Bowling towel etiquette

[Aslan]

As long as you're not leaving it on my ball I don't care what you do with it. If it's on the air vent I'll move it but you better not gripe at me about it.

I don't know. It probably bothered me more because it happened during the latest slump...but I just don't like to have to touch other people's towels or rosin bags or powder bags; even if I do it with my non-bowling hand. Score table...chairs...whatever. I can avoid those. But I need that air vent to dry my hand off and every single time...he'd have his giant cotton towel and big rosin bag sitting directly on top of the vent.

A little gripe...but it at least helped me relate a tiny bit to PDW.

[vdubtx]

Do people really get upset about this stuff? So a towel is left on the ball return, who the heck cares. Move to the side so you can dry your hand and be done with it. Does the towel have cooties if it's sitting on your ball? Is it gonna make the ball roll differently down the lane? If the balls rolls differently, guess what...It wasn't the towel sitting on it for a minute. It's you and your release and this minuscule thing getting at your nerves. As it is, we have enough to worry about with approach, hand position, things going through our minds to deliver a good shot to then add this to an already filled mind trying to concentrate.

1st World Bowling Problems.

Don't sweat the small stuff!

[Aslan]

What if it has peanut residue on it and you're deathly allergic?

vdubtx apparently just wants everyone with a peanut allergy to die of asphyxiation. Nice. Way to be supportive of the community.

[bowl1820]

The main reason for not leaving towels on the ball return is that they can cause the returning balls to get backed up on the return, also it can cause balls to bounce off the rack.

As for Dry bags and rosin bags, they shouldn't be placed on the score terminals themselves. Because the powder can get down into the electronics and the keypads and has been known to cause problems to them.

[taxexpert2]

Hmmm. I do not think these people are at all conscious of where they are leaving their equipment. I have taken to making certain that I leave my stuff in a place that will not bother others. But my son often uses the same towel I do to wipe off his ball and he just puts it anywhere without regard to where it happens to lie when he is done. Frustrating to me when I come up to bowl after him and I realize the towel may be in the way of someone else but that is life. There are big things and little things that make it annoying or worth living.

[Aslan]

Since I can't use chemicals on the ball between shots (USBC rules and such)....and I bowl in an AMF center that returns my ball back to me looking like a Dalmation with black spots all over it from their dirty lanes/ball return....I sometimes spit on my ball and wipe it with my towel. That also usually serves the purpose of keeping people from touching it.

[Amyers]

Since I can't use chemicals on the ball between shots (USBC rules and such)....and I bowl in an AMF center that returns my ball back to me looking like a Dalmation with black spots all over it from their dirty lanes/ball return....I sometimes spit on my ball and wipe it with my towel. That also usually serves the purpose of keeping people from touching it.

There are a lot of cleaners that are approved for use during bowling that I'm sure are more effective than "Aslan Spit"

[Mark O]

There are a lot of cleaners that are approved for use during bowling that I'm sure are more effective than "Aslan Spit"

Yes Amyers is right, there is a laundry list of cleaners that are approved for use during bowling. Here's a link: http://usbcongress.http.internapcdn....ner_polish.pdf

[NewToBowling]

I'm thinking I want to learn NOT to sue my towel. I'll admit it's a force of habit now that I wipe down before each roll but honestly that's the only reason I do it now. I don't think it really helps long term.

[Aslan]

There are a lot of cleaners that are approved for use during bowling that I'm sure are more effective than "Aslan Spit"

That's not even something you can be sure of.