'Starbucks uncle' becomes unlikely social media sensation during Hong Kong floods

An elderly man in Hong Kong has become an Internet sensation after this photo of him enjoying his coffee in a flood was uploaded on Facebook. PHOTO: TV MOST/ FACEBOOK

Readers photoshopped the image to hilarious results. PHOTO: TV MOST/ FACEBOOK


A reader photoshopped the image to depict a scene in movie Jaws. PHOTO: TV MOST/ FACEBOOK

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