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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.8 | You're listening to Sunday's episode of The Arches from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:09.9 | Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:27.7 | Poppy, Poppy don't take too many of those buns. They're not just for you. |
| 0:32.4 | Ah, the beautiful sister. She's keeping an eye on her. |
| 0:36.0 | She seems keen enough on hot cross buns. |
| 0:38.6 | They bit too keen. Well, they're way in zone, especially baked for the ball. |
| 0:43.3 | They do smell really good. They're creating good business during people in. |
| 0:47.6 | I'm not sure that's their main objective. |
| 0:50.8 | She's just a way of marking Easter, isn't it? Hot cross buns, I mean. |
| 0:54.4 | Well, good Friday, strictly speaking. They don't just mark Easter, but you can get them all year round. |
| 1:01.3 | That's true. They never make an appearance. They're always there. |
| 1:05.5 | And you can't call it a hot cross bun until it's been heated. |
| 1:10.4 | No, I suppose not. |
| 1:12.0 | Until then, it's just a cross bun. In fact, Boswell tells us that he and Dr Johnson once had tea and cross buns for good Friday breakfast. |
| 1:21.6 | I'm not sure I approve. It's a missed marketing opportunity. |
| 1:25.6 | Oh, yes, of course. Sometimes you have to create a scarcity to stimulate the market. |
| 1:31.2 | Same market to the main thing in this, are they? |
| 1:33.9 | They make the world go round, be it certainly. |
| 1:37.2 | You may not realise that yet, but you're a bright girl and if you keep your wits about you, |
| 1:41.7 | you'll come to see the inevitability of it in time. |
| 1:45.3 | Oh, will I? Right, well, I must be off. I'm responsible for the lamb this much, time. |
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