{"id":483,"date":"2003-11-09T00:30:29","date_gmt":"2003-11-09T04:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483"},"modified":"2007-07-31T09:11:03","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T13:11:03","slug":"operation-christmas-fire-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"operation christmas fire alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>they stood outside the math class handing out red pieces of paper<br \/>\nhe took one and read it, ah yes, operation christmas child, fill a shoebox with candies, condiments, and items of personal hygiene &#8212; treats for kids who usually wouldn&#8217;t get something like this &#8212; in &#8220;third world&#8221; countries<br \/>\n&#8220;ah, and then you&#8217;ll slip in a pamphlet about jesus won&#8217;t you&#8221; he said<br \/>\n&#8220;that would be the best part!&#8221; one of the girls said<br \/>\n&#8220;right &#8212; receiving a pamphlet about jesus would just make my day&#8221; he retorted as he walked into math class<\/p>\n<p>the fire alarm went off, he paused, &#8220;well,&#8221; he said to himself<\/p>\n<p>he walked out, &#8220;you see this is what happens when you pass out red pieces of paper&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;no,&#8221; she replied, &#8220;this is what happens when you make fun of jesus&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;really? hey jesus, if you have a problem with me, why don&#8217;t you strike me down right now&#8221; he said, assuming a crucifix position and half-expecting the ceiling to fall on him<br \/>\n&#8220;you shouldn&#8217;t do that&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;naw, i don&#8217;t think jesus minds &#8212; i think jesus has a sense of humour&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>they exited the building<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='operation christmas fire alarm' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483' ><\/span><span class='st_twitter' st_title='operation christmas fire alarm' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483' ><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='operation christmas fire alarm' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483' ><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='operation christmas fire alarm' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483' ><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>they stood outside the math class handing out red pieces of paper he took one and read it, ah yes, operation christmas child, fill a shoebox with candies, condiments, and items of personal hygiene &#8212; treats for kids who usually wouldn&#8217;t get something like this &#8212; in &#8220;third world&#8221; countries &#8220;ah, and then you&#8217;ll slip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='operation christmas fire alarm' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483' ><\/span><span class='st_twitter' st_title='operation christmas fire alarm' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483' ><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='operation christmas fire alarm' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483' ><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='operation christmas fire alarm' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=483' ><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,3,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}