| Billiards, or commonly referred to as pool, is an | | | | celebrities and an immensely important person in |
| indoor sport that has gained fanatics all over the | | | | American history, owned a pool table and was |
| world. As the trend of more and more home | | | | admittedly a great pool gamer and fan. If one |
| owners deciding to purchase a pool table and add | | | | might think that critical issues of the American |
| it to their own home's entertainment corner or | | | | national interest, like slavery, the Civil War, and |
| room shows, pool fans are drunk, extremely | | | | international relations, were probably discussed |
| aggressive-looking fellows that are always ready | | | | over a billiard game, perhaps is not far from the |
| to fight and have no sense of manners, or in any | | | | truth. As a billiard table has been brought in the |
| case, odor, is an image one can mainly attribute | | | | White House and existed there for several |
| to movie scenes and real decadence-looking bars. | | | | administrations, many of the recent US Presidents |
| But, as pool table fans are indeed increasing in | | | | have had the opportunity to play a couple of |
| numbers, the idea that these people probably | | | | games with prestigious opponents, like Winston |
| have not been portrayed accurately generates a | | | | Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, King Hussein, or |
| new interest in pool games and generates a chain | | | | Margaret Thatcher. Isn't it chilling for one to |
| reaction. | | | | imagine that the world's fate might have been |
| However, pool fans are not a recent | | | | "played" over a billiards game? |
| phenomenon. Since this game's conception, | | | | In recent times, pool tables are produced in |
| thousands of individuals have experienced its thrills | | | | different sizes and for vastly different budgets. |
| and were able to compete against each other | | | | Much more affordable than their predecessors, |
| during friendly or professional games. Some of the | | | | pool tables now attract the attention of "simple" |
| most famous pool fans are people known from | | | | folks who wish to spend some quality time playing |
| history, politics, arts and science. Individuals like | | | | a great game. Thus, even if you are not yet an |
| Mark Twain, George Washington, Napoleon | | | | owner but would like to become one, there is no |
| Bonaparte, Marie Antoinette, Charles Dickens, | | | | better time to attain your goal than today. Visit |
| Lewis Carroll, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fred | | | | your local games department store, research |
| Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, and Paul Newman, | | | | over the Internet, participate at an auction or get |
| have embraced the game of pool and have | | | | to your neighbor's house sale. Perhaps a new |
| contributed to its fame traveling around the globe | | | | talent is hidden under your sleve. Isn't time for |
| over the centuries. | | | | you to discover it? |
| Abraham Lincoln, one of the first real American | | | | |