Tim was getting a bad vibe. Not a look-out-he's-a-werewolf kind of vibe, just a feeling that the guy might be tedious.
The stranger said, "I jumped out of an airplane with my dog."
On the other hand, the best hope of a memorable barroom conversation is to have the good luck to encounter an eccentric.
(p. 10-11, The Good Guy. Dean Koontz.)
[Sisko] reached into the crib and scooped his daughter up in his arms. Check for leakage, the Old Dad instincts told him. Structural integrity may be compromised.
(p. 204, Worlds of Deep Space Nine volume 2: Trill and Bajor.) Quotation is from J. Noah Kym's Fragments and Omens.
Wonderful teaser choices! My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/10/teaser-tuesdays-voltaires-calligrapher.html
ReplyDeleteCute teaser... it is always good to check for leakage..
ReplyDeleteGreat teasers! I was always amazed at some of the conversation people had when sitting at the local pub. Nothing like alcohol to loosen up the tongue!
ReplyDeleteMy teaser is from Shades Of Gray by LM Pruitt
Ah, drunken discussions are the best!
ReplyDeleteHere's our teaser this week.
Love the Star Trek quotes!
ReplyDeleteMy teaser is here this week.
People do say the strangest things! Great teasers!
ReplyDeleteMy teaser is from Lockdown: Escape From Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith.
This is a great teaser, it's really intriguing. Mine is at The Crowded Leaf.
ReplyDeleteNice pick!
ReplyDeleteMy teaser is from Blameless.
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Those are both wonderful! But the Deep Space Nine quote is priceless! And good advice, too.
ReplyDeleteHere’s my teaser from The Killings at Badger’s Drift.
"Structural integrity may be compromised."
ReplyDeleteI would read it for that alone!
I've got 2 teasers this week.