Comments on: Hospital fetish restaurant in Latvia http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388610 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388610 no need to get personal no need to get personal

]]> By: Drowse http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-389129 Drowse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-389129 anyone else think these two 'nurses' look like they could be straight out of Little Britain? anyone else think these two ‘nurses’ look like they could be straight out of Little Britain?

]]> By: jahknow http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-389133 jahknow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-389133 "I want you to relax... and breathe deeply. Breathe deeply. - I like this song. - Of course you do. Welcome to your relaxation time...." “I want you to relax… and breathe deeply. Breathe deeply. – I like this song. – Of course you do. Welcome to your relaxation time….”

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388386 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388386 Palilay: Riots in Lithuania; Estonia, not yet. I used to hang out with a Latvian. easy to get these tiny Baltic states mixed up. Wasn't Lenin born in Riga, Latvia? PS Also hear old Riga town is worth seeing. Palilay: Riots in Lithuania; Estonia, not yet. I used to hang out with a Latvian. easy to get these tiny Baltic states mixed up.
Wasn’t Lenin born in Riga, Latvia?
PS Also hear old Riga town is worth seeing.

]]> By: Michael http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388398 Michael Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388398 JJasper: HAHAHA! JJasper: HAHAHA!

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388408 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388408 @4 POSTED BY FEE: True enough, but the issue of style over substance in restaurants extends past novelty restaurants like this. Even some "great" restaurants in NYC are merely circus sideshows to different degrees. Heck, any local Irish "pub" that's not in a deeply Irish neighborhood is a sham. So heck, this is cool. But the red wigs are asinine. Maybe just wigs if they want to keep even bangs on all of the waitresses, but nothing wreaks of bad sorority party or a bachelorette "wigging out" than uniformly bright/colored wigs. @4 POSTED BY FEE:
True enough, but the issue of style over substance in restaurants extends past novelty restaurants like this. Even some “great” restaurants in NYC are merely circus sideshows to different degrees. Heck, any local Irish “pub” that’s not in a deeply Irish neighborhood is a sham.

So heck, this is cool. But the red wigs are asinine. Maybe just wigs if they want to keep even bangs on all of the waitresses, but nothing wreaks of bad sorority party or a bachelorette “wigging out” than uniformly bright/colored wigs.

]]> By: Clay http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-389688 Clay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-389688 This looks a lot more inviting than the "medical prison" themed <a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fg20070427jb.html" rel="nofollow">Alcatraz ER</a> in Japan. Although the proprietor of that place seems like a truly awesome dude. This looks a lot more inviting than the “medical prison” themed Alcatraz ER in Japan.

Although the proprietor of that place seems like a truly awesome dude.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388924 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388924 This restaurant owners are two famous latvian doctors, it's not latvian humor, but doctors black humor IMHO. And restaurant is really nice - bright rooms, nice smell of food, and tasy meals. This restaurant owners are two famous latvian doctors, it’s not latvian humor, but doctors black humor IMHO.

And restaurant is really nice – bright rooms, nice smell of food, and tasy meals.

]]> By: chasie http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388413 chasie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388413 That "nurse" on the right seems kinda manly to me. That “nurse” on the right seems kinda manly to me.

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388417 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388417 That pizzacake thing on the right looks weird and unpleasant, the waitress less so - I love the touch provided by the glasses. That pizzacake thing on the right looks weird and unpleasant, the waitress less so – I love the touch provided by the glasses.

]]> By: Karnuvap http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388929 Karnuvap Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388929 I thought of a restaurant catering to would-be cannibals. Chicken or pork (because that's what we taste like, apparently) is skilfully re-shaped (by redundant or trainee plastic surgeons) into human hand or foot or <insert your favourite anatomy here> shaped pieces before cooking and serving. I wouldn't eat there because I'm not mad. I thought of a restaurant catering to would-be cannibals.
Chicken or pork (because that’s what we taste like, apparently) is skilfully re-shaped (by redundant or trainee plastic surgeons) into human hand or foot or shaped pieces before cooking and serving.

I wouldn’t eat there because I’m not mad.

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388420 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388420 Dang - meant on the left... Dang – meant on the left…

]]> By: EeyoreX http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388686 EeyoreX Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388686 I hope the next step is a restaurant-themed hospital. Where all the doctors wear chef's whites. I hope the next step is a restaurant-themed hospital. Where all the doctors wear chef’s whites.

]]> By: Bazilisk http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388433 Bazilisk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388433 Those are not Fifth Element wigs. Those are NURSE JENNY f(Pokemon) wigs. God, people, get with your 90's kids anime references here! At least I could see the nurse Jenny wigs spreading from pokemon to anime cosplay to fetish cosplay to...nurse costumes. Those are not Fifth Element wigs. Those are NURSE JENNY f(Pokemon) wigs. God, people, get with your 90′s kids anime references here!

At least I could see the nurse Jenny wigs spreading from pokemon to anime cosplay to fetish cosplay to…nurse costumes.

]]> By: Bazilisk http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388435 Bazilisk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388435 'scuse me I mean Nurse Joy. Pokemon knowledge a little rusty, it being 10 years ago, when I was 10. ‘scuse me I mean Nurse Joy. Pokemon knowledge a little rusty, it being 10 years ago, when I was 10.

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388437 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388437 <i>"That "nurse" on the right seems kinda manly to me."</i> I thought that too but I believe I'm wrong. It's an illusion caused by the fact that they are in drag. They look like they belong in Lazy Town. “That “nurse” on the right seems kinda manly to me.”

I thought that too but I believe I’m wrong. It’s an illusion caused by the fact that they are in drag. They look like they belong in Lazy Town.

]]> By: Clayton Hove http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388950 Clayton Hove Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388950 Instant flashback to being a kid in the hospital and the dreaded approaching sound and smell of the metal food box push card thingie. In particular, those awful sterilized instant potatoes had an unnatural air about them that terrify me to this day. I'll much rather take the Olivia De Berardinis interpretation of a nurse over this. Instant flashback to being a kid in the hospital and the dreaded approaching sound and smell of the metal food box push card thingie. In particular, those awful sterilized instant potatoes had an unnatural air about them that terrify me to this day.

I’ll much rather take the Olivia De Berardinis interpretation of a nurse over this.

]]> By: consideredopinion http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388442 consideredopinion Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388442 I seem to recall this restaurant theme already being deployed in Taiwan or Singapore somewhere. I seem to recall this restaurant theme already being deployed in Taiwan or Singapore somewhere.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388443 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388443 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKORO8S6m8 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKORO8S6m8

]]> By: MPC http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388444 MPC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388444 This is great there should be more theme restaurants like this in North America. There is the Medieval Times with franchises in most of North America and if I recall they are quite successful. There is also a Pirate Times I believe is under development. This is great there should be more theme restaurants like this in North America. There is the Medieval Times with franchises in most of North America and if I recall they are quite successful. There is also a Pirate Times I believe is under development.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388447 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388447 It's a cosplay cafe, just in latvia instead of japan... It’s a cosplay cafe, just in latvia instead of japan…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388449 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388449 how about a slaughterhouse theme where they herd you through a maze and then feed you in pens? I won't tell you how the check arrives. how about a slaughterhouse theme where they herd you through a maze and then feed you in pens? I won’t tell you how the check arrives.

]]> By: Drabula http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388965 Drabula Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388965 Riga is a great city AND it has the most beautiful women per sq km I've ever seen in my life. I'll definitely check it out next time I go back. Riga is a great city AND it has the most beautiful women per sq km I’ve ever seen in my life. I’ll definitely check it out next time I go back.

]]> By: Hiroshi Taniguchi http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388970 Hiroshi Taniguchi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388970 Do you suppose they keep a decent track system for all those lovely snacks that they serve? I am told that hospitals are very focused on tracking of bacteria and other less pleasant realities of human interactions. It does look very promising. Do you suppose they keep a decent track system for all those lovely snacks that they serve? I am told that hospitals are very focused on tracking of bacteria and other less pleasant realities of human interactions. It does look very promising.

]]> By: jjasper http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388460 jjasper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388460 Is Latvian Women's Wrestling and Food Service Olympic Team. Is merging departments due to economy. Is Latvian Women’s Wrestling and Food Service Olympic Team. Is merging departments due to economy.

]]> By: 850 http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388461 850 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388461 http://www.heartattackgrill.com/photos.html http://www.heartattackgrill.com/photos.html

]]> By: Quiet Noises http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388463 Quiet Noises Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388463 #21, neighboring Estonia does have a Soviet theme park, it can't be much different... Hopefully this'll give my friends something else to talk about than Tequila Boom. It seems like the only place any goes to party in Riga is this tequila bar where they serve up meter sticks of tekiils, and the way it's talked about, you'd think it's the only place to drink in the whole city. #21, neighboring Estonia does have a Soviet theme park, it can’t be much different…

Hopefully this’ll give my friends something else to talk about than Tequila Boom. It seems like the only place any goes to party in Riga is this tequila bar where they serve up meter sticks of tekiils, and the way it’s talked about, you’d think it’s the only place to drink in the whole city.

]]> By: Marcel http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388469 Marcel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388469 #Takuan: I think you've just might have found new business opportunities for Blackwater U.S.A. after the withdrawal. Would make an interesting menu! #Takuan:

I think you’ve just might have found new business opportunities for Blackwater U.S.A. after the withdrawal.

Would make an interesting menu!

]]> By: TJ S http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388473 TJ S Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388473 Sorry, the whole idea of eating in a hospital is ruined for me (as is the sexy nurse). Having a wife, mother-in-law, and mother as nurses ruins the allure. Sorry, the whole idea of eating in a hospital is ruined for me (as is the sexy nurse).
Having a wife, mother-in-law, and mother as nurses ruins the allure.

]]> By: maestro_wu http://boingboing.net/2009/01/25/hospital-fetish-rest.html#comment-388990 maestro_wu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388990 #CONSIDEREDOPINION: Yes, there are hospital/nurse/medical themed bars in _both_ Singapore and Taiwan. :) I've been to the one in Taiwan a few times (which calls itself "DS Music Party", oddly). It's great for a laugh, and the staff, er, nurses all seem to be in on the camp feel. Beers are served from IV-like containers, the bathroom is labeled "Emergency Room", the kitchen is the "Pharmacy", and so on. The one in Singapore seemed a horrible, loud, glass-and-steel place, with the hospital theme being done seriously, so I passed on that one. #CONSIDEREDOPINION:

Yes, there are hospital/nurse/medical themed bars in _both_ Singapore and Taiwan. :)

I’ve been to the one in Taiwan a few times (which calls itself “DS Music Party”, oddly). It’s great for a laugh, and the staff, er, nurses all seem to be in on the camp feel. Beers are served from IV-like containers, the bathroom is labeled “Emergency Room”, the kitchen is the “Pharmacy”, and so on.

The one in Singapore seemed a horrible, loud, glass-and-steel place, with the hospital theme being done seriously, so I passed on that one.

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