{"id":85,"date":"2003-12-15T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-15T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2011-08-25T15:08:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T21:08:28","slug":"85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Does This Symbol Make You Horny?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Does this symbol make you horny?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two links on alleged aphrodisiacal properties of a design<\/p>\n<p>found in a Neolithic Scottish village, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orkneyjar.com\/archaeology\/lozenge.htm\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thescotsman.co.uk\/index.cfm?id=1360062003\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does this symbol make you horny? 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