{"id":657,"date":"2005-09-08T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=657"},"modified":"2005-12-11T11:49:10","modified_gmt":"2005-12-11T16:49:10","slug":"embarrassingly-true-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/embarrassingly-true-story","title":{"rendered":"Embarrassingly true story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just walked down the street to the recently-opened health food store for a snack. Standing on the checkout line, I noticed a guy walking into the store behind me. He had a sling on his right arm, made out of a bandanna. He got on line a moment later, and I heard this odd clicking sound, so I turned around to check it out.<\/p>\n<p>He had a bottle of Vitamin Water wedged between his legs, and was trying to open it with one hand. 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