{"id":90,"date":"2005-12-24T09:41:53","date_gmt":"2005-12-24T13:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2005-12-24T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2005-12-24T13:41:53","slug":"questions-to-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Questions to Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<dl>\n<dt>Q: I have here a 35mm film canister containing &#8220;Creosote salve&#8221;, which says it can cure <em>Sj&auml;lvsprickor,<\/em> excema, and weeping sores, as well as repelling mosquitoes and midges. Will it also cure colds?<\/dt>\n<dd>A: Not entirely, but if you rub it on your upper lip, the smell is pleasant and the resemblance to central European dictators slight.<\/dd>\n<dt>Q: What are <em>Sj&auml;lvsprickor,<\/em> anyway?<\/dt>\n<dd>A: I&#8217;d guess chapped lips. Better informed opinions welcome.<\/dd>\n<dt>Q: What are the ingedients of this wonderworking substance?<\/dt>\n<dd>A: Creosote, Beeswax, Vegetable oil.<\/dd>\n<dt>Q: An <a href=\"http:\/\/oaks.gracebridge.org\/translator\/\">Ajax live machine translation service<\/a> is very clever, but <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/archives\/2005\/12\/22\/translation_on_the_fly.rdf\">Jack Schofield says<\/a> it doesn&#8217;t work in <span class=\"caps\">IE.<\/span> Does it work in anything else?<\/dt>\n<dd>A: <em>Ich traf ein Laufst&uuml;ck von einem antiken Land sagte, das &#8212; zwei betr&auml;chtlich und trunkless Beine des Steins, Standplatz im &amp;Ouml;dland.<\/em><\/dd>\n<dt>Q: Did you steal that last link from John Naughton?<\/dt>\n<dd>A: It was a presssent, yes it was. It&#8217;s mine.<\/dd>\n<dt>Q: What is the funniest thing you have heard on the radio all year?<\/dt>\n<dd>A: Andrew Marr&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio\/aod\/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4%2Fmornington_crescent\">history of Mornington Crescent<\/a> and especially the cricket commentary at around 22 minutes in.<\/dd>\n<dt>Q: Is this <em>sophisticated<\/em> humour?<\/dt>\n<dd>A: Not unduly.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I have here a 35mm film canister containing &#8220;Creosote salve&#8221;, which says it can cure Sj&auml;lvsprickor, excema, and weeping sores, as well as repelling mosquitoes and midges. Will it also cure colds? A: Not entirely, but if you rub &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=90\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=90\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}