{"id":664,"date":"2016-11-29T09:02:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/?p=664"},"modified":"2016-11-29T09:02:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:02:28","slug":"persistently-inedible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/?p=664","title":{"rendered":"Persistently Inedible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Persistantly-inedible-61.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-665\" src=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Persistantly-inedible-61-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"persistantly-inedible-61\" width=\"706\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Persistantly-inedible-61-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Persistantly-inedible-61-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Persistantly-inedible-61-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They came for me in the dead of night, grabbed me forcibly and shoved a black sack over my head.\u00a0 They took me to an undisclosed location, locked me in a room with nothing in it but a table and chair and set a plate of food in front of me.\u00a0 Weird.\u00a0 They told me I could leave&#8230;..but only if I finished everything on my plate.\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t hungry.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to reason with them but they ignored me.\u00a0 I ranted and raged and pounded my fists in a heroic hissy fit.\u00a0 I even begged&#8230;but they ignored me and by then, hours later, I\u00a0WAS getting hungry.<\/p>\n<p>The plate of food was still sitting there but I didn&#8217;t recognize any of it.\u00a0 It looked like it could be some kind of exotic vegetables.\u00a0 It certainly didn&#8217;t smell so good &#8211; like farts in a moldy sleeping bag.\u00a0 I resisted.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later I was famished.\u00a0 I took a closer look at the food.\u00a0 Maybe it wouldn&#8217;t \u00a0be so bad &#8211; but just then, something twitched.\u00a0 I squeemed with the heebie-jeebies!!&#8230;..and looking again, I could swear it was breathing.\u00a0 I thought I would puke but had nothing to give, then it all started to stir and writhe and become agitated &#8211; it was REALLY weird (but I was sooooooo hungry).<\/p>\n<p>I grabbed a piece off the plate, wrestled it into my mouth and down my throat.\u00a0 It resisted, kicking and screaming all the way down.\u00a0 That&#8217;s when I puked&#8230;but as it limped away angrily, I caught it again, ripped it apart with my teeth\u00a0and ate it.\u00a0 I managed to round up every single piece of those awful, jabbering bits of freakish vegetables&#8230;.and I must say, it was the best meal I&#8217;d had in ages.\u00a0 In fact, I was\u00a0 looking and feeling much more like my old self again.\u00a0 Man!\u00a0 Best Thanksgiving EVER!!!<\/p>\n<p><em>***Now that THAT&#8217;s over and we are well into the corporate buying frenzy\u00a0marked by\u00a0the high holy day of &#8216;Black Friday&#8217;, I can shamelessly plug my books.\u00a0 With all the garbage out there you COULD buy\u00a0to purchase the affections of your loved ones for the year, I stand behind my books for their quality, cynicism and sheer awfulness.\u00a0 They make the best possible Christmas gift for those you love AND those you can&#8217;t stand.\u00a0 They&#8217;ll help you get laid,\u00a0enhance your penis and put luster in your stringy hair while that extra ten pounds you&#8217;ve been trying to shed will come right off&#8230;but be careful, you may become more popular than you can handle.\u00a0 Available on Amazon and Etsy, you can find the links at www.sallemander.com.\u00a0 -Marsha<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 They came for me in the dead of night, grabbed me forcibly and shoved a black sack over my head.\u00a0 They took me to an undisclosed location, locked me in a room with nothing in it but a table and chair and set a plate of food in front of me.\u00a0 Weird.\u00a0 They told &hellip; 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