I heard he was having such a great game that he couldn't stop for a toilet break incase the loitering kids took his spot.

Another drama were the, approximately, 50, dollar coins stacked across the lockdown bar for dibs on the next game.  This almost had Alex come unstuck several times as he could hardly see the flippers by the time he had finished.

I think the loitering kids were in fact after all those $1.00 coins, not his spot on the game.

Damn you Matt - thanks for reminding me about the toilet part - not!. I had (like all post-traumatic situations) forgotten about that. Imagine having to help a guy attach a catheter while he's holding the ball with a flipper?

I was worried about the flipper over heating in traditional LOTR fashion.  ;)