{"id":3571,"date":"2010-08-13T21:37:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T20:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=3571"},"modified":"2015-02-25T20:37:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T20:37:45","slug":"ladies-and-gentlemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=3571","title":{"rendered":"Ladies and Gentlemen!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are, this evening, going to bring you an amazing magical illusion. I shall give you *the answer* to a riddle and, later, I shall guide you through the first part of the riddle and then you shall see how magnificent *cough* I am.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yes.<\/p>\n<p>But first.<\/p>\n<p>First, I need to make a cup of tea. I&#8217;ll be back.<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything better than a hot mug of tea and an accompaniment of chocolate?<\/p>\n<p>Is there?<\/p>\n<p>Apart from sex, obv.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, as promised, the answer to the question is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Four<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The first part of the riddle will, like a bus, be along shortly.<\/p>\n<p>I am full of pizza.<\/p>\n<p>And potato skins.<\/p>\n<p>And barbecue sauce.<\/p>\n<p>I know, it takes a lot of effort to look this good.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m comfort eating.<\/p>\n<p>Because I have a broken rib.<\/p>\n<p>How painful is a broken rib?<\/p>\n<p>Christ, it&#8217;s really bloody painful.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moving = painful<\/li>\n<li>being still = painful<\/li>\n<li>lying down = painful<\/li>\n<li>sitting down = painful<\/li>\n<li>standing up = painful<\/li>\n<li>coughing = very painful<\/li>\n<li>not coughing = painful<\/li>\n<li>sneezing = painful to almost make me black out<\/li>\n<li>not sneezing = painful<\/li>\n<li>stretching = painful<\/li>\n<li>not stretching = painful<\/li>\n<li>farting = painful<\/li>\n<li>not farting = painful<\/li>\n<li>sex&#8230; bearable<\/li>\n<li>not having sex = painful<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This weekend&#8217;s show is out and rampaging in an uncontrolled manner around the internet.<\/p>\n<p>You should be very afraid.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation that Gemma recently wrote a letter to Emma B is disturbing. But the music is excellent.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested, you have three listening options:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You can listen by streaming the show straight from our website: <strong>just click here<\/strong>!<\/li>\n<li>Or you can download the show to your computer or your mobile phone so you can listen whenever you want, and in the privacy of your own home: <strong>just right click here<\/strong> and use the &#8216;save&#8217; or &#8216;save as&#8217;\u00a0option in your browser<\/li>\n<li>Or, if you have iTunes, you can get the show from the iTunes store (free of charge!): <strong><a title=\"This Reality Podcast on iTunes\" href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=275704935\" target=\"_blank\">just click here<\/a><\/strong> and listen to it on your iPod, iPhone, iPad, your computer or other iTunes-compatible music player. Better than radio!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So, think of a number.<\/p>\n<p>Double it.<\/p>\n<p>Add eight.<\/p>\n<p>Divide by two.<\/p>\n<p>Take away the number you first thought of.<\/p>\n<p>And the answer is above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are, this evening, going to bring you an amazing magical illusion. 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