{"id":2728,"date":"2021-10-13T18:06:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T01:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/a-notice-from-mr-raffin-regarding-his-availability-at-this-time\/"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:06:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T01:06:59","slug":"a-notice-from-mr-raffin-regarding-his-availability-at-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/a-notice-from-mr-raffin-regarding-his-availability-at-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A notice from Mr Raffin regarding his availability at this time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let\u2019s face it if you\u2019re here it means only one thing you were caught in a filter. And yes those filters are only there because we are surrounded by highway bandits. I know they don\u2019t look like what you\u2019re thinking of when you think about bandits. For one thing they don\u2019t wear bandannas. Nobody transports money by train anymore. And bullion is just a soup. Like lentil vegetable. Or peanut brittle. Melted. And they don\u2019t wear hats because hats went out of style my friend. Wide brim. Narrow brim. Stove top. Pork pie. Headband. Beanie. We\u2019re in too deep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\">Beep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"879\" data-attachment-id=\"2727\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/a-notice-from-mr-raffin-regarding-his-availability-at-this-time\/image-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"576,879\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image.jpg 576w, https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption>Remember, I am available to entertain at gala balls, union rallies, and nudist resorts. My material, as always, is high class, proletariat, and without shame. You will laugh so hard you tinkle in your pants. If that is appropriate attire in venue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s face it if you\u2019re here it means only one thing you were caught in a filter. And yes those filters are only there because we are surrounded by highway bandits. I know they don\u2019t look like what you\u2019re thinking of when you think about bandits. For one thing they don\u2019t wear bandannas. Nobody transports money by train anymore. And bullion is just a soup. Like lentil vegetable. Or peanut brittle. Melted. And they don\u2019t wear hats because hats went out of style my friend. Wide brim. Narrow brim. Stove top. Pork pie. Headband. Beanie. We\u2019re in too deep. Beep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,1,2],"tags":[147,167,123],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-uncategorized","category-writing","tag-humor","tag-humour","tag-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-I0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":607,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/hats-off-to-michael-odonoghue\/","url_meta":{"origin":2728,"position":0},"title":"Hats off to Michael O&#8217;Donoghue","author":"David Raffin","date":"February 1, 2014","format":"quote","excerpt":"Michael O'Donoghue\u00a0semi-famously said: Making people laugh is the lowest form of humor. 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