There most certainly are westgrandboulevard ..
There was a BBC Documentary aired last October about Japan's "Demographic Timebomb" and one of the reasons given for their falling population and birth-rate was the popularity of "Virtual Girl-friends".
There is an article about this here ....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24614830
I can't say it appeals to me too much ...
Arr&Bee's virtual hooch sounds more interesting, but from my experience even the real stuff can make people virtually legless!!
Roger
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