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by Alex Holowczak » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:45 pm
Related, but not, if you see what I mean:
At some point in the history of billiards (1900s), there was a game where one of the players wanted to play a cannon with the two object balls close to the cueball, and near the cushion next to him. With a long cue, this was difficult. So, he produced a cue the length of a pencil, and started playing cannons all evening. Despite complaints, the referee allowed him to use it, even though it was against the spirit, if not the law.
In the wake of this, the BA&CC banned cues shorter than a certain size.
Perhaps FIDE will follow suit, and produce regulation pen and pencil sizes in future?