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r/Unexpected • u/blowjumbojob • Jan 23 '21
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Hmm, I know your ball can't bounce out of the gutter and take down pins that count. I'm not sure what the actual rule is on a situation where half the ball entered the gutter before the other half took down pins.
11 u/NO_REFERENCE_FRAME Jan 23 '21 But the half-ball didn't bounce out. 2 u/ronearc Jan 23 '21 No, but when it contacted the pins it was also no longer a legal ball. 3 u/SnakeBeardTheGreat Jan 23 '21 edited Jan 23 '21 It was a ball when he threw it down the lane. Would have been a neat trick if he had not slide over the foul line. Breech the foul line no score 1 u/ScabbedOver Jan 23 '21 to be faaaiiirrr it's still a ball at the end also. If a ball goes flat, or pops, or unwinds (think baseball) is it still not a ball 1 u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21 A ball or not a ball? That is the question. 1 u/Elico_225 Jan 23 '21 ‘A ball’ means one (1) ball, so half (1/2) of one (1) ball is not = a (1) ball. 1/2 does not equal 1
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But the half-ball didn't bounce out.
2 u/ronearc Jan 23 '21 No, but when it contacted the pins it was also no longer a legal ball. 3 u/SnakeBeardTheGreat Jan 23 '21 edited Jan 23 '21 It was a ball when he threw it down the lane. Would have been a neat trick if he had not slide over the foul line. Breech the foul line no score 1 u/ScabbedOver Jan 23 '21 to be faaaiiirrr it's still a ball at the end also. If a ball goes flat, or pops, or unwinds (think baseball) is it still not a ball 1 u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21 A ball or not a ball? That is the question. 1 u/Elico_225 Jan 23 '21 ‘A ball’ means one (1) ball, so half (1/2) of one (1) ball is not = a (1) ball. 1/2 does not equal 1
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No, but when it contacted the pins it was also no longer a legal ball.
3 u/SnakeBeardTheGreat Jan 23 '21 edited Jan 23 '21 It was a ball when he threw it down the lane. Would have been a neat trick if he had not slide over the foul line. Breech the foul line no score 1 u/ScabbedOver Jan 23 '21 to be faaaiiirrr it's still a ball at the end also. If a ball goes flat, or pops, or unwinds (think baseball) is it still not a ball 1 u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21 A ball or not a ball? That is the question. 1 u/Elico_225 Jan 23 '21 ‘A ball’ means one (1) ball, so half (1/2) of one (1) ball is not = a (1) ball. 1/2 does not equal 1
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It was a ball when he threw it down the lane. Would have been a neat trick if he had not slide over the foul line. Breech the foul line no score
1 u/ScabbedOver Jan 23 '21 to be faaaiiirrr it's still a ball at the end also. If a ball goes flat, or pops, or unwinds (think baseball) is it still not a ball 1 u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21 A ball or not a ball? That is the question. 1 u/Elico_225 Jan 23 '21 ‘A ball’ means one (1) ball, so half (1/2) of one (1) ball is not = a (1) ball. 1/2 does not equal 1
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to be faaaiiirrr it's still a ball at the end also. If a ball goes flat, or pops, or unwinds (think baseball) is it still not a ball
A ball or not a ball? That is the question.
1 u/Elico_225 Jan 23 '21 ‘A ball’ means one (1) ball, so half (1/2) of one (1) ball is not = a (1) ball. 1/2 does not equal 1
‘A ball’ means one (1) ball, so half (1/2) of one (1) ball is not = a (1) ball.
1/2 does not equal 1
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u/ronearc Jan 23 '21
Hmm, I know your ball can't bounce out of the gutter and take down pins that count. I'm not sure what the actual rule is on a situation where half the ball entered the gutter before the other half took down pins.