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Cut to Mike and Spike playing a game of eight-ball pool in the Baby Seal. Pibby watches as Spike pockets the 8-ball. |
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Ohhh, so that's how pool works! Just... strike what you see and go from there.
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Trust the pattern, Pibby. Solids, then stripes.
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Although things would be much different if we had a snooker table instead of a pool table. |
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I-it's a little more complex. You get the reds first, then you get the rest of the colours, in sequence within a frame. That frame is basically an individual game in a snooker match. That's... quite the pattern, hehe!
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Huh...! I guess the English really do love their sports.
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The thing about snooker is it's seen as more prestigious in the UK, whereas pool is more laid back. But the crowd is also quite relaxed, in a way like golf. |
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Steve Davis was the heavily favoured defending world champion, but lemme just say... he crashed hard. Tony Knowles, that son of a gun, shut on him 10–1.
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Sigh, one off from my favourite number...
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What kind of mathemagician would say that?
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Bot looks down from the table to find BFB contestant 8-Ball, who is clearly bigger and thus not on the table.
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It's just a sphere, Bot. I would know.
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Soooo... how do you find the bar?
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Ohhhh, look what we have here! Ol' Mike's got a new bar! This day's full of firsts, eh?
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Oh yeah. New competition. Like a decathlon but bigger. I don't know much about it though. But I'm sure it went somewhere.
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Cut back to the Baby Seal. Spike is reading a newspaper while Bloomberg is talking with Spike and Pibby as Team Umizoomi on the pool table. |
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HMM. YA LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY, MAN.
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Oooh! What's in that newspaper?
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Remote working in the 19th century?
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SHE WAS A TELEGRAPHIST. MAYBE SHE SENT OUT MORSE CODE MESSAGES IN HER OWN HOUSE? |
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What did she say out there?
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Maybe something like, "SUX"?
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Oh, they really like it here. Hmph.
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I mean, sure, it's got all the chill vibes.
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Oh-! Why, hello there! I'm Candle.
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Don't feel bad, Pibby. We're all unique in our own way. I travel as well sometimes, mostly on a journey towards inner peace.
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It wasn't always quiet, though. I remember that troop of capuchin monkeys out in Costa Rica. Though they were quite hectic, I nevertheless learned to go with the flow and redirect my energy elsewhere. |
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Oooh! Maybe you... thought as if it was goat yoga? |
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Oh, there's more of you...! Hi! uh- I'm P-
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That's Pibby, a fellow traveller.
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Well isn't that interesting? The name's Cabby, by the way. And this is Clover. Aren't you also the one who likes to learn?
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Wonderful. A woman of culture.
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Ooh, a crossword? There's so many things I could learn from a crossword!
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I know, right? It gets harder every day until Sunday. Then it resets on Monday.
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Hey... That puzzle looks familiar.
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What, did you play it before?
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It's super easy and a breeze to clean!
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I can see it. It's actually quite small.
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Well, it's still too big for us!
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Not when you can treat it like a giant trampoline park!
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They're a pretty obstreperous bunch...
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Check this out. Slalom past the chairs' legs.
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Cut to two days ago in a different borough.
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With a bad boy like that, you can cancel that gym membership!
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That's a bit of a stretch.
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Well, it's better than nothing.
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IT WAS STILL WORTH IT, DUDE. YOU DID WELL.
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I must say, this space has endless possibilities!
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...What the heck is that?
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What am I supposed to do with this?
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I think I've made my decision. I'll go for the studio apartment.
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In theory, we could turn this house into another trampoline and skate park. But of course, we're small.
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You liked the studio apartment, though.
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Oh yeah. At least for a short stay.
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Fixer upper? What are they trying to fix here?
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Whatever they're trying to fix, it'll only need more fixing!
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Pibby opens her Jeopardy! Page-A-Day Calendar into a $1000 clue in SAILING INTO HISTORY. |
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Ooh ooh ooh! It's... Old Navy?
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Keep trying! And don't forget to ask questions.
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Nono, respond to the clue in the form of a question.
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OK. Where... is... Old... Ironsides?
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I've always wondered why the host says the answer and the contestants ask the questions.
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And we've always wondered where all the risk is.
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It would be more risky if we sued!
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If I ran a show and they were there, I'd kick 'em out so fast you wouldn't see it. Yknow, Old Ironsides deflects the bullets, I deflect the hecklers. What goes up must come down.
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The Baby Seal's got that personality.
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