Valour-IT Challenge: Snarks Inbound
So – get a couple hundred bucks ahead and Team Zoomie starts feelin’ their oats? Laugh it up folks – here’s your future:
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As I said over at Mike’s…that pic IS pretty funny! But…that said… here’s a lil bit of dialog from “The B-58″…er…The Hustler:
Fast Eddie: You know, I got a hunch, fat man. I got a hunch it’s me from here on in. One ball, corner pocket. I mean, that ever happen to you? You know, all of a sudden you feel like you can’t miss? ‘Cause I dreamed about this game, fat man. I dreamed about this game every night on the road. Five ball. You know, this is my table, man. I own it.
Hmm, you do realize the ultimate outcome of that match between Eddie and Fats… 😎
– SJS
Awesome pic!
Loose change inbound, for Navy!
Excellent! Большое ÑпаÑибо! 😀
– SJS
Yup…I do indeed, SJS. But really now…who would you rather be? Paul Newman? Or Jackie Gleason? 😆
… George C. Scott… 8)
– SJS
…wasn’t an option. But, not a bad choice, even if he DID play a famous Grunt. 😉
You didn’t ask, but I wouldn’t mind being Jimmy Stewart. Or someone like him. 😎
Oh, but it is:
The Hustler (1961)
Cast (in credits order)
Paul Newman … Eddie Felson
Jackie Gleason … Minnesota Fats
Piper Laurie … Sarah Packard
George C. Scott … Bert Gordon
Quotes:
Bert Gordon: I don’t think there’s a pool player alive shoots better pool than I saw you shoot the other night at Ames. You got talent.
Fast Eddie: So I got talent. So what beat me?
Bert Gordon: Character.
8)
– SJS
I stand corrected!! 😳