Taylor in Casper, Wyoming, carefully prepared her three-year-old son to meet his great grandparents for the first time. He misunderstood the great, and calls them Grandma and Grandpa Grape. Naturally, so does the rest of the family. Grant observes...
What did the grapes say when the elephant stepped on them? Apologies in advance for the answer. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “In a Ferment Over Another Punny Riddle” What did the grapes say when the elephants stepped on them...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a fresh-picked puzzle about familiar fruits. For example, if you cherish someone, what fruit-inspired phrase about one’s eye comes to mind? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Fresh Fruit Puzzler” You are...
Nancy in Danville, California, wonders why a dried grape becomes a raisin and a dried plum becomes a prune. English borrowed raisin and prune from French, where raisin means grape and prune means plum, through different routes and at different times...
Martha shares writing advice from wine writer Andrew Jefford’s essay “Wine and Astonishment.” His main advice for writers: be astonished. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Wine and Astonishment” You’re listening to A Way with Words...
unwetting n.— «He cited the process called “unwetting,” describing it is the way water seems to be repelled or expelled from the surfaces of certain materials. When grapes were sprayed with a fungicide mist, he said, the liquid did not cover the...
