It's easy to make a cue last a lifetime. Don't boil it or freeze it in the trunk of a car. Don't lean it against a wall for years. If you lose a game to a complete idiot, hit the edge of the table in anger with something other than your cue.
To err is human, to purr feline.
Partying is such sweet sorrow.
If the numbers keep mounting, newspapers will eventually have to admit that pool exists and give it some coverage.
No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one.
Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.