{"id":3295,"date":"2011-10-14T09:43:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T15:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2011-10-14T09:43:50","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T15:43:50","slug":"feed-them-to-samhain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3295","title":{"rendered":"Feed Them to Samhain"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mean, really, if you get lost in a corn maze and you are such a hopeless loser that you call the police<\/em> to come get you, shouldn’t you be fed to “Samhain, Lord of the Dead<\/a>“? But then Midwest Chick offers another possible solution.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sort of related: I passed by this commercial corn maze \/ pony ride \/ pumpkin patch northeast of Denver on my recent road trip, only the sign said “Corn Maize.” I am still wondering if that was a brilliant pun or just semi-literate spelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I mean, really, if you get lost in a corn maze and you are such a hopeless loser that you call the police to come get you, shouldn’t you be fed to “Samhain, Lord of the Dead“? But then Midwest Chick offers another possible solution. 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