Pool Cue News and Review

I thought it was a joke from The Onion until I realized that it was real. Apparently Jeffrey Piccola thinks its a good idea to have kids hanging out at pool halls in Pennsylvania. Honestly, this may be the worst idea since Greedo shooting first. Don’t get me wrong, I love pool. I’m just smart enough to know that pool halls aren’t a place for kids.

I still remember my first experience at a pool hall… I went with my girlfriend, my sister and her scumbag boyfriend. Within an hour my sister was being accosted and I was in a fight while her boyfriend was scoring some weed. Yeah, this is a great idea Jeff.

The best part about his statement though was this quote: “Times have changed. Pool halls and billiard parlors are now looked at as family enterprises”. Hmm… Disneyland or Bruno’s Pool Hall? Busch Gardens or Break Shot Billiards? Boy, that is a tough one…

Someday maybe there will be family friendly pool halls, but that day isn’t today. Maybe once the industry gets a bit of a hosedown, they’ll figure out how to do pool halls the same way the bowling industry has changed bowling alleys. Take a look at 300 Dallas and you’ll see what I mean. Pool halls don’t have to be sleazy… they just are.