{"id":9987,"date":"2024-03-13T08:53:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=9987"},"modified":"2024-03-10T19:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T23:09:27","slug":"i-clenched-my-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/i-clenched-my-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"I Clenched My Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/k-avatar-e1443983846496.png\" alt=\"by Kent\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>I clenched my teeth<\/li>\n<li>puncture wound on his butt cheek<\/li>\n<li>watch out for Ray and Fay<\/li>\n<li>Never trust a man carrying produce!<\/li>\n<li>what is a \u201cpower haircut\u201d exactly?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 886 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I clenched my teeth<\/em>, and through them I growled, &#8220;Which operation would that be? The one you haven&#8217;t let me in on, or the other one you didn&#8217;t mention, or maybe it&#8217;s the one that I&#8217;m not supposed to know about?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are so off your game,&#8221; Fleur said. &#8220;I bet you totally missed the shape of the <em>puncture wound on his butt cheek<\/em>, but I wonder if you&#8217;d have realized the significance anyway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d not noticed any puncture wounds of any shape anywhere on Small Dennis, and I could hardly have missed one on his butt cheek in particular during all that time in the horse costume. What was Fleur trying to pull? I decided to play dumb.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, can I have a hint?&#8221; I demanded. &#8220;Should I <em>watch out for Ray and Fay<\/em>? Keep an eye on Jeff and Steff?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who are these people?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You tell me. You&#8217;re the butt-phrenologist. Read mine, it says &#8216;<em>Never trust a man carrying produce!&#8217;<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If Fleur was dismayed by my outburst she didn&#8217;t let it show. She calmly shook her head. &#8220;No it doesn&#8217;t.&#8221; She smiled. &#8220;Your butt sends a simple yet potent message.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My wife and I had no better days for me to reminisce about, but I remembered some nice moments together. Some of those recollections did involve her studying my buttocks, and commenting about there being one thing it needed. And, ever since, I&#8217;d been meaning to ask her: <em>what is a &#8220;power haircut&#8221; exactly?<\/em><\/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>I clenched my teeth puncture wound on his butt cheek watch out for Ray and Fay Never trust a man carrying produce! what is a \u201cpower haircut\u201d exactly? Tune in next time part 886 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments I clenched my teeth, and through them I growled, &#8220;Which operation would that be? 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