{"id":545,"date":"2015-01-25T18:50:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T23:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2015-01-25T18:50:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T23:50:14","slug":"gin-foil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":"Gin Foil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some say a man who plays gin rummy<br \/>\nmust be bored or else a dummy.<br \/>\nWhat a waste of time and mind<br \/>\ntrying to find three of a kind.<br \/>\nYes, but there&#8217;s the same suit run.<br \/>\nOh, they smirk, that sounds like fun.<br \/>\nThose that don&#8217;t play find it shocking,<br \/>\nsitting, shuffling, all night knocking.<br \/>\nFinally, someone yells out &quot;Gin!&quot;<br \/>\nThen it all begins again.<br \/>\nReal men fix cars, work in yards.<br \/>\nDesperados fall to cards.<br \/>\nLife must be a real train wreck<br \/>\nif one&#8217;s heart lies in the deck.<br \/>\nPlayers, though, say that&#8217;s not true,<br \/>\nciting reasons, fifty-two.<br \/>\nKings and Queens sit at their table.<br \/>\nTop that, Jack, if you are able.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some say a man who plays gin rummy must be bored or else a dummy. What a waste of time and mind trying to find three of a kind. Yes, but there&#8217;s the same suit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=545\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-545","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":672,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=672","url_meta":{"origin":545,"position":0},"title":"Gin Rummy Hangover","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I knocked when I was holding pairs. I fell once going up the stairs. I had a run but no one cares. 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