ball, shot and...

[Anonymous]

"Most amusingly, **** repeatedly quoted himself, as if he had called this one ball, shot and pocket: (something quoted)."

Meaning of ball, shot and pocket? Thanks.


Plin.

[Pete]

"Most amusingly, **** repeatedly quoted himself, as if he had called this one ball, shot and pocket: (something quoted)."

Meaning of ball, shot and pocket? Thanks.


Plin.
It's an image from the game of pool (pocket billiards). A player will "call a shot", i.e. he will say that a particular ball will fall into a particular pocket of the table. Then, of course, he hits the cue ball and tries to make it happen the way he said it would.