{"id":165,"date":"2004-07-21T10:45:57","date_gmt":"2004-07-21T18:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=165"},"modified":"2004-07-21T10:45:57","modified_gmt":"2004-07-21T18:45:57","slug":"162-golden-peanut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heavylittleobjects.com\/?p=165","title":{"rendered":"#162 :: Golden Peanut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factoidlabs.com\/heavy\/archives\/2004\/07\/072004.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.factoidlabs.com\/heavy\/archives\/2004\/07\/072004.html', <a href=\"http:\/\/viagrafreepills.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">sick<\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/cialisdiscount.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">find<\/a> &#8216;popup&#8217;, <a href=\"http:\/\/100mgviagra.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">cure<\/a> &#8216;width=500,height=500,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#8217;); return false&#8221;><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.factoidlabs.com\/heavy\/archives\/2004\/07\/072004-thumb.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>The thinking man&#8217;s duct tape comes in many forms: 5-minute, clear, white, earthquake, metal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ramset-redhead.com\/C6prod01.asp\">fast-curing<\/a>, coating, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casaencantada.org\/dental-epoxy\/dental-epoxy.html\">dental<\/a> and beyond. 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