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\"Phlegm-the-Clown-24\"\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Food was scarce.\u00a0 People were struggling.\u00a0 The war was taking it\u2019s toll as there were shortages of everything from fuel to toilet paper to empathy.\u00a0 Rationing was severe and people were showing signs of stress.\u00a0 There was unemployment, hunger and daily violent protests against the corporate government who caused this blowback war after decades of capitalist conquest.\u00a0 There was no sign of improvement on the horizon and\u2026..food was scarce.<\/p>\n

Leon\u2019s Bar and Grill, however, seemed to be an exception to the misery. Leon, the proprietor, had a brilliant (desperate) idea a few months back when he realized he had too many cooks in the kitchen and not enough food to serve.\u00a0 Seeing his business on the brink of failure, he did the only logical thing;\u00a0 He \u2018fired\u2019 all his cooks and took over in the kitchen personally.\u00a0 He posted a new menu featuring \u2018Chef\u2019s specials\u2019 like Chef\u2019s Stew, Chef Pot Pie and Roasted Leg of Chef.\u00a0 He fired them all\u2026 in the big convection oven (though a few got deep fried, stewed\u2026or grilled\u2026..and one guy got saut\u00e9ed in a wok) and his business has been thriving ever since.<\/p>\n

Funny thing, though\u2026once he solved his cook problem, he settled an old issue with that annoying waitress, Marge and finally took care of that pesky neighborhood Clown who always annoyed his customers as they came and went.<\/p>\n

These days, \u2018Leon\u2019s\u2019 is the only establishment in town with a \u2018Help Wanted\u2019 sign in the window\u2026and I hear the food\u2019s really good.<\/p>\n

***We thought a little cannibalism this week would be a welcome break from what has become the norm in America;\u00a0 Illegal war, torture, kidnapping, rape, assassination, terrorism, corruption,\u00a0torture\u00a0 usury,\u00a0inequality\u00a0and a massive political freak show.\u00a0 Hmmmm\u2026..e<\/em>ating people\u2019s got nothin\u2019 on\u00a0Corporate America\u00a0\u2013 bon appetit!\u00a0 (This is another page from our new book, “Bludgeon the Clown.”\u00a0 Find it\u00a0– and buy it –\u00a0by\u00a0following the www.sallemander.com link above.)\u00a0 -Marsha<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Food was scarce.\u00a0 People were struggling.\u00a0 The war was taking it\u2019s toll as there were shortages of everything from fuel to toilet paper to empathy.\u00a0 Rationing was severe and people were showing signs of stress.\u00a0 There was unemployment, hunger and daily violent protests against the corporate government who caused this blowback war after decades … Continue reading Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242,125,150],"tags":[210,105,128,176,99,16,96,102,44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1030,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions\/1030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}