shouldn't it be the other way around?

While the young couple was praying, the old timer enjoyed an ice cream...
Shouldn't he be more religious now that he's older and supposedly wiser?
Or he simply didn't have enough ice cream in his younger age?

Anyway, this picture was taken at Asakusa, Sept 3
My Tokyo pics can be found at http://www.flickr.com/satoosoft

Cheers,
Jay