Sunnygurrl t1_j62mbgh wrote on January 27, 2023 at 7:06 AM

So....both were named Neville Chamberlain? Owo

TinyDayDreamer0 t1_j62nzt7 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 7:26 AM

was their any game related to snooker back in the days?

AdmiralAkbar1 t1_j62rgqi wrote on January 27, 2023 at 8:12 AM

Yes. Billiards as a whole emerged in the late medieval era as an indoor adaptation of lawn sports (like ping-pong is to tennis), before evolving into recognizable precursors of pool and other modern billiards games in the 19th century. Snooker in particular was a combination of two different rule sets, known as pyramid pool and black pool.

popsickle_in_one t1_j63igyc wrote on January 27, 2023 at 1:33 PM

> indoor adaptation of lawn sports (like ping-pong is to tennis)

Ironically tennis is the outside adaptation of real tennis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_tennis

[deleted] t1_j634jc2 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 11:11 AM

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GoGaslightYerself t1_j63k40m wrote on January 27, 2023 at 1:46 PM

LOL

I thought Jeremy Irons nailed it in his portrayal of Chamberlain in "Munich: Edge of War" recently on Netflix.

eairy t1_j63ao92 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 12:21 PM

No no no no, this is wrong. It was invented by a guy named Snooker, in the village of Worksop. I remember seeing a documentary about it when I was a kid.

throwoutdatrash69 t1_j64oh8v wrote on January 27, 2023 at 6:11 PM

I think it must be the same guy. The Prime minister version probably knew the strikingly elegent people of England wouldn’t want some pool hustler representing them so he made up this other guy!

Maccus_D t1_j64vgs4 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 6:55 PM

And being a tool of the fucking Nazis.

AnglerJared t1_j66aa87 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 12:33 AM

Imagine making a name for yourself being prime minister of one of the most powerful nations on Earth only to have your same-named cousin show you up by inventing snooker…

FusedForeskin t1_j6fdyc2 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 11:12 PM

And not appeasing Hitler. Hopefully.

TIL that snooker was invented by a British army officer named Neville Chamberlain. He was a distant cousin of Neville Chamberlain, who would become famous for being Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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