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Riley's staff shocked by monkey

Staff in Riley's Pool & Snooker Club in Sidwell Street have been shocked by the recent antics of one of their new members and his pet. The new member, who has simply registered his name as Mr Kuman, regularly frequents the club with his pet monkey whose behaviour leaves a lot to be desired.

Early last week Kuman entered Riley's with his monkey and whilst he stood at the bar to order a drink the monkey run amok munching his way through packets of crisps, customers burgers and even jumped on a pool table and swallowed a cue ball.

When this was brought to Kuman's attention by Bar Manager Jon Shrek, Kuman apologised and offered to pay for the items consumed. He explained that the monkey is in the process of being trained and unfortunately does tend to eat everything in sight.

However, when Kuman returned to the bar with his monkey on Wednesday, the monkey seemed much more subdued. This time as Kuman waited to get served at the bar, the monkey tiptoed around the Club, found a cherry, put it up his ass, pulled it out and then ate it. When staff quizzed Kuman about the monkey's actions he simply replied "The monkey still eats everything in sight, but ever since that cue ball he measures everything first".