{"id":38249,"date":"2013-07-13T10:50:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T16:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/13\/all-your-language-instruction-are-belong-to-us.html"},"modified":"2013-07-16T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T15:22:00","slug":"all-your-language-instruction-are-belong-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/13\/all-your-language-instruction-are-belong-to-us.html","title":{"rendered":"All Your Language Instruction Are Belong To Us!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Not that my foreign language knowledge is any great shakes &#8212; but, then, I&#39;m not advertising to help people learn Spanish. (h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106662535383339925852\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"106662535383339925852\">Scott Randel<\/a><\/span>)<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/i1m2_omyZgK1Tkd8UJlLpZdHgWO5R-9AiYAHSQFkOjrzV9Jw54nC6UEJ6p4eedslVTbdtKK6eBkPbSoVxFQuktX2Q6EBDxU=w125-h125' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/cheezburger.com\/7643358208'>We am the Best of English Languages Instruction<\/a><br \/>\n                                                See more funny on Cheezburger.com\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/LCLEtdbiR7Y' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not that my foreign language knowledge is any great shakes &#8212; but, then, I&#39;m not advertising to help people learn Spanish. 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