Snooker loopy

As someone with an extremely high IQ i find little of interest on the television nowadays. Viewing is limited to just the odd stimulating programme here and there, such as; Newsnight, Hard Talk, Question Time, The Sky at Night and err .... Total Wipeout!

Anyway..... the other night i sat down in my favourite armchair with a nice mug of tea plus a few bourbons and watched that Alex 'whirlwind' Higgins tribute thingy. I wasn't expecting it to be up to much as those ''Oh wasn't he great'' ....'' they broke the mould'' .... '' he was a one off'' ... type shows always seem to fall short of the mark. But this one didn't....

Most people who were alive in the early eighties are probably all dead by now [those that aren't, i'll out-live you all, even if it kills me] but this programme brought back lots of fond memories for myself. The late, late night snooker matches with the whole family squeezed into the kitchen to keep warm [no fancy central heating in them days i tell you]. All of us straining our mince-pies looking at our Phillips 18'' colour portable with .... wait for it.... a remote control. We even had one of those brown sofa's with the chrome tubular frames. Yep, it would seem that style and good fashion sense have stayed with me even into old age.




Snooker was a big deal back then, in some ways bigger than football. Snooker players such as; Alex, Dennis Taylor, Bill Werbeirnuick... [you know who i mean] Jimmy ''Hurricane'' White were always in the papers or on the telly as mega millions of viewers would switch on to see the action. My favourite player was, and still is, Steve Davis. Okay, so he might have a certain gingerness about him but when someone is that good you can almost overlook it.

Needless to say, i've played a few frames in my time. You may find this hard to believe but i'm nothing special, honest. My highest break is about 35 so i'm definately no expert. Although in the past several people have passed comment on my smooth wrist action. Unfortunately i don't think those remarks had anything to do with my snooker abilities!