throwoutdatrash69 t1_j64oh8v wrote on January 27, 2023 at 6:11 PM Reply to 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. by Mr_BeardedBread 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! Permalink 1
throwoutdatrash69 t1_j64oh8v wrote
Reply to 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. by Mr_BeardedBread
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!