
Drank 2 beers during bowling (7:30 pm)... 3 more after bowling (until 1 am).
I was walking out to my car stone sober...
I collapsed eyes rolled into the back of my head.
I stopped breathing. Luckily I was with a teammate, or I would have been found dead.
I woke up in the emergency room of the local hospital.
This has never happened to me before.
I'm VERY aware of Alcohol absorption, and how my body handles it now.
Quite scary...I'm glad I was not behind the wheel of my car.
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Smoking marijuana is completely legal....at least it should be. I'd rather smell that any day of the week then everyone's cigarettes and cigar smoke.
Also, so what? Are they bothering you? They did at least go outside.
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You don't register sarcasm very well, do you?
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Is that what you were being?
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If pot smells bad it is cheap and they should be arrested for that alone.
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Duke,
That is very interesting, glad you're ok.
I've never heard of that happening to someone after consuming just 5 beers over such a long period of time. Most guys your size could drink those same 5 beers over an hour and a half and not have any issues.
Again, I'm glad that you're ok....and you are now well aware of how your body handles it.
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golfnutFL,
Just some interesting info....
Actually most of the BAC calculators, are way off...according to emergency room techs.
I weigh 175-180, had 5 beers over 6-7 hours....BAC: by EMT was .297!
I have a very quick metabolism...had vegetable soup at 4 pm.
Drank 2 beers during bowling (7:30 pm)... 3 more after bowling (until 1 am).
I was walking out to my car stone sober...
I collapsed eyes rolled into the back of my head.
I stopped breathing. Luckily I was with a teammate, or I would have been found dead.
I woke up in the emergency room of the local hospital.
This has never happened to me before.
I'm VERY aware of Alcohol absorption, and how my body handles it now.
Quite scary...I'm glad I was not behind the wheel of my car.
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Is that what you were being?
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Yeah, if I quit smoking pot, my average will go up 10 pins to 235. I might get lucky and make it 15.
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"But hey, that's what the media does. They take an ant fart and turn it into a nuclear explosion."
-9andaWiggle
"...send your insurance agent a bouquet of flowers and a nice card thanking him for f**king the s**t out of you."
-9andaWiggle
http://www.bowlingchat.net
Bring value, not trouble.
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That's a shame.
I thought you were being serious.
I guess, to you, getting high is more important than getting to a "Higher" level of bowling.

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Duke,
That is very interesting, glad you're ok.
I've never heard of that happening to someone after consuming just 5 beers over such a long period of time. Most guys your size could drink those same 5 beers over an hour and a half and not have any issues.
Again, I'm glad that you're ok....and you are now well aware of how your body handles it.
golfnutFL,
Talked to my buddy, and he said my team won't let me be in the beer frame any longer....I'm to old! 
Can't handle my beer...
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You also don't seem to comprehend that there's no decrease in performance.
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Yeah, if I quit smoking pot, my average will go up 10 pins to 235. I might get lucky and make it 15.
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"But hey, that's what the media does. They take an ant fart and turn it into a nuclear explosion."
-9andaWiggle
"...send your insurance agent a bouquet of flowers and a nice card thanking him for f**king the s**t out of you."
-9andaWiggle
http://www.bowlingchat.net
Bring value, not trouble.
Edited on 3/7/2009 5:42 PM
That's a shame.
I thought you were being serious.
I guess, to you, getting high is more important than getting to a "Higher" level of bowling.

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"But hey, that's what the media does. They take an ant fart and turn it into a nuclear explosion."
-9andaWiggle
"...send your insurance agent a bouquet of flowers and a nice card thanking him for f**king the s**t out of you."
-9andaWiggle
http://www.bowlingchat.net
Bring value, not trouble.
It that's what you believe, that's fine by me.
Just don't try to sell your way of thinking to those of us that know better from experience.
And I comprehend just fine, thank you very little.
Good luck to ya.
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Edited on 3/7/2009 11:23 PM
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Can you imagine being a league officer for some of these clowns? What a nightmare. "Mr. President, he smells like weed and I think he's been smoking marijuana cigarettes outside, wwhaah." "Mr. President, he's had more than his two beers he's allowed, wwhaah." "Mr. President, will you come look at this ball, I'm not sure it's legal, wwhaah." It's pretty neat to see the division between people that go bowling to have fun and mind their business and bossy teacher's pet little girls.
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This thread is amazing.
I think a sticky is in order.
In all seriousness I think the main thing is be discrete about your business.
Noone cares if you are an alcoholic or a pothead as long as you don't bother them (i.e. smelling, wasting time, being a douche in general).
As for reporting this stuff how about instead of being a nutless wonder you talk to the offending party directly.
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As I read this thread, I cant help but laugh to myself. I know plenty of people that smoke pot, but they do so in their own homes. I do not want people smoking pot during league for a variety of reasons that have already been pointed out. It smells like crap, its illegal, and it just shows that they have no regard for the law or others around them.
I am not some 50 year old getting on a soap box, I am only 20. But my age plays no role in my opinion of people who have such a blatant disregard for the law. If you want to smoke pot, do it AT HOME. I come to league night to bowl with adults, not people who feel they need to use drugs for a bowling league. I mean for god sakes people, if you can't go 2 hours without getting high, you have a serious problem. Why is it that stoners think nobody can smell it? I live in a college apartment complex, you can smell the pot being smoked 2 floors below you, its potent, its obvious, and it stinks. Thank god the police usually deal with these people. Smack a fine on them if they want to keep smoking pot.
I also cant help but laugh at the fact that so many people use the most lame arguments for the fact that smoking pot is ok. "Illegal lane change", "speeding", etc. Grow up, that is the weakest response I have ever heard. Maybe my thoughts were shaped by the fact that I grew up with a dad who was a cop, and a law abiding family. Who knows. I guess I am glad about one thing, my dad works on an anti-drug task-force now and kicks the doors down on drug dealers houses and storms in with fully automatic weapons. Can you imagine the look on their faces? Glad to know drugs are worth all that.
Some people need to grow up. I'm 20, and more mature than a lot of people in this thread. There is a time and a place for everything, and during a 2 hour bowling league is neither the time nor place.
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Edited on 3/9/2009 12:06 PM