{"id":2702,"date":"2011-05-29T15:17:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T21:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2011-05-29T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T21:20:10","slug":"the-very-model-of-pagan-intellectual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2702","title":{"rendered":"The Very Model of a Pagan Intellectual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing about <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2697\">Wikipedia<\/a> in it, but Brendan Myers has a little fun with Gilbert and Sullivan: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brendanmyers.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/i-am-the-very-model-of-a-pagan-intellectual\/\">I am the Very Model of a Pagan Intellectual<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And if that does not make you chuckle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hlTisI_HSgw&amp;feature=related\">you need to acquaint yourself with the original<\/a>, from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H.M.S._Pinafore\"><em>HMS Pinafore<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, rhyming &#8220;Wikipedia&#8221; would be a challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing about Wikipedia in it, but Brendan Myers has a little fun with Gilbert and Sullivan: &#8220;I am the Very Model of a Pagan Intellectual.&#8221; And if that does not make you chuckle, you need to acquaint yourself with the original, from HMS Pinafore. 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