{"id":10674,"date":"2019-09-09T17:18:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T16:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=10674"},"modified":"2019-09-26T11:36:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T10:36:57","slug":"uncle-at-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=10674","title":{"rendered":"Uncles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Uncles<\/h5>\n<p>I went into the living room suddenly<br \/>\nto find one of my little nephews<br \/>\nscrubbing his arms with an eraser \u2013<br \/>\nhuge livid weals had formed. <\/p>\n<p>I asked him what he was doing<br \/>\nand he replied he was trying<br \/>\nto rub himself out so he could<br \/>\nbe drawn all over again.<\/p>\n<p>I said it doesn\u2019t work like that<br \/>\nand gave him a hug. Told him<br \/>\nabout an Italian painter<br \/>\nwho drew a perfect circle for a Pope.<\/p>\n<p>I said he was that circle. My sister<br \/>\nsaid he\u2019s having a tough time at school.<br \/>\nMy uncles were both drunks. I\u2019m a drunk.<br \/>\nYou can rub it out with drink. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uncles I went into the living room suddenly to find one of my little nephews scrubbing his arms with an eraser \u2013 huge livid weals had formed. I asked him what he was doing and he replied he was trying to rub himself out so he could be drawn all over again. 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