{"id":228,"date":"2007-06-25T01:16:18","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T07:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dustingriess.com\/wordpress\/?p=228"},"modified":"2007-06-25T01:16:18","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T07:16:18","slug":"gypsies-the-africans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/2007\/06\/gypsies-the-africans\/","title":{"rendered":"Gypsies &amp; Africans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-229\" title=\"DustinGriess.com.20070815.203240.9\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DustinGriess.com.20070815.203240.9.jpg\" alt=\"DustinGriess.com.20070815.203240.9\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everywhere. Literally, everywhere. Especially the African guys, who try to sell you imitation Gucci sunglasses, Rolex watches, etc. So Matt sees a pair of sunglasses he kinda likes&#8230;<br \/>\nMatt: &#8220;So how much?&#8221;<br \/>\nAfrican: &#8220;$50&#8221;<br \/>\nMatt: &#8220;Oh, well I only have $15&#8221; as he slowly starts to walk away<br \/>\nAfrican: &#8220;$30&#8221;<br \/>\nMatt: &#8220;I only have $15&#8221; Matt says<br \/>\nAfrican: &#8220;$20&#8221;<br \/>\nMatt: &#8220;All I have is $15&#8221;<br \/>\nAfrican: &#8220;Ok, $15&#8221; grunting<br \/>\nMatt: &#8220;Alright!&#8221; While pulling out his cash, Matt only has a $20&#8230; oh shoot&#8230;<br \/>\nMatt: &#8220;You have change?&#8221;<br \/>\nThe African gives Matt the pair of sunglasses and $5 change. What a bargain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everywhere. Literally, everywhere. Especially the African guys, who try to sell you imitation Gucci sunglasses, Rolex watches, etc. So Matt sees a pair of sunglasses he kinda likes&#8230; Matt: &#8220;So how much?&#8221; African: &#8220;$50&#8221; Matt: &#8220;Oh, well I only have $15&#8221; as he slowly starts to walk away African: &#8220;$30&#8221; Matt: &#8220;I only have $15&#8221; &#8230; <a title=\"Gypsies &amp; Africans\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/2007\/06\/gypsies-the-africans\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gypsies &amp; Africans\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[284,293,864],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/griceprojects.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}