{"id":2441,"date":"2012-12-07T08:42:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2012-12-07T06:49:37","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T12:49:37","slug":"vacation-and-contest-time1111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=2441","title":{"rendered":"Vacation and Contest time!!!!!11!!1!!!1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, kind of lame. But I promised to resume <em>normal<\/em> posts on the 8th. So I have one more day to be abnormal. The contest for the used bedsheets and fruitcake is now open. I will accept entries via the comments feature from subscribers only for 1 week, contest closing on December 14, 2012 at 2359 Central time.  <\/p>\n<p>*(Hint: subscribing is free. Go to the upper right side of this page and follow the instructions. It&#8217;s the little box marked &#8220;Subscribe.&#8221; You get your daily blog post via email. You might win used (but clean) slippery sheets and a fruitcake. What are you waiting for?)*<\/p>\n<p>Include your name, your phone number, and 2 reasons why you deserve used sheets and a fruitcake for Christmas.  I will not post the comment until I take out your information. (Promise, double pinky-swear.)  There will be extra credit given for the really amusing and sarcastic ones. Keep it clean, people, this is a family blog.<\/p>\n<p>While you think about your reasons, consider a new vacation venue this year: North Korea!  To think I&#8217;ve been wasting my time going to Las Vegas, San Francisco, Reno, Naples, Belize, and Des Moines.  Pyongyang, here I come. Man, and to think Reno claims to be the bowling capital of the world.<\/p>\n<p>(Say hello to the Dear Leader&#8217;s most recent ruling relative for me when you&#8217;re there. He&#8217;ll be the only one not observing &#8220;National Famine Week.&#8221;) <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wevs5p35mE0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wevs5p35mE0\">Link to the propaganda video<\/a>. It&#8217;s really bad. Especially Boris Slobatnatakov&#8217;s accent. Also, extra points if you can identify the part of the brain damaged by watching this more than once. (Hint: The woman from San Francisco subscribes to the youtube.com channel for North Korea.)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, kind of lame. But I promised to resume normal posts on the 8th. So I have one more day to be abnormal. The contest for the used bedsheets and fruitcake is now open. 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