{"id":120,"date":"2008-11-14T19:33:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T00:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crankopotamus.com\/blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2008-11-12T19:34:10","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T00:34:10","slug":"down-by-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/down-by-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Down by the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Scene: Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf, Monterey, California. There is a six-foot tall wooden sculpture of an ice-cream sundae, advertising an ice cream shop. <strong>Dad<\/strong> and <strong>Nonna<\/strong> are admiring the many typographical errors in the shop window. <strong>Nate<\/strong> is admiring the giant sundae.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Nate: <\/em>Dad, can I climb it?<\/p>\n<p><em>Dad: <\/em>Sure, honey, but don&#8217;t lick it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nate immediately licks the sundae, and giggles.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dad (resigned): <\/em>Nate, do you know why I told you not to lick it?<\/p>\n<p><em>Nate (confidently): <\/em>Because it&#8217;s made of wood.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dad: <\/em>No. Because it&#8217;s covered with seagull poop.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nate: <\/em>Oh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nonna laughs.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scene: Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf, Monterey, California. There is a six-foot tall wooden sculpture of an ice-cream sundae, advertising an ice cream shop. Dad and Nonna are admiring the many typographical errors in the shop window. Nate is admiring the giant sundae. Nate: Dad, can I climb it? Dad: Sure, honey, but don&#8217;t lick it. Nate immediately &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/down-by-the-sea\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Down by the sea<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-world","category-nate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankopotamus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}