{"id":642,"date":"2011-04-24T09:10:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T08:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/wordpress\/?p=642"},"modified":"2011-04-24T09:10:34","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T08:10:34","slug":"24-april-2011-amusements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/2011\/04\/24\/24-april-2011-amusements\/","title":{"rendered":"24 April 2011 &#8211; Amusements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, &#8220;Fried chicken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said I wasn&#8217;t funny, but she couldn&#8217;t have been right, because everyone else in the class laughed.<\/p>\n<p>My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals very much.<\/p>\n<p>I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef. Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal&#8217;s office. I told him what happened, and he laughed, too. Then he told me not to do it again.<\/p>\n<p>The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was. I told her it was chicken. She asked me why, just like she&#8217;d asked the other children. So I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken.<\/p>\n<p>She sent me back to the principal&#8217;s office again. He laughed, and told me not to do it again. I don&#8217;t understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn&#8217;t like it when I am.<\/p>\n<p>Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what famous person we admire most.<\/p>\n<p>I told her, &#8220;Colonel Sanders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The principal is making me write this, even though he laughed again.<!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The secret of enjoying a good wine is to open the bottle to allow it to breathe. If it doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;s breathing, give it mouth-to-mouth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Heavy snow had buried my van in our driveway. My husband, Scott, dug around the wheels, rocked the van back and forth and finally pushed me free.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was on the road when I heard an odd noise. I got on my cell and called home. &#8220;Thank God you answered,&#8221; I said when Scott picked up. &#8220;There&#8217;s this alarming sound coming under the van. For a minute I thought I was dragging you down the highway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And you didn&#8217;t stop?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, &#8220;Fried chicken.&#8221; She said I wasn&#8217;t funny, but she couldn&#8217;t have been right, because everyone else in the class laughed. My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. 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