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The scene: inside a Tokyo taxi. The characters: one ancient driver; one young, ginger-haired foreigner. 'Where are you from?' asks the driver. 'Ireland,' says Ginger. Driver looks puzzled. 'Is that the cold place that's covered with ice?' 'No, that's Iceland,' says slightly irritated Ginger. 'Ireland is beside England, where James Bond comes from.'

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