{"id":622,"date":"2002-10-15T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-15T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=622"},"modified":"2021-05-18T01:08:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T05:08:36","slug":"the-eternal-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/10\/15\/the-eternal-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eternal Question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/foodbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Without going into any gory details, I am again compelled to ask: why oh why do I persist in eating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdearthtimes.com\/et0795\/et0795s4.html\" title=\"Peanuts mold quickly and cause stomach upset for many people, often without them knowing the cause\">peanuts<\/a>?!<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; For example, consider this timeline extract from the scientific field guide being compiled on me (details later):<br><blockquote style=\"border: 1px solid #555;\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\" size=\"2\"><br><b>8:42 PM<\/b>: Subject comes home, sees peanuts, takes handful, goes to computer room.<br><b>8:47 PM<\/b>: Subject returns to kitchen, sees peanuts, takes handful, returns to computer room.<br><b>9:02 PM<\/b>: Subject finds another reason to return to kitchen, sees peanuts, takes handful, returns to computer room.<br><b>9:13 PM<\/b>: Subject gets peanuts from kitchen, takes them to computer room.  Says this will keep him from eating peanuts by the handful.<br><b>9:48 PM<\/b>: Peanuts completely consumed. Subject is lying on floor of computer room moaning to himself.<br><b>10:08 PM &#8211; 11:18 PM<\/b>: Subject in bathroom.  Observations prorogued for time being.<br>&nbsp;<\/font><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Without going into any gory details, I am again compelled to ask: why oh why do I persist in eating peanuts?!&nbsp; &nbsp; For example, consider this timeline extract from the scientific field guide being compiled on me (details &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/10\/15\/the-eternal-question\/\">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":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-me"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622","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=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":627,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions\/627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}