Hilarious Toilet Break

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Having seen Cindy's thread on toilet breaks, I was reminded of a trick my teammate pulled just a couple of weeks ago.

We were just getting started in a league match between our club's B and C teams. Our C team has an annoying player who always tries to wind people up and sometimes even cheats on calls, so we knew what to expect.

So, the warmup is over, the first game is about to start, and we serve an ace. Then, the other pair start saying that they weren't ready and the game hadn't started yet, obviously trying to wind us up and avoid losing a point. After a couple of minutes of this, my teammate said, "Well, if the match hasn't started yet, I'm going to go to the toilet." He then dropped his racket on the ground and walked off the court as if it was no big deal. The other guys got really ticked off and started saying he couldn't do that. But we just reminded them that, according to them, the match hadn't started yet.

Five minutes later, my teammate came back, we checked to make absolutely sure the other guys were ready, then served an ace. Their ploy to wind us up got turned around on them, putting us in a good mood and really getting under their skin. And, we still got the ace.

The rest of the match was a breeze, and that story still gives us a good laugh.
 
Your teammate is a legend.

A similar thing happened in a comp match on the court next to me once, made me laugh once I realised exactly what had happened.
 
good stuff! our #1 player this season was quite a jokester, and did everything nonchalantly also. in dubs we lost the spin and they chose to serve, and he acted all bummed out and upset telling me that we might as well forfeit the match. and if people went overboard with a few too many stupid "COME ONS!!!" he would eventually win a big point and run to the net staring at his opponents and give 3 ridiculous "COME ONS!!!!" in a row mixed with some arm pumps. it was a riot. the kids on our team just died laughing. but the best part is that you couldn't rattle this kid, and he was usually the best player in the entire match. good stuff.
 
I don't get it. When you guys finished warming up and everyone acknowledges that you are done warming up, don't you all go to your respective benches, drink your water, say good luck, head out to the court and start the match? Or did you guys finished warming up, stayed on the court and without saying anything to each other, served an ace, and the other team denied the game started? I'm confused ... :)
 
JHBKLYN said:
I don't get it. When you guys finished warming up and everyone acknowledges that you are done warming up, don't you all go to your respective benches, drink your water, say good luck, head out to the court and start the match? Or did you guys finished warming up, stayed on the court and without saying anything to each other, served an ace, and the other team denied the game started? I'm confused ... :)
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The warmup was over, and it was obvious that the match was starting. Everyone was in position to play, but after the serve, the other guys said they were not ready yet. It was obvious at the time they were just trying to avoid losing the point, rather than honestly not being ready for the point. Since it was the first point of the match, the argument then became that the match had not started yet.

If it had been any other point in the match, the toilet break wouldn't have worked.
 
Hey, doesn;t someone shout "love all" ??

I have the opposite problem. My cheat partner does some practice serves. Then at love all he serves a fault.

He pretends it was just another practice serve. This time he with mock seriousness calls out "ok love all".

One more serve into the net. And now "ok seriously this time, no jokes, love all".

Other gems of his:

He can't handle the return and says "I thought my serve was a fault, it was not ???? Okay, re-serve".

I ace him, he calls out "That was a net, I swear it touched the net". On a second serve when he can;t reach a wide serve, that can really rattle me.
 
Sentinel said:
Hey, doesn;t someone shout "love all" ??

I have the opposite problem. My cheat partner does some practice serves. Then at love all he serves a fault.

He pretends it was just another practice serve. This time he with mock seriousness calls out "ok love all".

One more serve into the net. And now "ok seriously this time, no jokes, love all".

Other gems of his:

He can't handle the return and says "I thought my serve was a fault, it was not ???? Okay, re-serve".

I ace him, he calls out "That was a net, I swear it touched the net". On a second serve when he can;t reach a wide serve, that can really rattle me.
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I just hold the ball up over my head until I get an acknowledgment. Then I call the score and serve.

Your partner sounds like a real ****** bag.
 
Sentinel said:
I ace him, he calls out "That was a net, I swear it touched the net". On a second serve when he can;t reach a wide serve, that can really rattle me.
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This was such a bad problem in college tennis that they got rid of the serve let call.
 
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