Teenage boy #1: It's so hot. I wish I was at the beach.
Teenage boy #2: Yeah, but the beach stinks.
Teenage boy #1: Huh?
Teenage boy #2: The salt in the sea. It makes the beach stink.
Teenage boy #1: Really? I don't want to go somewhere stinky.
Teenage boy #2: Me neither. The beach is stinky.
Teenage boy #1: Agreed.
— Near Shinjuku Station, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. Overheard by a Japan Times On Sunday reader
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