{"id":146,"date":"2006-09-22T04:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-22T04:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2006-09-22T04:33:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T04:33:00","slug":"googling-the-coconut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"GOOGLING THE COCONUT."},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m saddened to report that there are 14,500 Google hits on the phrase “Captain Coconut.”<\/p>\n

But proud to report that only two hits arose from “the amazing Captain Coconut.” And both are attributed to our VTB.<\/p>\n

What does this mean? Nothing…except that the “…Makes Lisa Marie a Dull Girl” post above contained no mention of “coconut,” so I had to make some act of redemption. <\/p>\n

And so I have.<\/p>\n

Coconut!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m saddened to report that there are 14,500 Google hits on the phrase “Captain Coconut.” But proud to report that only two hits arose from “the amazing Captain Coconut.” And both are attributed to our VTB. What does this mean? Nothing…except that the “…Makes Lisa Marie a Dull Girl” post above contained no mention of … Continue reading GOOGLING THE COCONUT.<\/span><\/a><\/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-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75qi3-2m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":125,"url":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=125","url_meta":{"origin":146,"position":0},"title":"FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH.","author":"Sal DeTraglia","date":"October 14, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Late last night (which, coincidentally, was Friday the thirteenth), our good friend Lisa left a Comment in the VTB Chat Lounge that had all the earmarks of a true-life horror movie.She claimed that she once had a COCONUT in her kitchen, and...and...and...it exploded!Well...my initial reaction was that this fantastic tale\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 17 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 17 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=125#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":134,"url":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=134","url_meta":{"origin":146,"position":1},"title":"AND NOW FOR A JASEMINE UPDATE.","author":"Sal DeTraglia","date":"October 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"With all this talk about COCONUT recently, you may have forgotten all about our friend Jasemine.Several months have passed since Jazzy has pulled-up a barstool here at the VTB. 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It may take a minute or two, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 7 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 7 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=135#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":139,"url":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=139","url_meta":{"origin":146,"position":4},"title":"THE CAPTAIN? OR THE KING?","author":"Sal DeTraglia","date":"September 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Fat Sal never breaks a promise.That\u2019s true under normal circumstances. 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