Curtis

1 hour ago, DonRocks said:

You know, this reminds me of a game of darts I played at my friend Curtis's house one night. I through a triple-bulls-eye (a once in a hundred shot for me), he stood about 20 feet away from the dartboard off to the side (about a 30-degree angle), and casually looked me in the eye, and through a *double bulls eye* - this was from almost across the room. I shrugged my shoulders, and through another triple bulls-eye. 

There were three darts sitting there on the board - and we played regulation, competition darts, and this was all a once-in-a-lifetime, bullshit piece of luck by *both* of us, except that it happened, it actually happened. 

Curtis, please sign up, and verify this.- I swear to God it's true. There were two triples, and a double thrown from twice-as-far away at a ridiculous angle. We just couldn't believe it.

PS - I never admitted it then, but he was better than me. 

In pool too.  But I was close, I swear I was. God I hated losing to him, and I still do.

Yes, I can confirm that I do have a vague memory of this alignment of stars. But a couple clarifications:

1. Regarding the bulls eye, the outer bulls eye (25 points in darts) is usually just referred to as the "outer" or "single" bulls eye, whereas the inner (worth 50 points) is either "inner" or "double". So, when you say double, I think you mean single -- and when you say triple, I think you mean double. Anyway, it really was one of those ridiculous moments where you couldn't believe what just happened.

2. As a very uneven player at both darts and pool, I can say that you're being too generous -- and the truth is that either of us might be "better than" the other on any given occasion. Part of what made it so fun is that our winning streaks never lasted too long!  :-)

Thanks for the memory, my friend!!

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