Re: Neighborhood Character

11/01/07 - posted by Alexy

Professor Harold Hill was indeed one of the all time great con men. But to give the devil his due, when he spoke of those golden hours with a cue in his hand, he was extolling the virtues of billiards, not pool.

His opinion of pool, as a game, was that any boob can take and shove a ball in a pocket, and he called that sloth, leading to degradation, the imbibing of alcohol, and a general decline in the morals of the younger generation.

Leave us remember that he was alerting the good citizens of River City to the dangers of having a pool table installed in the local billiard parlor.

Another facet of his philosophy is worthy of respect and admiration:

"I spark, I fizz, for the lady who knows what time it is.
The sadder but wiser girl's the girl for me, the sadder but wiser girl for me."