{"id":1274,"date":"2017-02-05T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T19:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2017-02-05T11:15:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T19:15:47","slug":"you-cant-tell-people-how-you-perform-a-trick-if-you-also-cant-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/you-cant-tell-people-how-you-perform-a-trick-if-you-also-cant-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"You can’t tell people how you perform a trick if you also can’t do it.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u202a”The president is a wonderful magician,” said Mitch McConnell.\u202c<\/p>\n

\u202a”How so?” said Paul Ryan.\u202c<\/p>\n

\u202a”When he saws a lady in half he actually saws a lady in half.”\u202c \u202aAs he said this Mitch McConnell smiled in that creepy way Mitch McConnell smiles.\u202c<\/p>\n

\u202a”I’d love to see that!” said Paul Ryan. Because he is also an immoral creep.\u202c<\/p>\n

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\u202a”The president is a wonderful magician,” said Mitch McConnell.\u202c \u202a”How so?” said Paul Ryan.\u202c \u202a”When he saws a lady in half he actually saws a lady in half.”\u202c \u202aAs he said this Mitch McConnell smiled in that creepy way Mitch McConnell smiles.\u202c \u202a”I’d love to see that!” said Paul Ryan. 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