Per pooldawg.com, “Never blow on your tip as the moisture from your breath can cause chalk to become cakey and not work as effectively.” This also applies to Russian pool, as seen in this 1952 Malibu bungalow. Perhaps the woman in the foreground is merely crooning Linda Ronstadt’s “Ooh, Baby Baby” or giving the stick encouragement. You can do it! One thing of which I’m certain: our local pool halls are rarely filled with pearls and peasant dresses. Oh, that’s a much better title! Pearls and peasant dresses.
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That is one strange pool table. They really need a bigger room or fewer guests. That is a better title. Pearls and peasants posing for a picture.
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I like your original title better.
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Good advice is good advice.
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And I’ve never given or followed any good advice ever.
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Looks like actress Jane Wyatt (of “Father Knows Best”) is framed on the wall behind the tip-blower. This activity was considered tawdry back then, not for good girls.
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Looks like Lauren Bacall teaching the guys in the poolroom to whistle.
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You know how to whistle, don’t you?
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You just put your lips together…
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Nobody can do it like Linda Ronstadt!
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Small pool table, overcrowded room, no drinks, and do they move those lights to follow the balls? Blowing on her tip is the least of her problems.
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But they’re rich folk in Malibu! Hollywood folks! I would definitely need more personal space. Those lights would be hot to the touch. Not cool.
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do they move those lights to follow the balls? Blowing on her tip is the least of her problems.
You have no idea how hard it is to keep my mouth shut right and my fingers off the keyboard.
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(appreciating your restraint)
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I’d let her blow on the tip if she wanted to. There’s no sense dampening her enthusiasm for it, after all. 😀
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I’ll take your cue, Kerbey, and leave this one to chalk.
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punny man!
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