Things Parents Say (Rebroadcast) - 2 July 2012
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🗓️ 2 July 2012
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | At Accardo, you'll save 25% on your first shop and get free delivery, which means if you were to buy a four cheese pizza, you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free. |
| 0:10.1 | Save and splurge at Accardo, the online supermarket. |
| 0:12.9 | Geographical and other restrictions, min spend £60 on charge to supply, discount available on food, new customers only, max saving £20,000, terms at akado.com. |
| 0:20.2 | Hi, podcast listener, it's Martha. Here's something I bet you don't know. I am really bad at Scrabble. I mean, I'm really bad. I think I get distracted by all the Greek and Latin roots or the clacking of the tiles or something. I don't know. But people love to drag me into Scrabble games because every single time I lose. |
| 0:40.9 | Here's another thing people are surprised to find out. |
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| 1:23.6 | Thanks. And on with the show. |
| 1:26.6 | You're listening to Away With Words. I'm Grant Barrett. |
| 1:29.4 | And I'm Martha Barnett. There's a scene in the new movie 50-50. The film is part comedy and part |
| 1:36.2 | drama, and it's about a young man with cancer. Adam is about 30-something, and he's just been |
| 1:42.1 | diagnosed. And on the advice of his doctor, he goes to a psychologist. |
| 1:46.2 | Now, he's expecting to find the stereotypical guy in his 60s, Tweed jacket, maybe smoking a pipe. |
| 1:53.2 | But, of course, the psychologist turns out to be this very young, very attractive woman. |
| 1:57.4 | And here's what happens next. |
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