On a similar topic, when I was playing my friend in pool circa 1988 we were down to the last balls. The rule was when sinking the 8-ball last you had to 1) touch the 8-ball without missing 2) hit the 8-ball first before hitting any other stripe or solid.
My stripe ball was in between the cue ball and the 8-ball. I was laughing but he took the stick up high and struck down which spun the cue ball and it actually hopped over my ball w/o touching, hit the 8-ball and dropped it.
He was elated. I couldn't believe what I just saw.