formal evening dress: vest or no?

[Jordan]

I think this is the one you're after:

"a gentleman never removes his jacket in public, especially when at table. He may, however, remove his jacket when playing billiards, or to cover a lady's shoulders should the evening air turn chilly."

I'm not sure that gentlemen are ever permitted to play pool, jacket or no jacket.

Why not its all the same thing isnt it?

[sfb]

There's some comments about number of balls that I'm resisting the temptation to go anywhere near, I'm afraid.

[Jordan]

There's some comments about number of balls that I'm resisting the temptation to go anywhere near, I'm afraid.

Yeah Ive heard a few of those the last few weeks

[AFS1970]

I'm not sure that gentlemen are ever permitted to play pool, jacket or no jacket.

There's some comments about number of balls that I'm resisting the temptation to go anywhere near, I'm afraid.

At least Kilt's don't have pockets, so we do not have to worry about THAT variation.

[fluter]

Why not its all the same thing isnt it?

But just as I say it takes judgement, brains and maturity
To score in a balk-line game
I say that any boob can take and shove a ball in a pocket
And I call that sloth...

- M. Willson

Here is the canonical reading by Robert Preston.

[Downunder Kilt]

Gentlemen play billards or snooker and only on a full size table, pool was invented for the rabble to keep them amusued