{"id":139,"date":"2006-09-30T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-30T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2006-09-30T20:12:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-30T20:12:00","slug":"the-captain-or-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"THE CAPTAIN?  OR THE KING?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4969\/435\/1600\/IMGP1557.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4969\/435\/320\/IMGP1557.jpg?w=660\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">Fat Sal never breaks a promise.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s true under normal circumstances.  But it\u2019s triple-dog true when that promise pertains to his beloved <a href=\"http:\/\/saldetraglia.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/loco-for-coconut.html\">COCONUT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So recall, if you will, that I recently <a href=\"http:\/\/saldetraglia.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/return-of-mr-oktober.html#comments\">committed<\/a>  to our good friend <a href=\"http:\/\/euro-trac.blogspot.com\/\">Euro Trac<\/a> that I would dress <a href=\"http:\/\/saldetraglia.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/look-up-in-sky-its-obese-bird-its.html\">Captain Coconut<\/a> as <a href=\"http:\/\/saldetraglia.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/travels-with-lisa-marie.html\">The King<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And so&#8230;as you see above&#8230;another promise  has been fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>Hey Trac, why don\u2019t you tell everyone what type of sandwich that is?<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fat Sal never breaks a promise. That\u2019s true under normal circumstances. But it\u2019s triple-dog true when that promise pertains to his beloved COCONUT. So recall, if you will, that I recently committed to our good friend Euro Trac that I would dress Captain Coconut as The King. And so&#8230;as you see above&#8230;another promise has been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=139\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THE CAPTAIN?  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