“If you can’t hear a pin drop, then something is definitely wrong with your bowling”

“Sign in the bowling alley: ‘If you can’t hear a pin drop there’s something wrong with your bowling’” was printed in the Ord (NE) Quiz on March 13, 1958. “If you can’t hear a pin drop, then something is definitely wrong with your bowling” was posted on X/Twitter by Wally Bowler on April 21, 2011. The expression “you can hear a pin drop” means that it’s very quiet.
 
“What is the quietest sport?”/“Bowling, because you can hear a pin drop” is a related bowling riddle.
 
 
Newspapers.com
13 March 1958, Ord (NE) Quiz, pg.. 2, col. 2:
Sign in the bowling alley: “If you can’t hear a pin drop there’s something wrong with your bowling.”
     
Newspapers.com
5 February 1959, Windsor (CO) Beacon, pg. 2, col. 4:
If you can’t hear a pin drop, there’s something wrong with your bowling.
—State Patrol Columbine
 
X/Twitter
astralmonkey
@astralmonkey
@CindieLou
there’s no shame in using side bumpers, and granny shots, cuz if u can’t hear a pin drop somethings wrong w/ your bowling!
4:36 PM · May 29, 2009
 
X/Twitter
Michael Kerr
@HumoratWork
If you can’t hear a pin drop, you definitely need to work on your bowling game!
12:59 PM · Aug 29, 2010
 
X/Twitter
Wally Bowler
@wallybowler
“If you can’t hear a pin drop, then something is definitely wrong with your bowling”  http://www.bowlingdo.com
10:27 AM · Apr 21, 2011
 
X/Twitter
Laura Jazz xox
@thelauraxo
@BowlHammer
If u can’t hear a pin drop, then something is definitely wrong with ya bowling, you must bowl with hammer 2 hear all pins drop!
6:39 AM · Aug 8, 2011
 
LaffGaff
Pin Drop
June 19, 2025 by LaffGaff
If you can’t hear a pin drop …
Then something is definitely wrong with your bowling.