[quote="Associated Press' Jay Alabaster"]
. . . Japanese embassies have been told to cut out the fancy silverware.
The country's 186 embassies and ambassadorial residences have long used matching cutlery and dishes worldwide, all crafted by a single maker, but the practice was criticized in a government report this week.
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And if anyone's still wondering about the title, it's a corruption of the kotowaza: 猿も木から落ちる (saru mo ki kara ochiru - "even monkeys fall out of trees").
