{"id":1233,"date":"2018-04-08T12:54:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T16:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2018-04-08T12:54:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T16:54:03","slug":"lap-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1233","title":{"rendered":"Lap Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scooter McQuail and the Faulkland Twins<br \/>\nhad this one song they sang<br \/>\nwith rosary beads in their mouths.<br \/>\nSounded like angels with special needs.<br \/>\nAnd sometimes resulted in choking.<br \/>\nWell, one could see how this could be redefined<br \/>\nin devilish ways, and that, indeed, was the case,<br \/>\nand they became very popular.<br \/>\nOne of the twins married Tree Vincent&#8217;s<br \/>\nlock-jawed son and a new percussion was born.<br \/>\nMcQuail took up throat singing and was scooped<br \/>\nby a didgeridoo trio: sounded like a battle<br \/>\nof the painfully lap banded inside a cage of ham shanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scooter McQuail and the Faulkland Twins had this one song they sang with rosary beads in their mouths. Sounded like angels with special needs. And sometimes resulted in choking. Well, one could see how this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1233\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":927,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=927","url_meta":{"origin":1233,"position":0},"title":"Broken Crown","author":"Rick Young","date":"August 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Jack and Jill went out for supper at their favorite diner. Jill was wearing her best dress and couldn't look much finer. Jack drank two large Bloody Marys along with his meal. But Jill abstained; she didn't like the way booze made her feel. With her food gone, Jill slid\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poem&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":428,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=428","url_meta":{"origin":1233,"position":1},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: May sixteenth","author":"Rick Young","date":"May 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave Philley was a Phillie once, and if that seems prophetic, He also played in Philadelphia as an Athletic. Rube Walker, as a Dodger catcher, didn't play a lot, But was behind the plate for Bobby Thompson's famous 'shot.' Billy Martin always had a temper that was quick. Was traded\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poem&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":390,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=390","url_meta":{"origin":1233,"position":2},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: April nineteenth","author":"Rick Young","date":"April 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Bucky Walters pitched the Reds to series victory. In thirty-nine, he was sublime, the N.L. MVP. Harry Craft played until service called in forty-two. Became first manager of Colts and, later, Astros, too. Rick Miller broke in with the Sox and then came back again. But center field was given\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poem&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":454,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=454","url_meta":{"origin":1233,"position":3},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: June first","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Dean Chance won twenty and a Cy in nineteen-sixty-four. Had one more good year with the Twins, then heard from nevermore. Randy Hundley was a catcher known for his defense. He thought up fantasy camps, which have become immense. Derek Lowe helped Red Sox finally overcome the Curse. He beat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poem&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":400,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=400","url_meta":{"origin":1233,"position":4},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: April twenty-eighth","author":"Rick Young","date":"April 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom Sturdivant twice won sixteen in Yankee pennant seasons, Then bounced around for several years; arm troubles were the reasons. Pedro Ramos lasted fifteen years of righty tosses. With Senators and Twins he lead the league four times in losses. Tom Browning, good Reds lefty, had a ring and perfect\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poem&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":415,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=415","url_meta":{"origin":1233,"position":5},"title":"Baseball Birthdays: May seventh","author":"Rick Young","date":"May 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Dick Williams guided Oakland A's to two World Series rings. He'd almost taken Sox there, but Bob Gibson screwed up things. Claude Raymond was called \"Frenchy,\" 'cause he was a Quebec guy. For two straight years, his Topps card showed him with an unzipped fly. Al Williams was a Nicaraguan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poem&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}