{"id":1547,"date":"2014-05-16T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2014-05-15T21:53:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T07:53:11","slug":"ask-me-what-i-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1547","title":{"rendered":"Ask me what I think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Go ahead &#8211; I have an answer for you.<\/p>\n<p>When the wife and I have a disagreement &#8211; which is rare &#8211; she always says, &#8220;You have an answer for everything&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dirty-look1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1549\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dirty-look1-150x150.png\" alt=\"dirty look1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>How nice of her to show her appreciation for my intellect.<\/p>\n<p>Of course I&#8217;m ignoring the dirty look that comes with that statement.<\/p>\n<p>But I do have answers.<br \/>\nSome good, most wrong.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve made a career out of being wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get this straight &#8211; I&#8217;m not a know-it-all.<br \/>\nI only spout off if asked a question.<\/p>\n<p>If you ask me what I think, I&#8217;ll gladly tell you.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;ll be backed by a ton of excellent reasons and scientific theory that appear to make perfect sense.<\/p>\n<p>I might even get you to agree with me.<\/p>\n<p>The chances are high&#8230;<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t be right.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know the answer to something important, go on, ask me.<\/p>\n<p>Then put your money on something else.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a gift.<br \/>\nI should rent myself out.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not to say I don&#8217;t get some things right, but it doesn&#8217;t add up to enough to be proud of.<\/p>\n<p>Which is close to what the wife has been trying to say, I think.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s depressing.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m grumpy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1547\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1547&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1547\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1547&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1547&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go ahead &#8211; I have an answer for you. 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