{"id":2762,"date":"2022-01-13T07:55:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/tuff-it-out\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T07:55:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:55:37","slug":"tuff-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/tuff-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuff it out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Miss Muffet grew up to market and sell successfully a line of tuffets which were supposed to be spider repellent. They didn\u2019t work but she became a very wealthy woman. You can look her up on the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I have your attention, I would like to remind you of the old addage that 10 whistles are made of 10. And that adds up. If they\u2019re Roman whistles they are X-rated. And that adds up. And 789. And that adds up. And so does an abacus. Summation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone should have an evil twin. Or an evil triplet or two evil triplets, that\u2019s one to spare. If you think an evil triplet would spare one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"2696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c.jpg\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c.jpg&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-943cfb3a-888f-4513-a9c1-828155e0a71c.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption>All ears ring in the news. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miss Muffet grew up to market and sell successfully a line of tuffets which were supposed to be spider repellent. They didn\u2019t work but she became a very wealthy woman. You can look her up on the web. Now that I have your attention, I would like to remind you of the old addage that 10 whistles are made of 10. And that adds up. If they\u2019re Roman whistles they are X-rated. And that adds up. And 789. And that adds up. And so does an abacus. Summation. Everyone should have an evil twin. 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