French national #1: The only things we French can make are wine, cheese and love.
Foreign national #2: Those are the only important things.
Foreign national #3: What about bread?
— Near Hanzomon Station, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Overheard by a Japan Times On Sunday reader
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