{"id":825,"date":"2010-11-03T22:57:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T03:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betsybuchanan.com\/?p=825"},"modified":"2010-11-03T22:57:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T03:57:54","slug":"amphibians-need-money-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/2010\/11\/03\/amphibians-need-money-too\/","title":{"rendered":"AMPHIBIANS NEED MONEY TOO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller.<\/p>\n<p>He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack.<\/p>\n<p>Very politely he asks..&#8221;Miss Whack, I&#8217;d like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name.<\/p>\n<p>The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it&#8217;s okay, he knows the bank manager.<\/p>\n<p>Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.<\/p>\n<p>The frog says, &#8220;Sure. I have this,&#8221; and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.<\/p>\n<p>Very confused, Patty explains that she&#8217;ll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.<\/p>\n<p>She finds the manager and says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She holds up the tiny pink elephant. &#8220;I mean, what in the world is this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bank manager looks back at her and says&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a knick-knack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man&#8217;s a Rolling Stone.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack. Very politely he asks..&#8221;Miss Whack, I&#8217;d like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday.&#8221; Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/2010\/11\/03\/amphibians-need-money-too\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;AMPHIBIANS NEED MONEY TOO&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-entertainment","category-finances"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}