They have everything in Japan. I could tell you some tales that'd - nah, I shouldn't. You'd think I was bullshit, and I don't wanna...
Alright, alright, but keep this to yourself, okay.
I was over there, last year I think it was, the company had me doing the rounds at the many, many fast food corporations they have over there. From Yoshinoya to KFC (a whole 'nother kettle of fish compared to ours, trust me), I'd outline our business model, explain the pros and cons, you know, basically repeating the same shtick at a hundred different places.
Anyway. I was over there, I think it was about a ten days in, and I had the weekend off. The Saturday I spent watching TV, and I could barely believe my eyes. They had this show called.. "Kendoken", I think it was. Anyway, there was this shark tank, and they had these contestants, these poor fucks - ah shit, I'm going a bit off track here. Okay, so the Saturday I pretty much saw everything that I could ever want to see on TV, and a lot of things that I didn't. So Sunday afternoon I decided to go out.
They had this shopping mall near the hotel, fairly seedy place to be honest, for Japan anyway, which means brighter lights and darker shadows. I was pretty much doing the whole tourist thing, just walking along the uh, the fairway sort of thing they had in there, it was all underground. Anyway, squeezed between a bar/tattoo parlor and one of the thousands of arcades you have lining the streets here, I see a neon sign pointing into a door leading that, well I just had a feeling about. Looking back, I guess I have a sixth sense about these sort of things, heh. Years and years of...
Anyway, I decide to check it out, so, caution to the wind and all, in I go.
I look around, and see a lot of familiar faces pinned up on the walls, mostly either looking shocked, dazed, content or eager. They have all the classics up there, and I suddenly get hit by, you know, the feeling of home. Like, here's a connection. And what kinda fate is that, a porno theatre showing all-American bimbos and broads smack bang in the middle of downtown Tokyo.
I figure, hey, I can't just turn and walk out of here, not after like, destiny or some shit drops it into my lap. Not to mention I had the biggest case of blue balls since junior high. I'd tried to, you know, get some company, but it's not as easy as these stories ya here. Unless you speak the language, I mean, you think you're asking for a petite young cheerleader type and they're giving you like, a set of mint-condition steak knives and a giant barrel of ground nutmeg. I still have the knives at home, I mean, they really do stay sharp, but I'm like, what am I gonna do with a hundred and twenty five pounds of nutmeg?
Alright, heh, so I was in this theatre right, and went and bought a ticket to - well, it was all in Jap, but hey, chances were I'd remember it when I saw it, heh. Walked into the place, sat on one of the freshly washed seats, and settled in amongst the rest of the poor souls. There wasn't really like, a partition or anything between us, or even an armrest, so I was getting a bit uncomfortable there. Like, if I'm jerkin' off in a theatre, I don't wanna have to see any dude's doin' the same, even in line of sight, really.
But when the lights dimmed, a sound came from under the floor, which was waxed wood (good business thinkin', heh). Kind of a rumbling noise. And then these like, long, thin hatches opened up in the floor between the seats, the ones that were occupied at least, and out emerges these big partitions, like little glowing walls, seperating each of us poor blue-balled folk into like, our own little private space. I liked that.