I usually dont watch Simpsons but I watched that. Is candlestick bowlling a real thing? My wife and I thought they made it up.
Candlepin is totally a Boston phenomenon. Used to be a staple of Sunday morning local TV for dads to sneak in a couple beers before Church. The weekly telecasts lasted through the early-aughts until too much of their core audience was dead of lung cancer to draw enough ratings to cover costs.
You east coasters have so many things that are foreign to me, like shit squirting dogs, and cats with broken dicks (according to hooks).
It's big in the Canadian Maritimes too. Sometimes it's called "duckpin" bowling...that's what it always went by in Connecticut. There used to be an alley about a mile from my house in CT. I played all the time as a kid until the owner arsoned the place for the insurance payout. It's pretty fun...same general game just different throwing style because of the smaller ball gripped by palm instead of finger holes. As a weekend afternoon out taking the piss with friends it's pretty interchangeable with ten-pin in ambiance. Easier for young kids and older ladies to get into because the ball's a lot less cumbersome to roll with decent power. I don't know what the eternal appeal is for mustacioed sex offenders from Saugus, though.
Where is bumper pool popular? I played it once in 1989 in Colorado.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
I watched it but didn't pay much attention to it. The best part seems to be captured in that pic with the book homer has. And I guess the Pats, Brady, Belichek and Gronk references were pretty good too.
A single laugh from the Simpsons in 2016 is blood from a well-squeezed stone.
The laughs would likely be lost on you though as they were references to the Pats (American Football team from Boston ).
Are any of the players in the Dropkick Murphys?
You'd be excused to think so based on how DKM are constantly name dropping/identifying with the various Boston sports teams.
I usually dont watch Simpsons but I watched that. Is candlestick bowlling a real thing? My wife and I thought they made it up.
Candlepin is totally a Boston phenomenon. Used to be a staple of Sunday morning local TV for dads to sneak in a couple beers before Church. The weekly telecasts lasted through the early-aughts until too much of their core audience was dead of lung cancer to draw enough ratings to cover costs.
You east coasters have so many things that are foreign to me, like shit squirting dogs, and cats with broken dicks (according to hooks).
It's big in the Canadian Maritimes too. Sometimes it's called "duckpin" bowling...that's what it always went by in Connecticut. There used to be an alley about a mile from my house in CT. I played all the time as a kid until the owner arsoned the place for the insurance payout. It's pretty fun...same general game just different throwing style because of the smaller ball gripped by palm instead of finger holes. As a weekend afternoon out taking the piss with friends it's pretty interchangeable with ten-pin in ambiance. Easier for young kids and older ladies to get into because the ball's a lot less cumbersome to roll with decent power. I don't know what the eternal appeal is for mustacioed sex offenders from Saugus, though.
Most bowling in Saskatchewan is five-pin, small ball. It encourages a more violent throwing motion, but overall proper ten-pin bowling is a lot more fun.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
tepista wrote:
I usually dont watch Simpsons but I watched that. Is candlestick bowlling a real thing? My wife and I thought they made it up.
Candlepin is totally a Boston phenomenon. Used to be a staple of Sunday morning local TV for dads to sneak in a couple beers before Church. The weekly telecasts lasted through the early-aughts until too much of their core audience was dead of lung cancer to draw enough ratings to cover costs.
You east coasters have so many things that are foreign to me, like shit squirting dogs, and cats with broken dicks (according to hooks).
It's big in the Canadian Maritimes too. Sometimes it's called "duckpin" bowling...that's what it always went by in Connecticut. There used to be an alley about a mile from my house in CT. I played all the time as a kid until the owner arsoned the place for the insurance payout. It's pretty fun...same general game just different throwing style because of the smaller ball gripped by palm instead of finger holes. As a weekend afternoon out taking the piss with friends it's pretty interchangeable with ten-pin in ambiance. Easier for young kids and older ladies to get into because the ball's a lot less cumbersome to roll with decent power. I don't know what the eternal appeal is for mustacioed sex offenders from Saugus, though.
Most bowling in Saskatchewan is five-pin, small ball. It encourages a more violent throwing motion, but overall proper ten-pin bowling is a lot more fun.
matedog wrote:Where is bumper pool popular? I played it once in 1989 in Colorado.
I played table-top shuffleboard at a bar in Texas once.
That exists in every bar in rural Saskatchewan. As long as you're willing to complain about how Indians are lazy and ripping off white people, there's no charge.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Rat Patrol wrote:
Candlepin is totally a Boston phenomenon. Used to be a staple of Sunday morning local TV for dads to sneak in a couple beers before Church. The weekly telecasts lasted through the early-aughts until too much of their core audience was dead of lung cancer to draw enough ratings to cover costs.
You east coasters have so many things that are foreign to me, like shit squirting dogs, and cats with broken dicks (according to hooks).
It's big in the Canadian Maritimes too. Sometimes it's called "duckpin" bowling...that's what it always went by in Connecticut. There used to be an alley about a mile from my house in CT. I played all the time as a kid until the owner arsoned the place for the insurance payout. It's pretty fun...same general game just different throwing style because of the smaller ball gripped by palm instead of finger holes. As a weekend afternoon out taking the piss with friends it's pretty interchangeable with ten-pin in ambiance. Easier for young kids and older ladies to get into because the ball's a lot less cumbersome to roll with decent power. I don't know what the eternal appeal is for mustacioed sex offenders from Saugus, though.
Most bowling in Saskatchewan is five-pin, small ball. It encourages a more violent throwing motion, but overall proper ten-pin bowling is a lot more fun.
God...even your bowling only has three downs.
It gives our old people something to do when curling season ends.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
matedog wrote:Where is bumper pool popular? I played it once in 1989 in Colorado.
I played table-top shuffleboard at a bar in Texas once.
That exists in every bar in rural Saskatchewan. As long as you're willing to complain about how Indians are lazy and ripping off white people, there's no charge.
I've seen it at a few bars in SF and even Sacramento now that I think about it. Not just hipster bars too. Not common, but I've seen it multiple times.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
