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# There is a rule: if you cannot play billiards, you must at least be able to hold up your end of a conversation about Henri IV, whose bust stands in the billiard room
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/est-takoe-pravilo-ne-umeesh-igrat-v-biliard-umei-khotia-by-podderzhat-razgovor-o-genrikhe-iv-chei-biust-stoit-v-biliardnom-zale/
- Published: 2017-02-28T17:15:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:45:57.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Monarchies, Observations, Humour

There is a rule: if you cannot play billiards, you must at least be able to hold up your end of a conversation about Henri IV, whose bust stands in the billiard room. The Bourbon, naturally