{"id":9452,"date":"2023-07-31T08:41:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=9452"},"modified":"2023-05-31T18:02:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T22:02:50","slug":"dammit-jim-said-around-a-mouthful-of-churro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/dammit-jim-said-around-a-mouthful-of-churro\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dammit,&#8221; Jim Said Around a Mouthful of Churro"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/j-avatar-e1443983489508.png\" alt=\"by jen\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>from the cloaca of a quartz tortoise<\/li>\n<li>have to find a back-up baby tuxedo<\/li>\n<li>Cobwebby.<\/li>\n<li>despite the ketchup and clam juice<\/li>\n<li>use it in a rap song<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 821 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dammit,&#8221; Jim said around a mouthful of churro. &#8220;I had a lot of money riding on that polo match. With it cancelled, where I am I gonna get my big score?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>From the cloaca of a quartz tortoise<\/em>, of course,&#8221; I said, referencing the secret compartment where my father used to hide his cash. Jim chuckled.<\/p>\n<p>Isolde&#8217;s voice came through the loudspeaker next. It sounded like she&#8217;d just wrestled the microphone away from Fleur. &#8220;In place of the polo match we will be holding an infant talent show in the auditorium. Anyone who wants to compete will\u00a0<em>have to find a back-up baby tuxedo<\/em> and a baby to go in it.&#8221; Something about Isolde&#8217;s voice sounded dusty. <em>Cobwebby.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is she high?&#8221; I asked no one in particular.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I assume you&#8217;ll want to attend this talent show,&#8221; said Jim. &#8220;Since all the babies on board are yours.&#8221; He stepped up to the churro stand in search of dipping sauce, and <em>despite the ketchup and clam juice<\/em>\u00a0being clearly labeled, dunked his churro in both.<\/p>\n<p>I stared in horror. If Jason were here he&#8217;d find a way to describe how disgusting it was and <em>use it in a rap song<\/em>. In his absence I merely gagged.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well?&#8221; Jim asked. &#8220;Are we going to this talent show? I&#8217;ll call my bookie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes,&#8221; Tessa said, ice in her voice. &#8220;Tell, me, are we going to go sit in a room full of your baby-mamas?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>bonus points for using them in order<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stichomancy Writing Prompts\" href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompts\/\">about stichomancy writing prompts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompt-generator\/\">try our stichomancy writing prompt generator!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from the cloaca of a quartz tortoise have to find a back-up baby tuxedo Cobwebby. despite the ketchup and clam juice use it in a rap song Tune in next time part 821 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments &#8220;Dammit,&#8221; Jim said around a mouthful of churro. &#8220;I had a lot of money riding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[319,4],"tags":[91,24,342,403,486],"class_list":["post-9452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stichomancy-prompts","category-writing-prompts","tag-bonus-points","tag-brother","tag-food","tag-tune-in-next-time","tag-zeppelin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9452"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9495,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9452\/revisions\/9495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}