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In fiction, the sole Idle Animation for bartenders who aren't currently filling a glass is to dry a glass (unless they're the main character, in which case they will never do either of these things). You'll never see them stocking ice or frequently-ordered drinks, wiping down the bar, or trying to keep customers (who aren't the protagonist) engaged. In real life, bartenders who always have a glass in their hand tend to get fired. Although, to be fair, in fiction, the bartender is usually also the owner of the establishment.
Understandable in TV and movies, where it's an easy barkeeping duty to do in multiple takes, while many other jobs would need undoing before they could be done again and cause continuity problems. In addition, activities like handling glassware or ice can be quite loud, and can drown out whatever is going on. Less understandable in other media; it's probably a result of the stereotype. |
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In Victim (1961), the barkeeper at the pub is seen cleaning glasses while interacting with the patrons. |
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Izumo Kusanagi in K, despite being a major character and second-in-command of one of the series' factions, still does this a lot when he's behind the bar at his restaurant (and Red Clan headquarters), Bar HOMRA. Used to great effect in episode 3; when Misaki and Rikio crash into his bar, he drops the glass, and as it falls, it reflects his face in The Scream pose. |
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Bleach. In the Lost Agent anime arc, Xcution member Giriko Kutsuzawa works as a bartender. In almost every episode he appears in, at least once he's shown polishing a glass while standing behind the group's private bar. |
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Tumbleweeds: Blackie, the saloon keeper of Grimy Gulch, is usually seen drying glasses when not serving drinks. |
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Kobolds Ate My Baby 3rd edition. The sample village of West Bumble has the Screaming Unicorn Tavern. The barkeeper is washing the three unbroken glasses in the place. |
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Moe Szyslak does this all the time on The Simpsons. One episode even suggests that the rag is his Companion Cube. |
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: In "Out of the Past", first time we see Enoch as the bartender of the Krazy Kanoe (where he's been stuck for the last 24 years while his companions time-traveled), he's naturally cleaning a glass. |
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In Stardew Valley, Gus, the owner and bartender of the Stardrop Saloon, is continuously polishing a glass whenever he's at the bar. |
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The innkeeper in My Week with Marilyn is fiddling around with a rag and glasses in both of his scenes. |
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Paranoia supplement Acute Paranoia, adventure "Botbusters". When the barbot (bartender robot) Jonesie receives a message from The Computer, he's standing around polishing some glasses. |
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In Harry Potter, Aberforth Dumbledore's first appearance involves him wiping a glass that seems to be getting dirtier. The barkeep washing glasses is an obvious cover for his eavesdropping. Two books later, the stereotype falls away altogether as he becomes a full-blown Rick Blaine type. |
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Mac, the proprietor of McAnally's Pub in The Dresden Files, is always either wiping glasses or polishing the bar. It's implied to be an Invoked Trope — Mac is seriously taciturn (he speaks an average of one sentence per novel) and always having a task to hand deflects social attention. |
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Discworld: Lampshaded in Guards! Guards!. Sham the bartender is constantly cleaning glasses, which always confuses Vimes because the glasses never seem to be clean. A possible (and obvious) answer to TP's dilemma offered by — who else? — Douglas Adams is that the cloth is actually dirtier than the glasses, resulting in an opposite effect where the alcohol kills whatever germs have peacefully been living on the towel. |
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The Planescape setting adventure In the Abyss. The Grinning Imp is a small tavern in the city of Sigil that sells drinks from all over the multiverse. When the PCs enter the tiefling bartender will be polishing mugs. |
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The bartender in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge is always cleaning the glasses... with his spittle. |
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Top Secret!. While Nick Rivers is fighting Nigel in the underwater bar, in the background the barkeeper can be seen polishing a glass with a cloth. |
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The Twilight Zone episode "And When the Sky Was Opened". When Forbes is talking to a bartender about Harrington, the bartender is shown polishing a glass. |
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The Mother Goose and Grimm comic for November 16th, 2012.◊ The dog Grimm is at a bar where the bartender is cleaning a glass with a cloth. |
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Passengers has a robot bartender who justifies this as a standby mode, perfect stillness freaking people out. |
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An alien barkeep extra can be seen in episode 10 of the second season of Space☆Dandy doing this, in every single shot he's onscreen. |
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Grillby in Undertale is always seen behind the bar of his tavern/restaurant in Snowdin, polishing a glass. |
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In Starship Titanic, Fortillian O'Perfluous, the BarBot, is seen cleaning a glass as his idle animation behind the bar of the titular space cruise liner. The first time you talk to him, he actually gives you the glass he was cleaning. |
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Wormy in Dragon magazine #79. The troll bartender is shown drying a glass as he listens to his customers. |
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''The Philosophical Strangler: The owner of The Trough engages in this; a veteran Troughman can instantly determine his mood and intent by how exactly he performs these actions. |
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Dungeons & Dragons:
Adventure I6 Ravenloft. The barkeep of the "Blood of the Vine" tavern mindlessly cleans glasses one after the other. When they're all clean, he starts over. He only stops doing this to take drink orders and serve drinks.
The Planescape setting adventure In the Abyss. The Grinning Imp is a small tavern in the city of Sigil that sells drinks from all over the multiverse. When the PCs enter the tiefling bartender will be polishing mugs. |
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Postmodern Jukebox's cover of the Pinky and the Brain theme features two bartenders mostly cleaning glasses, played by... Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche as Pinky and the Brain in "human outfits". |
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Subverted in Adrian Mole: When Adrian loudly declares his love for his therapist Leonora, her husband Fergus enters the consulting room, drying a little blue jug, and asking if Leonora is all right. When Adrian leaves twenty minutes later, he passes Fergus, who is still drying the little blue jug, presumably as a cover for checking Leonora is safe. |
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Heavy Metal segment "Taarna". When the title character goes into the bar the bartender is drying a glass. When she goes over to get information from him he's still drying a glass. |
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¡Three Amigos!. When the German walks into the Bad Guy Bar, the bartender is polishing a glass. |
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The default animation for the bartender at the Chicken Kitchen in Ghost Trick. |
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In NCIS, a barkeeper questioned by Tony (about DiNozzo Sr.'s whereabouts) is seen cleaning while answering. More justified, though, since the bar has yet to actually open. |
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The Fifth Element: The bartender at the astroport cleans a glass, in probably what is a parody considering it's a robot. |
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Late in The Wheel of Time, there's a brief mention of a barkeep who does this and is generally obsessive about keeping his place clean. The story kind of pokes fun at this trope by pointing out that the bartender gets so worked up with cleanliness that it actually unnerves customers and drives away business, because people who go in for a little Drowning Their Sorrows don't want to feel like they're stepping into an immaculately kept palace or museum. |
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The bartender at the saloon in Back to the Future Part III. |
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In They Died with Their Boots On, the bartender at Fort Abraham Lincoln's canteen is, naturally, cleaning glasses after closing time when Custer comes in. |
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The bartender in Rooty Toot Toot is seen cleaning a glass during the flashback to his testimony, and even wipes the witness stand when he's done. |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
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The Sting. Just before Billie leaves the lounge of her whorehouse to warn the con men about Snyder, the bartender can be seen drying a glass with a cloth. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_9eac916a |
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| | The Sting |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_9eac916a |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Allan Quatermain first appears in an African bar. It's clear who the bartender is because he's polishing a glass with a cloth. |
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| | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_b6d60e4 |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bb9712e2 |
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Lampshaded in Roadside Picnic, where Redrick briefly reflects on how amazing it is that the bartender of the Borscht is constantly cleaning glasses. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bb9712e2 |
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| | Roadside Picnic |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bb9712e2 |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bca72091 |
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Brewster the bar-tending pigeon in the later Animal Crossing games, which feature his café. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bca72091 |
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1.0 |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bca72091 |
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1.0 |
| | AnimalCrossing |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bca72091 |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bcb32dc6 |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bcb32dc6 |
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Shadowrun 2nd Edition main rules. In the Contacts section, the picture of the Bartender shows him polishing a glass. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bcb32dc6 |
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1.0 |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bcb32dc6 |
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| | Shadowrun (Tabletop Game) |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bcb32dc6 |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bd310eaa |
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In El Goonish Shive, during the "Parable" storyline, Susan takes up a job as a bartender and the only two strips that actually show her working are this. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bd310eaa |
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| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bd310eaa |
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| | El Goonish Shive (Webcomic) |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bd310eaa |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bd54ba07 |
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The bartender in Blazing Saddles who "always kept things nice and clean" by spitting in them and shining them. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_bd54ba07 |
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1.0 |
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| | Blazing Saddles |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_c90faa8c |
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Hägar the Horrible. In the strip for July 16th 2014, Hagar and Lucky Eddie are talking in a bar. The bartender is behind the counter polishing a glass. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_c90faa8c |
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1.0 |
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| | Hägar the Horrible (Comic Strip) |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_d7062bae |
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Bernie at the Squishy Juice Bar in JumpStart Adventures 5th Grade: Jo Hammet, Kid Detective. Ironically, he's not very good at making drinks there, but people still come anyway. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_d7062bae |
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1.0 |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_d7062bae |
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1.0 |
| | JumpStart Adventures 5th Grade: Jo Hammet, Kid Detective (Video Game) |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_d7062bae |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_da02c1ef |
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The bartender in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is doing this. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_da02c1ef |
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1.0 |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_da02c1ef |
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1.0 |
| | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Video Game) |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_da02c1ef |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_dab7c96c |
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Bill at the soda shop in Pleasantville is introduced wiping down the countertop with a towel when David, thrust into the show's role of Bud, arrives late for his shift working there. Because Bill literally cannot start his duties until Bud arrives, he'd been wiping down the counter long enough, and in the same spot to boot, that it had been worn down into a circular smear. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_dab7c96c |
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| | Pleasantville |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_e233006d |
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This is how we're introduced to Tapper in Wreck-It Ralph. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_e233006d |
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1.0 |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_e233006d |
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| | Tapper (Video Game) |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_e8c8f03c |
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Another main character example in High School Star Musical: In season 2 episode 3, when Kitahara and Nanjo visit the restaurant where Kuga works as a bartender (even though he's in high school), they have a loud conversation about their cocky attitudes towards the audition. Kuga overhears, doesn't like their attitude, and brings them some extremely bitter drinks, on the house. What was he doing when he overheard them? Yeah, drying a glass. |
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1.0 |
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| | High School Star Musical |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_e8c8f03c |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_ea48a181 |
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The Apprentice, the Student, and the Charlatan averts this, as almost every bartender seen does something other than simply clean a glass with all of their time. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_ea48a181 |
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1.0 |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_ea48a181 |
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1.0 |
| | The Apprentice, the Student, and the Charlatan / Fan Fic |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_ea48a181 |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_f913059 |
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The barkeeper in The Big Heat is cleaning glasses when Bannion comes to question him. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_f913059 |
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1.0 |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_f913059 |
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1.0 |
| | The Big Heat |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_f913059 |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_fa86ed4e |
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In Catherine Boss, owner and barman of the Stray Sheep, is frequently seen polishing glasses. |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_fa86ed4e |
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1.0 |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_fa86ed4e |
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1.0 |
| | Catherine (Video Game) |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping / int_fa86ed4e |
