Young child: Ask me a question. I want a quiz!
Mom: OK ... what's going to be the name of the new station on the Yamanote Line between Tamachi and Shinagawa?
Young child: That's too hard.
Mom: It's a brand new station — how hard can it really be?
— Okusawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. Overheard by The Japan Times On Sunday
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