{"id":434,"date":"2005-07-20T15:16:22","date_gmt":"2005-07-20T05:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=434"},"modified":"2005-07-20T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2005-07-20T05:16:22","slug":"nostalgia-for-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/20\/nostalgia-for-finger\/","title":{"rendered":"Nostalgia for finger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I guess it&#8217;s because of spam and the like &#8211; but finger was useful. Damn you spammers. Damn you right in the pancreas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I guess it&#8217;s because of spam and the like &#8211; but finger was useful. Damn you spammers. 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