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The Truth about Japanese Love Hotels (scary) [684RxfOYBbg]
2020-09-05 · 11 min
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If you're interested in Japan, you may
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0:02–0:05 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_0have heard about something called a love
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0:05–0:07 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_1hotel. And since we don't have these love
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0:07–0:11 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_2hotels in Europe or the West, you may be
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0:11–0:14 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_3wondering what happens in these love
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0:15–0:17 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_4hotels. And that's what we will be finding
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0:17–0:19 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_5out today. You might think that love is
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0:19–0:23 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_6happening in these hotels, but The truth
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0:23–0:26 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_7is the complete opposite of love is
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0:27–0:30 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_8happening in these hotels. Love stands for
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0:30–0:33 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_9something pure, innocent, magical, and
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0:33–0:35 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_10beautiful, but what happens in these
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0:35–0:38 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_11hotels could not be any further from those
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0:38–0:41 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_12adjectives. And to tell us about his
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0:42–0:45 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_13experiences and stories inside of love
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0:45–0:48 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_14hotels, we have a very special guest here
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0:48–0:50 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_15today, my dear friend Bilbo. At first, he
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0:51–0:54 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_16didn't really want to share his stories
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0:55–0:56 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_17because they're kind of personal and
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0:56–0:59 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_18private, but I managed to twist his arm a
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0:59–1:02 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_19little bit and I convinced him to join us
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1:03–1:05 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_20today. Say hello, Bilbo. Hello.
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1:05–1:08 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_21Unfortunately, Bilbo had a bit of an
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1:09–1:11 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_22accident and has injured his jaw, so he
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1:11–1:14 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_23has difficulties speaking as of now. So
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1:14–1:16 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_24I'll be telling the story for him.
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1:17–1:18 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_25It was a cold winter's night and it was
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1:21–1:24 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_26softly raining down from the sky. A chill
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1:24–1:28 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_27lingered in the air like cheese on bread.
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1:28–1:30 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_28Bilbo had a pretty big argument with his
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1:31–1:34 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_29girlfriend the previous night and she
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1:34–1:36 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_30kicked him out, so he needed to find a
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1:36–1:39 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_31place to stay. The thing is with Bilbo is
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1:40–1:43 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_32he finds it difficult to sleep by himself.
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1:43–1:47 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_33He really needs something warm, some kind
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1:47–1:50 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_34of warm body laying beside him.
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1:50–1:53 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_35If he's to have a good night's sleep. He
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1:53–1:56 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_36shivered at the idea of having to sleep
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1:56–1:58 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_37alone tonight, all by himself, and a tear
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1:59–2:02 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_38started to form in his eyeball. Bilbo took
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2:02–2:05 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_39out his phone and had a look at his
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2:06–2:07 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_40friends list to see who was online that
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2:07–2:10 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_41night. Hmm, I could call her,
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2:10–2:12 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_42but I don't know, too fat,
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2:13–2:16 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_43too old. No, she's too smelly. Bilbo was
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2:17–2:20 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_44quickly reaching the end of his friends
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2:20–2:22 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_45list. Whatever shall he do? So he decided
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2:22–2:25 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_46that he had no choice but to use his
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2:26–2:28 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_47special ability. Most ordinary people
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2:28–2:31 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_48would call it Tinder, but Bilbo used to
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2:32–2:35 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_49like to call it his special fishing rod in
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2:36–2:39 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_50times of need. No matter how stormy the
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2:39–2:42 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_51seas, there was usually always something
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2:42–2:45 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_52tasty to be plucked out of the waters.
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2:45–2:47 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_53And boy, oh boy, Bilbo was about to catch
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2:48–2:51 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_54exactly what he wanted. First of all,
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2:51–2:55 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_55he set his maximum search distance to 500
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2:55–2:59 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_56miles, and then he set the age range
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2:59–3:03 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_57to 20 to 45. With these
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3:04–3:08 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_58search parameters in place, he started
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3:08–3:10 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_59swiping right, and within 30 minutes
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3:11–3:14 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_60he managed to match. Very special lady.
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3:14–3:17 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_61She told him she was 36 and she had
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3:18–3:22 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_623 very young children, and she was feeling
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3:22–3:25 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_63lonely tonight. Unfortunately, she was
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3:26–3:29 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_64about 6 hours away by train, but this
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3:29–3:32 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_65wouldn't stop Bilbo. He still wanted to
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3:33–3:35 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_66see her. He told her that he would be
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3:35–3:37 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_67willing to travel if she would want to
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3:37–3:39 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_68meet up tonight, and she said, Okay.
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3:40–3:42 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_69After 6 long hours on the train, he
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3:43–3:46 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_70finally arrived at this small, sleepy,
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3:47–3:50 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_71quiet Japanese town. She was waiting
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3:50–3:54 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_72for him at the train station. She looked
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3:54–3:57 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_73quite youthful and pretty despite her age.
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3:57–4:00 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_74Bilbo wasn't quite sure what to do now.
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4:01–4:03 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_75He was surprised that she even showed up.
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4:03–4:06 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_76He didn't have any place to go and and he
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4:06–4:09 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_77didn't have any hotel booked. So he said
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4:09–4:11 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_78to her, shall we go to a love hotel?
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4:11–4:14 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_79Now this was Bilbo's first time going to a
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4:15–4:18 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_80love hotel, so he wasn't quite sure what
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4:18–4:20 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_81to expect. She said yes, and then Bilbo
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4:20–4:24 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_82opened his Google Maps to find the closest
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4:24–4:27 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_83love hotel. Luckily, there were lots very
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4:28–4:31 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_84nearby to the station. How convenient. He
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4:31–4:35 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_85chose the cheapest one and said to her,
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4:35–4:37 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_86let's go, I found one, it's really cheap.
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4:38–4:41 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_87After walking for about 10 minutes, they
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4:43–4:45 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_88arrived at the love hotel. It was a
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4:45–4:48 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_89strange-looking building, strange design
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4:48–4:51 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_90with funny signs on the outside. It didn't
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4:51–4:55 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_91really look like a hotel, it looked more
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4:55–4:57 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_92like some kind of haunted house attraction
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4:58–5:00 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_93at a theme park. But it was getting late
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5:01–5:04 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_94and cold, and it was starting to rain even
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5:04–5:07 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_95harder. When they entered the love hotel,
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5:07–5:10 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_96there was a big display on the wall,
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5:10–5:13 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_97different rooms, and there were buttons.
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5:13–5:15 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_98Most of the rooms were occupied, so he had
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5:16–5:19 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_99to find one that was vacant, and then he
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5:19–5:22 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_100pressed a button and a tiny piece of paper
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5:22–5:25 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_101was ejected from the wall. Bilbo and his
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5:26–5:29 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_102new lady friend made their way up to the
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5:29–5:32 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_1033rd floor and found their room for the
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5:33–5:35 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_104night. It was a strange room, not like any
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5:36–5:39 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_105hotel room Bilbo had seen before. The
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5:39–5:42 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_106inside of the room kind of looked like it
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5:42–5:45 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_107was decorated by an 80-year-old woman.
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5:45–5:48 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_108There was a strange cabinet full of little
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5:49–5:51 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_109doors, and behind each door There was a
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5:52–5:55 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_110strange-looking object, things that Bilbo
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5:55–5:58 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_111had never seen before. He sat down on the
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5:58–6:01 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_112bed next to his new lady friend. He didn't
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6:02–6:05 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_113even remember what her name was, but she
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6:05–6:08 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_114had a very strong smell of cigarettes.
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6:09–6:11 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_115She had shoulder-length straight black
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6:12–6:14 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_116hair, and when she smiled, her eyes turned
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6:14–6:17 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_117into upside-down bananas. In a way, her
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6:18–6:21 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_118face kind of reminded Bilbo of his
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6:21–6:24 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_119ex-Japanese girlfriend who also gave him
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6:24–6:27 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_120chlamydia. They didn't really say much to
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6:27–6:30 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_121each other. It was too awkward, and the
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6:31–6:33 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_122tension in the room was so thick you could
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6:33–6:36 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_123slice it with butter. Bilbo started to
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6:37–6:40 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_124undress her and pushed her down onto the
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6:40–6:43 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_125bed, and then he The
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6:43–6:49 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_126whole thing was over in only 15 minutes.
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6:49–6:53 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_127They lay next to each other, gasping for
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6:53–6:56 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_128air. Bilbo had spread his butter all over
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6:56–6:59 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_129her multigrain bread loaf. There were
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7:00–7:02 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_130breadcrumbs all over the sheets. It was a
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7:02–7:05 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_131disgusting mess, but Bilbo was satisfied
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7:05–7:09 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_132that night, and he slept well.
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7:09–7:11 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_133He slept very well. He woke up the next
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7:12–7:15 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_134morning and asked her if he could see her
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7:15–7:17 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_135again the next night, but she said no.
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7:17–7:20 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_136She said she was not impressed with
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7:21–7:23 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_137Bilbo's butter-spreading abilities, and
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7:23–7:26 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_138she told him to practice more by himself.
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7:27–7:29 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_139She said she had plans to see someone else
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7:29–7:32 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_140the next night. As you can imagine, Bilbo
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7:32–7:35 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_141was pretty disappointed. He said okay and
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7:35–7:39 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_142bid her farewell. They would never meet
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7:39–7:41 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_143ever again. Bilbo made his way home, a
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7:42–7:45 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_144long 6-hour train journey. He had a lot
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7:45–7:48 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_145of time to think to himself. He apologized
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7:48–7:51 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_146to his girlfriend and made things right
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7:51–7:53 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_147and headed straight back home into her
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7:54–7:56 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_148loving arms. She would never find out what
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7:56–7:59 · rev_1be0762f6a62739d89fbbdb9817fa543_149happened that night at the love hotel.
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