{"id":631,"date":"2012-05-06T08:06:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T15:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=631"},"modified":"2012-05-06T08:07:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T15:07:55","slug":"effigy-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"Effigy 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, this is just getting silly now.<\/p>\n

These guys in the East love burning effigies – I get it. But it seems they are running out of quality material, don’t you think (yes, that’s a pic of a drone)?<\/p>\n

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As a matter of fact, an “Effigy” is strictly defined as “a representation of a person, especially in the form of sculpture or some other three-dimensional form<\/em>.” Don’t ask me where I got the pic, by the way. I took a screen shot of it on my tablet while reading the news in bed the other night because I found it so silly – but I can’t make this crap up.<\/p>\n

From a group of guys who take things so literally, you’d think they’d work more aggressively at recruiting someone who is really good at paper machete or scale model design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, this is just getting silly now. These guys in the East love burning effigies – I get it. But it seems they are running out of quality material, don’t you think (yes, that’s a pic of a drone)? 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