Snooker and Pool Puns

Here is a page of funny, cute and occasionally clever puns about Snooker. 

​Original and humorous with some fun illustrations too.

Includes Pool because the game is similar requiring a table, a cue and some balls to play it.

​Here are the puns.

Puns

actor failed at pool - missed his cues
​amateur game - pocket billiards
baulked at playing a shot to safety

bounced player off table - it cushioned the blow
caught short in big match - tabled a motion
can't take it no more - in offs in off

criminal on table - in the frame
didn't sink a ball until they made pot legal
​exercise - poolates

its a simple game - not pocket science
lady player gave me the kiss off
​lost the reds in the Bermuda triangle

making snooker friends - building bridges
moaning because they can't reach the shot - give it a rest
tricky swerve shot - screw this
A snooker player leans over the table and lines up his shot. This could be the start of a 147 maximum or maybe he is playing the shot to safety. Hand drawn fun illustration for snooker players and fans.

Snooker Gifts >>

Expressions

As different as chalk and cheese - ever tried chalking your cue with a piece of cheese, easy mistake
​Chalk the chalk, can you walk the walk
​Shot to nothing - take a chance, return to safety

Famous Players

Peter Cushion - actor, "The gentle man of horror"
​Robert Plant - Led Zep singer

OK. Some real famous snooker players.

Ronnie O'Sullivan - the GOAT.
Stephen Hendry - the GOAT before that.
Steve Davis - the GOAT before that.
​Ray Reardon - before GOAT was even a thing.

People's favourites.
Jimmy White.
Alex Higgins.
And Ronnie of course because, well, just watch him play.

Film and TV

The Hustler - Paul Newman
Pot Black - seventies TV series popularized snooker
Taming of the Screw - Shakespeare takes up pool

Jokes

Patient: Doctor, I keep thinking I'm a snooker ball
Doctor: Get to the end of the queue

​Full power shot grazed the pink and flattened the referee.  It was the kiss of death
Eight Ball Pool shows player eyeing up a shot on the 8 ball. Fun graphic includes pool table, player, cue and of course the eight ball!

Eight Ball Pool Gifts >>

Social Snooker Players

CueTube - snooker videos
eBaize - cheap tables
FaceBaulk - share with friendly players
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OnlyPlayers - for glamor pics of top players
Potflix - movies and potboilers
Redsit - like Reddit but mostly pictures of snooker balls

Screwgle - search the wacky internet
Shotify - music to play to
SinkedIn - sink some pots and get a new career
Pool Shark shows a shark playing pool. A cool pun with good looking shark wearing hat and holding cue as he lines up the eight ball.

Pool Shark Gifts >>

Songs

Big Break - full theme song
Pot Black Theme Tune - Winifred Atwell
Snooker Loopy - Chas and Dave

Treat for Fans

Here's a link to 36 minutes of Ronnie O'Sullivan playing Ding Junhui at the 2024 World Grand Prix.

Simply superb.

Here is Cliff Thorburn's 147 in 1983.  It starts with a fluke and continues for fifteen minutes or so.  Different times.

For contrast here is Ronnie O'Sullivan's record setting maximum.  He makes it look easy.

Words for Making Snooker Puns

A handy list of words for punning about snooker. 

baize, baulk, bridge, chalk, cushion, cue, frame, hustler, kiss, plant, pocket, pool, pot, reds, rest, safety, screw, side, snooker, spider, spin, table, triangle

Pot Black

As the final pun is potted we can rest our cue on the table and collect the money.

Waiting for the next hustler to appear.

​Thanks for reading.