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Hello and welcome to episode 239 of the Standard Issue Podzine.

I'm Mickey Noonan, and I am delighted to have found a local with a pool table.

Goodness me, something of a rarity.

Celebrated by playing 10 games of pool.

How many did you win? Who won?

Oh, well, it was evens until game 7, and then Gary spunked my ass at pool, I hastened to add.

Will you then gain? Should we make it best tonight? Should we make it best tonight?

Should we make it best tonight? Should we make it best tonight?

I was just having a lovely time playing pool, to have a pool table in a decent boozer,

that we were allowed to stay on on a Saturday night for two hours, incredible scenes.

You put Pagno had a real shortage of pool tables when I was crying out, but there was one in the bull,

but it was in a room that was slightly too small.

That's where they put pool tables, I know, I think it's the law.

When you try and take a certain shot, you have to open the windows, so you elbow to clap to it.

So you could do it, it was really tight.

Oh, the dodgy establishments I've been in in the search for a decent pool table.

I will literally go anywhere if it means I can get a game of pool.

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