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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Wikipedia.

  1. Chip DarnellIt's October 21st, and I've been camped outside a phone store since Tuesday, because Apple Day means the new model drops, and I'm first in line!

  2. Gloria VanceChip. Apple Day began on October 21st, 1990, at an event in Covent Garden in London. Per Wikipedia, the charity Common Ground started it.

  3. Chip DarnellA charity made a phone? I love that for them.

  4. Gloria VanceIt's apples, Chip. The fruit. Orchards, local varieties, apple games in gardens.

  5. Chip DarnellGames! So the line outside the store is a tournament, and I'm already seeded.

  6. Gloria VanceThere are also cookery demonstrations, and apple identification, where people work out which apple they are holding.

  7. Chip DarnellI can do that. This one is a red one.

  8. Gloria VanceSome village fairs sell many hundreds of varieties, plus juice and cider. I once declined a cider in a very small embassy.

  9. Chip DarnellHundreds of varieties! I'm going to need a bigger cake and a much bigger sleeping bag.

  10. Gloria VanceFine. Come sit down.

  11. Chip DarnellGloria, I just bit the first one. Why won't it unlock with my face?

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