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Pachinko Mayhem : The Whole Truth
The Parlour was pretty much empty when I entered at 10:00 am. I perused the machines and found my hope for the day. I got myself a drink, sat down and inserted a 10,000 Yen bill. By 1:00 pm, I'd inserted 5 10,000 Bills and my "hope for the day" was slowly turning into my "nightmare for the day". Everytime a ball finds its way into the "start" hole, the fish spin. This had happened 1036 times and I hadn't won yet. Then I won. 3 hours later I was back on top, having won 60,000 Yen : I had a stack of 12 crates neatly lined up behind me. A nice couple beside me kept urging on my machine and I urged on theirs and we all kept winning. Then I started losing again. I put 6 crates back in, in an attempt to get a mini ipod for Naomi! Gradually and surely, my luck was running out. It was a losing battle. So by 10:00 pm I was down to 6 crates and was 20,000 Yen down. The parlour closes at 11:00 pm so there was little chance of me getting it all back : But there was a little chance. And sure enough at 10:20 pm, I started winning again. I won 5 crates, my last one came at 11:00 pm, and I was left in a virtually empty parlour to fill up my crate. The loud music turned to soft "ending theme" music, as my new friends bid me goodnight. So, 13 hours later, I was 5,000 Yen up, a pack of cigarettes down, and I had deep vein thrombosis...
You may say I'm a fool, and you'd be right. But until I lose, I'm a lucky fool.
One day till, Shinkansen time!
posted by PA on Sunday, August 08, 2004
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