Both High Priest and Sayyid recited tongue-twisting stanzas full of unexpected stops and odd intonations, but Beans's zombielike style was what made the trio worth watching.
The book is helping, but I catch myself forgetting to stop in odd moments.
So perhaps that's why jaded New Yorkers don't stop when odd occurrences happen there in real life.
The New Yorker, September 18 , 1926 P. 17A street car conductor and a lady have a heated argument over trolley not stopping at odd numbered streets.
Republican John Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives, also regularly bawls in public – and even the Iron Lady herself, Margaret Thatcher, couldn't stop the odd tear plopping out.
If you watch "The Colbert Report" a few times, hearing Stephen Colbert introduce his show by pronouncing "report" without the "t" — to match the silent one in his last name (it's pronounced Cole-bare) — will stop sounding odd.
In images shown on two screens, a lone motorcyclist interminably prowls the Southwest, stopping at odd roadside sites (a "Cowboy Church," which is closed) and at famous earthworks, including Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty".
Now in the West End, it has its own, quieter, bar at The Queen's Head, off Piccadilly, but that hasn't stopped the odd interruption from audience members lured in by Trsytan Gravelle's confessional tones.
By Nancy Franklin If you watch "The Colbert Report" a few times, hearing Stephen Colbert introduce his show by pronouncing "report" without the "t" — to match the silent one in his last name (it's pronounced Cole-bare) — will stop sounding odd.
"I called him up when we were getting ready to reopen and had to say, 'Not only can't we pay you for the brand-new van you just delivered to us but we need two more and can't pay for those, either.'" He stopped, an odd smile frozen on his face, trying not to burst into tears.
