{"id":43,"date":"2002-09-10T03:23:24","date_gmt":"2002-09-10T03:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2008-07-07T12:16:47","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T17:16:47","slug":"step-away-from-the-facial-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2002\/step-away-from-the-facial-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is everyone so hostile?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/Poncho_tn.jpg?w=656\" BORDER=\"0\" HSPACE=\"10\" ALIGN=\"LEFT\" ALT=\"The Ladies\"\/><br \/>\nOK, I was trying to be my usual goofball self but how could I predict such a severe backlash?!  Top comments&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><li>Andrea started the day off in the right direction with &#8220;By the way, that looks stuoooOOpid.&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<li>Abhi only had two words for me all day: &#8220;French Painter!&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<li>Chau was the first (but not last) to say &#8220;You missed a spot&#8221; and &#8220;Looks like you&#8217;ve got something on yer chin you forgot to wipe off&#8230;&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<li>Mehdi was the most open-minded &#8211; &#8220;Looks playful, have fun with it!&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<li>Then Mark grounded me again with &#8220;That&#8217;s f***ckin&#8217; weird, dude&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<li>Prashanth: &#8220;You look like Charlie Chaplin&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<li>After I told Ginnie Beth what Andrea said, she immediately followed with &#8220;I agree with your wife&#8221; &#8211; thanks, GB &#8211; but then added &#8220;but it&#8217;s OK to look stupid&#8221;&#8230; very politic&#8230;\n<\/li>\n<li>Zac: &#8220;I can&#8217;t even look at him&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<li>William: &#8220;You and Doug will have to get together, you&#8217;re lookalikes!&#8221;  Very funny William&#8230;\n<\/li>\n<li>and the grand finale goes to Jason &#8211; &#8220;What the hell&#8217;s that??  Holy sh** you look like some old guy&#8230; What is that crap?  You look really dumb.&#8221; followed shortly thereafter with &#8220;What&#8217;s up, Tom Selleck?  You look like a 70&#8217;s porn star.&#8221;\n<p>Don&#8217;t feel bad for me, though, I&#8217;m already plotting my revenge&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRead on&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VENGENCE IS MINE!  On a dare from Andrea, I went as far as I could to aggravate my previous assailants.  No one was impressed.  Why did no one fear the wrath of the angry Amish guy??!?<\/p>\n<p>Can you figure out which of the following is NOT a representation of Abraham Lincoln?<\/p>\n<p><img SRC=\/images\/abe1.jpg\/> <img SRC=\/images\/abe3.jpg\/> <img SRC=\/images\/abe2.jpg\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-my-rowdy-friends","category-daily-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-H","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":249,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/memorial-day-boat-trip\/","url_meta":{"origin":43,"position":0},"title":"Memorial Day boat trip","author":"m","date":"May 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"For Memorial Day, we decided it was time to break out the 4-man inflatable boat that Santa brought. 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