{"id":4116,"date":"2006-06-09T12:51:50","date_gmt":"2006-06-09T16:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=4116"},"modified":"2021-06-09T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T17:00:05","slug":"balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2006\/06\/09\/balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/wtfbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/desmoinesregister.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060608\/NEWS09\/606080387\/1001\"><i>Des Moines Register<\/i><\/a>:<br><blockquote>[City Engineer Jeb] Brewer swears that consultants who work for the city did not design the $5.7 million detention basin to resemble anything, but recent e-mails to City Hall from area residents seem to have found &#8220;art&#8221; in the not-so-subtle phallic design.<\/blockquote>&nbsp; &nbsp; Former attorney <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barrygood.biz\">Barry Zuckercorn<\/a> sees it differently and is planning a lawsuit against the city for mental duress and false advertising.<br><center><IMG data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/desmoinesballs.jpg?resize=500%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" style=\"border: 3px solid #000000;\" \/><br><small>&#8220;Those are balls. &nbsp;They always look like landscapes when they&#8217;re that close.&#8221;<\/small><\/center>&nbsp; &nbsp; Jeez, I miss <i>Arrested Development<\/i>.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; According to the Des Moines Register: [City Engineer Jeb] Brewer swears that consultants who work for the city did not design the $5.7 million detention basin to resemble anything, but recent e-mails to City Hall from area residents &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2006\/06\/09\/balls\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8,27,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","category-news","category-photos","category-wtf"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4116"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4121,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116\/revisions\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}