{"id":12011,"date":"2012-03-30T15:09:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T20:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=12011"},"modified":"2012-03-31T12:38:24","modified_gmt":"2012-03-31T17:38:24","slug":"friday-funnies-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=12011","title":{"rendered":"FRIDAY FUNNIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you watch the Mega Millions jackpot go higher, remember that the federal government spends that much about every hour and a half.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Federal-jackpot-spending.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12036\" title=\"Federal jackpot spending\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Federal-jackpot-spending.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Federal-jackpot-spending.jpg 457w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Federal-jackpot-spending-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Parents, only your diligence can prevent your kids from getting hooked on something hardcore such as philosophy. Don&#8217;t let them get started. Teach them not to doubt or ask questions. Thinking for themselves is a sign of potential for hardcore thinking and even independence. Stop it before it&#8217;s too late.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Talk-to-your-kids-about-thinking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12032\" title=\"Talk to your kids about thinking\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Talk-to-your-kids-about-thinking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Talk-to-your-kids-about-thinking.jpg 459w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Talk-to-your-kids-about-thinking-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of thinking, does anybody else&#8217;s brain play this trick on him just about every night?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Great-new-ideas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12034\" title=\"Great new ideas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Great-new-ideas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Great-new-ideas.jpg 458w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Great-new-ideas-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, theres&#8217;s a support group for those who&#8217;ve lost a different kind of partner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Socks-without-partners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12035\" title=\"Socks without partners\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Socks-without-partners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Socks-without-partners.jpg 458w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Socks-without-partners-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, I read Thursday that half of all U.S. households how own at least one Apple product. I&#8217;m happy that our little cult is growing, but I&#8217;m worried about where this might lead for some people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/The-Apple-pledge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12031\" title=\"The Apple pledge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/The-Apple-pledge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/The-Apple-pledge.jpg 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/The-Apple-pledge-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you watch the Mega Millions jackpot go higher, remember that the federal government spends that much about every hour and a half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1x9iR-37J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12011"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12070,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12011\/revisions\/12070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}