{"id":1990,"date":"2019-09-18T12:50:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/monkey-paw-solution\/"},"modified":"2019-09-18T12:50:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:50:45","slug":"monkey-paw-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/monkey-paw-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey paw solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u202aWait, stop to consider before you wish on the monkey paw. Might this be another raw deal like our contract with the devil, the genie, and the magic fish? Weird repercussions. Better to just wish everything away! Yes, wish it all aw\u202c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u202aWait, stop to consider before you wish on the monkey paw. Might this be another raw deal like our contract with the devil, the genie, and the magic fish? Weird repercussions. Better to just wish everything away! 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