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

Friday, 21 Oct 2016 | 3:14 AM MYT

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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