{"id":137,"date":"2006-10-03T05:36:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=137"},"modified":"2006-10-03T05:36:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-03T05:36:00","slug":"coconut-chronicles-not-all-fun-and-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"COCONUT CHRONICLES: NOT ALL FUN AND GAMES."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sad but true…life with a COCONUT is not all fun and games.<\/p>\n

Case in point, it’s nearly impossible to have a good game of Twister with one. <\/p>\n

Perhaps I’d fare better with a nice sprig of basil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sad but true…life with a COCONUT is not all fun and games. Case in point, it’s nearly impossible to have a good game of Twister with one. Perhaps I’d fare better with a nice sprig of basil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_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":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75qi3-2d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":152,"url":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=152","url_meta":{"origin":137,"position":0},"title":"LOCO FOR COCONUT.","author":"Sal DeTraglia","date":"September 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m not shy about my passion for coconut.It\u2019s on my mind nearly every minute of every day. 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