Lunatic Fringe (Rebroadcast) - 18 July 2011

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🗓️ 18 July 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this week’s episode, “It was bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Martha and Grant discuss their favorite first lines from novels. Also this week, palmer-housing, beanplating, meeting cute, bad billboard grammar, and what it means when someone says you look like a tree full of owls. And which is correct: another thing coming or another think coming? Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: ⁠https://waywordradio.org⁠. Be a part of the show: call or text ⁠1 (877) 929-9673⁠ toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text ⁠+1 619 800 4443⁠. Send voice notes or messages via ⁠WhatsApp 16198004443.⁠ Email ⁠words@waywordradio.org⁠. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Spark your creativity with the Sims. Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative
0:06.7	and you have to go in search of your creative spark again. Maybe this is catching up with
0:11.3	creative friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe.
0:15.7	And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.
0:21.1	Ready to spark something? Download the Sims 4 and play for free.
0:27.0	Even though you're listening to this on podcast and not on the air, you can still call our toll-free
0:32.6	877929-9673 and you can still send us email to
0:37.8	words at wayward radio.org and you can still find us online at wayward radio.org.
0:44.0	You're listening to a way with words. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:52.0	And I'm Grant Barrett.
0:53.0	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:54.0	You can't judge a book by its cover, right?
0:56.0	But I sure do judge a book by its first line.
0:59.0	I've got to get hooked in that first line.
1:01.0	That's how you do it?
1:02.0	You read the first line? Yeah, yeah in that first line. That's how you do it?
1:03.0	Yeah, yeah.
1:04.0	And one line that's all that you give them before you read it all.
1:08.0	Journalistic background. I got to be hooked right at the beginning.
1:11.0	Okay.
1:12.0	How about this one? It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks
1:15.0	were striking 13. Oh as John Stewart would say boom! That's George Orwell's
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