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- strobelite33, on 05/13/2008, -1/+134i wonder if he ever steals sips of people's drinks, gets ripped, and starts hitting on fat girls. cause then he'd just be me.
- GDOG5, on 05/13/2008, -4/+129"Monkey That Works in a Bar" .... Sure, whatever mate!
"Seriously. In Japan" .... ohhhh! well now ill believe you. - casspa, on 05/13/2008, -2/+119Do NOT order the Banana Colada, just trust me on this one
- coolian, on 05/13/2008, -14/+120Good to know there's a place for Bush once he's done.
- allfatherblack, on 05/13/2008, -4/+90And under that mask; a single monkey tear...
- blooperspree, on 05/13/2008, -5/+87Japan/Japanese has really become synonymous with WTF and craziness. That's sorta sad. My first thought when seeing this was holy ***** a monkey in a bar?! wtf? then i saw "Seriously. Japan." and I thought o ok that makes sense.
- Rizzen, on 05/13/2008, -5/+78Never change Japan.
- evan3168, on 05/13/2008, -1/+72the japanese get everything better over there. They get robots and they get technology before us, and now monkey bartenders.
- jflowers45, on 05/13/2008, -8/+74customer: "Give me a vodka tonic"
bartender: "oooh oooh ooh AHHH AHHH AHHH" - SeaweedWater, on 05/13/2008, -2/+68I wished it, and it happened.
- chromerium, on 05/13/2008, -3/+68After a hard day's work down the izakaya, he heads home on the train, and weathers more stares and the inevitable pointing.
Yes, he knows he's different, and yes he knows its a bit strange to see him wearing cloths, using tickets, etc. He pulls out his keitai, dials the wife, lets he know he's on the way home. Even more stares. The locals don't like the weird sounds that he makes .. but his wife speaks his language, and he feels more comfortable talking to her with it.
Fifteen minutes later, he arrives, and ambles through the station to the exit. He gives the station master a polite nod on the way past, which is acknowledged. Suzuki-san is a good man, they've been to a few ball games together with friends, and he was always polite, never stared or laughed. Always considered that man a good friend. The barrier beeps and lets him through as he waves his pass at the sensor, and he walks out to his bicycle.
Most people who are used to the daily sight of him getting onto a bicycle to ride home are unsurprised when he does so, though there is the usual gasps of surprise as usual from random people who have stopped to see the travelling monkey show. Its just one of those things you have to deal with daily, when you're different to everyone else.
He speeds home, dodging some tourists drunkenly staggering along the footpath. He yells at them to watch where they're going, but they don't understand - they're german or dutch or something, and he zooms down some back streets to his small house.
He's owned the building for several years, though not in his own name as there are still some prejudices against non-japanese owning homes in Japan, and getting a loan without a guarantor are next to impossible. He's managed to convince his boss to buy this in his name. Japanese people are generally honourable though, so he doesn't worry that the man will evict him from his own home.
Entering the home, he steps out of his sandles, hangs up his coat and hat, walks inside, and hugs his wife, saying a few words. He eats a sparse, cold dinner, eyeing the television, but the program is disappointing. Some stupid game show.
He sits down at the computer, opens up his bookmark to digg.com and posts a few comments to some of the stories. Being a Gaijin in Japan is a unique experience, and he doesn't think he'll ever tire of it. Working in the Izakaya has been great fun - his japanese has been improving a great deal.
Mind you, that damn monkey is after his job, that's for sure. - pentupentropy, on 05/13/2008, -2/+58Seriously, he's probably better than most of the bar tenders around here =)
- inactive, on 05/13/2008, -3/+51Really not that amazing..... the U.S. already has one running the country
- kunalr, on 05/13/2008, -1/+27why insult monkeys?
- ChromaVita, on 05/13/2008, -1/+28Just don't order the ***** mushrooms and you're good.
- inactive, on 05/13/2008, -2/+25"Can I speak with your manager? There seems to be poo in my sake."
- euro22, on 12/17/2008, -1/+23Japan does not disappoint.
- br0wnstar, on 05/13/2008, -0/+19Marge: Why didn't you tell me you were bringing home a filthy monkey?
[pours, then drinks a glass of orange juice]
Homer: This "filthy monkey" made the orange juice you're drinking! - AManWithNoName, on 05/13/2008, -5/+27There's got to be some witty comment I can make about him throwing poo that makes sense here, but I can't think of it right now.
- chromerium, on 05/13/2008, -2/+20Wow, short attention span. You kids these days want everything in one line witty comebacks.
- bigbill780, on 05/13/2008, -1/+20Banana cognac biatch
Also...
"How many monkey butlers will there be?"
"One at first, but he'll train others." - getrealnow, on 05/13/2008, -1/+17"He" is the manager...
- luke16, on 05/13/2008, -0/+12I read it, it was good. 10 points
- Dumbledorito, on 05/13/2008, -2/+15If his name is "Caesar," we're all screwed.
- Oppslagsverk, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1178% of the weird stuff on the interwebz is from Japan.
- 7come11, on 05/13/2008, -0/+11This job is way too complicated for him.
- bowdie, on 05/13/2008, -0/+11Someone needs to notify Karl Pilkington. Some actual monkey news!
- urgan, on 05/13/2008, -0/+10nice
- andrewpate, on 05/13/2008, -3/+13I'm currently stationed in Japan, does anybody by chance know where that bar is? I've never heard of it, but would really like to go there.
- richpav, on 05/13/2008, -0/+8居酒屋「かやぶき」
栃木県宇都宮市御幸本町４６８８
TEL ０２８（６６２）３７５１
http://homepage2.nifty.com/nanato/i/outside/tochig ... - luckyguy2000, on 05/13/2008, -1/+8I, for one, welcome our new flying monkey robot overlords.
- MrTea, on 05/13/2008, -1/+8and a fetish is born
- getrealnow, on 05/13/2008, -2/+10Its only a matter of time before japan creates flying monkey robots with the sole purpose of taking over the world ;(
- synaesthesia, on 05/13/2008, -2/+9"...a bar in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture". Tochigi Prefecture is above Gunma, so 3-4 prefectures up if you're stationed at Yokota/Zama/Atsugi and a few prefectures down if you're at Misawa. If you're on Okinawa, forget it (and screw you guys for always ***** up with the locals).
- Enasni1212, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6Oh, the irony.
- matschig, on 05/13/2008, -0/+6sure, why not
- ricerfuel, on 05/13/2008, -1/+7oh the damage of a comma
- bcerz811, on 05/13/2008, -1/+6no.
- pcslugster, on 05/13/2008, -1/+7it might just be me, but id pay a pretty penny if i got to be served by a monkey...
- Heavypettingzoo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+51 monkey, many many cups.
- inactive, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5It sounds like you lead a miserable life.
- lopla, on 05/13/2008, -1/+6It seems quite human like. What is the vatican's stance on this? Will he burn in hellfire?
- Murdats, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5you do if they are japanese monkeys.
- mindsnare, on 05/13/2008, -2/+6ZING
- sniviler, on 05/13/2008, -2/+6Planet of the apes .......... a reality ?
- 808ethan, on 05/13/2008, -2/+6Japan is the land of the 0.01%. Most all of Japan is low tech and a bit dull. All the freakout stuff you hear and think "Thats Japanese" is so incredibly rare that if this article would suprise more Japanese people than us.
Not a funny comment, just think some people like to know how stuff works. - Arcesius, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4"Pray..... for.... Mojo...."
- Harelin, on 05/13/2008, -5/+9That redefines "even a monkey can do it."
- HotSaucePanCake, on 05/13/2008, -6/+11That was disturbing...
- JakeyG14, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4Haha, good one, Clarence. Now shoot yourself.
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