[eye30]

Maths writer Alex Bellos recently spent a lot of money on a pool table - an unusual one with only one hole, and no straight sides. It is, in fact, in the shape of an ellipse. Why would anyone do such a thing?

Geometry and maths is at the heart of any game of pool. On a standard rectangular pool table, a ball will bounce off the cushion at the same angle it arrived at. Add a bit of spin to the ball and you can alter the ball's path, but this basic principle is fundamental to any pool player's game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34015430

[Dazzler]

Being a snooker player from a young age I quite enjoyed that! 

[Shambles]

What a load of parc

[Dazzler]

What a load of parc

I bloody was! 

P.S. I googled parc before I realised it was crap backwards! 

[cruiserfied]

This is what highschool maths needs, I might have done better.