{"id":1867,"date":"2020-07-03T11:50:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T15:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2020-07-20T07:21:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:21:49","slug":"time-off-for-good-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1867","title":{"rendered":"Time Off for Good Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can&#8217;t blame the doctor if he needs a long vacation.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s been dealing months now with a very stupid nation.<br \/>\nKids can&#8217;t stay indoors now, though that&#8217;s all some ever did.<br \/>\nHad to wait for PPE until the proper bid.<br \/>\nAnd, until this week, we lacked consensus on the mask.<br \/>\nThat and social distancing fell to &#8220;Don&#8217;t tell. Don&#8217;t ask.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe king just will not grace his face with sensible protection.<br \/>\nThroughout this pandemic, he&#8217;s been our second infection.<br \/>\nMike Pence, too, kept us in suspense with his white christian stance.<br \/>\nHis whole affect\u00a0is quite suspect; he might be in a trance.<br \/>\nAnd dealing with spokesmodel Kayleigh has to be\u00a0a strain.<br \/>\nShe said she&#8217;d never do it, but there&#8217;s lying on her brain.<br \/>\nAnd so, Doc, if you want to get away, perhaps go hiking,<br \/>\nthere&#8217;re many countries where this virus\u00a0is not spiking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can&#8217;t blame the doctor if he needs a long vacation. He&#8217;s been dealing months now with a very stupid nation. Kids can&#8217;t stay indoors now, though that&#8217;s all some ever did. Had to wait &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1867\">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":[],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1477,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1477","url_meta":{"origin":1867,"position":0},"title":"Christmas Under the Influence","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Christmas day is sneaking up. Santa's got his egg nog cup. Mrs. S says with a sigh, \"You might be too drunk to fly.\" Jolly Santa says, \"Ho, Ho.\" He's been laying in the snow. 'Making angels,' he'll relate. 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