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is that pronouced " far-bite"? ala auf Deutsche? 
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is that pronouced "far-bite"?
Albeit, is it?
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No, Faldage, I don't think that's possible. Far as I know the dimensions of the ball and pins and the placement of the pins is such that if the ball went exactly between two pins in the same plane, it would take down both. Where it goes between standing pins is when they appear to be close together but are not in the same plane (like 7 and 8); e.g., 2 and 5, or 4 and 8.
I have done some duckpin bowling (was even in the neighborhood league for a while) and I don't remember any time when the ball slipped between two adjacent pins without taking down at least one of them.
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not in the same plane (like 7 and 8); e.g., 2 and 5
Isn't the layout equilateral? If so, the distance between 7 and 8 would be the same as that between 2 and 5. I only say that the ball is small enough to fit between two pins because I seem to remember having done it my own se'f while bowling duckpins.
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Mebbe the duckpins' positioning was a bit firetrucked up?
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or perhaps we were at the Wine Bowl?
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According to this site ( http://www.duckpins.com/common/info/specs.html) the pins are set 12 inches apart center to center. The maximum width of a pin is 4.125 inches, so the space between pins is 7.875 inches. The ball is no more than 5 inches in diameter. That said, it wasn't duckpins I played, it was candlepins. Edit:In candlepins ( http://www.candlepinbowling.com/Rules.htm) the ball is only 4-1/2 inches in diameter and the pins are 2-15/16 inches and they're *still on 12 inch centers. Note the interesting pin combinations that are named ( http://www.candlepinbowling.com/candlepin_language.htm), so presumably relatively common. Particularly see the half Worcester and the full Worcester.
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hittin' a full Wooster has got to be a bit o' fancy bowling...
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That's right! ~ does it imply say the 8-pin taking out the 2-pin by 'the back door', or how else? Tell me, Columbine. Luck - What the other bowler always has but you, never. 
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