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Dec 14 2015 12 Comments

Tokyo bar distractions

Personally, I don’t think TVs in small bars or restaurants are a particularly good idea, as regardless of what’s being shown, it’s almost impossible not to be distracted by them. But as a man who doesn’t do distractions halfheartedly, the drinker below would presumably deem such diversions a plus.

Tokyo bar intensity

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. John says

    12/14/2015 at 12:09 pm

    He’s thinking… “wow, a system kitchen… fancy that”.

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    • Lee says

      12/14/2015 at 8:09 pm

      Haha, the marvels of the modern world!

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  2. Ed says

    12/14/2015 at 2:20 pm

    Or, he’s thinking…”How come Chelski lost another game. No matter how good Leicester is, they don’t have the right to be called the True Blue”.

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    • Lee says

      12/14/2015 at 8:10 pm

      With Chelsea’s current run of form, that look may well be saved for when they actually win!

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      • Ed says

        12/16/2015 at 12:53 pm

        True! And they’ve just lost the gave against Leicester.

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        • Lee says

          12/16/2015 at 7:03 pm

          I know, a staggering decline…

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  3. Al says

    12/14/2015 at 3:18 pm

    Love his expression! That’s a man who loves his TV! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      12/14/2015 at 8:11 pm

      He does indeed!

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  4. john says

    12/14/2015 at 9:58 pm

    forgotten glasses or AKB48? The fish is watching him.

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    • Lee says

      12/14/2015 at 10:30 pm

      Yes, the goldfish were an interesting touch. In bars, anything swimming in a tank is usually part for the menu.

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  5. cdilla says

    12/14/2015 at 10:46 pm

    Another intricate and complex scene captured at the perfect moment. The subject reminds me a little of Brian Glover.

    When I was much younger my regular bar was an underground (literally) biker bar where the local angel gang held forth. The bar was the first in my town to have a video game (space invaders of course) and also the first to have a video jukebox with the screen high up at one end of the single long box shaped room. The effect of the screen was to polarize the whole clientel whenever a song was playing. Everyone faced the same direction and conversation stopped. When I asked the landlord why he went for it he said the bright images and flashing lights distracted the neanderthals from their usual business of breaking things and each other. One downside was that the rival angel gang, who would raid the pub every few months for a fight, would come down the entrance opposite the screen and so get a head start on the ensuing altercation. Happy days 🙂
    Anyway, this guy certainly seems distracted from whetever else he may have had in mind.

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    • Lee says

      12/15/2015 at 9:51 am

      Thanks. And yes, he does look rather like a Japanese Brian Glover, doesn’t he?

      That sounded like a very interesting place to drink. No doubt some very interesting regulars too. Fascinating to hear about the TV having the same effect, but even more fascinating was the landlord’s reasoning behind it!

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