{"id":2105,"date":"2010-03-25T23:53:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T06:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2010-05-11T11:09:44","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T18:09:44","slug":"famous-sayings-of-pinball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/25\/famous-sayings-of-pinball\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous sayings of pinball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Herewith, famous sayings of pinball players of my misspent youth and early adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>* &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to play pinball when you have both hands wrapped around your neck.&#8221;\u00a0 (An obvious reference to &#8220;choking&#8221; while trying to flip.)<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 &#8220;Hey, another <em>Lazzie<\/em> ball!&#8221;\u00a0 (So named in honor of Lazarus being raised from the dead, in reference to the relatively rare phenomena of missing with both flippers up the middle, and the ball hitting the back wall and bouncing back into play anyway.)<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 &#8220;Another pin-ball related fatality.&#8221;\u00a0 (Don&#8217;t ask.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t tell.)<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 &#8220;Wow!\u00a0 A double match, a special and two wins on points!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 &#8220;I had the high score on Highway Patrol for three weeks running!&#8221;\u00a0 (Pull over, buddy.)<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 &#8220;Life isn&#8217;t fair.\u00a0 HE got extra ball, double multi-ball on the same turn, a special and a round the world bonus.\u00a0 I got bumpkus.&#8221;\u00a0 (Live with it.\u00a0 You could have been playing Alien Invasion or something.)<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 &#8220;I usually try to catch it on the flipper.&#8221;\u00a0 (Nothing to do with dolphins.)<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 &#8220;You&#8217;re not holding your jaw right.&#8221;\u00a0 (That&#8217;s pure mythology.\u00a0 The set of the jaw has nothing to do with the ballistics involved.\u00a0 However, the angle of your left knee certainly does matter.)<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 (After a TILT and lost ball)\u00a0 &#8220;Hey, I hardly touched it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=4d79975e-33de-8315-8e09-e92aa88dbb97\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2105\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/25\/famous-sayings-of-pinball\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2105\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/25\/famous-sayings-of-pinball\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2105\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/25\/famous-sayings-of-pinball\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/25\/famous-sayings-of-pinball\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/25\/famous-sayings-of-pinball\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herewith, famous sayings of pinball players of my misspent youth and early adulthood. * &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to play pinball when you have both hands wrapped around your neck.&#8221;\u00a0 (An obvious reference to &#8220;choking&#8221; 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