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Boy: <em>This</em>...cost $23 million.
Dad: There's 23 miles of them!
Boy: Still, that's a million dollars a mile!
Boy: Wait...so is the fabric pure saffron?
Mom: No no no, saffron is a spice.
Boy: Oh. The only time I'd heard that before was on Pokemon, they had Saffron City.
Mom: It looks like they're about to start marching!
Dad: They will, by Monday.
Boy: Wha?
--The Gates<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Feb 27, 2005