Man: Have you decided on a Halloween costume yet?
Woman: I'm was going to go as Renee Zellweger but decided against it.
Man: Why?
Woman: I was worried nobody would recognize me!
— Nakamura, Nerima-ku, Tokyo. Overheard by a Japan Times On Sunday reader
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