“Observed (and counted)”

9 bottles of whiskey (that I could count)

8 customers (not at the bar)

$7 (the price of at least some drink)

6 band posters (up on the wall)

5 beer taps (one being cider)

4 fruit machines (or is that the English term?)

3 waitresses (I recognized)

2 fingers of bourbon (in the glass)

1 friend (tucked up in bed).

0 words spoken (not in my head)