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Originally posted by sarettah@Jun 6 2003, 08:35 PM
Just a dumb question here...
Is the expression "Blackballed" a reference to pool, eight ball ?
Just thinking about it and realized that I knew what Blue Balls were and I knew what blacklisted was, but I had never given much thought to blackballed, although I have heard the expression many times....
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did you ever wonder how they made pool balls completely round? before plastic, they were made of ivory and its said that plastic was invented as a substitute for ivory pool balls. how did they make a round ball from ivory. it would have to be pretty precise to be usable in a game. i never understood that.