{"id":732,"date":"2009-07-24T08:47:01","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T15:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2009-07-24T08:47:01","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T15:47:01","slug":"up-up-and-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"Up, Up, and Away&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, let&#8217;s start the weekend with a chuckle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost.  She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below.  She shouted to him, &#8220;Excuse me, can you help me?  I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don&#8217;t know where I am.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, &#8220;You&#8217;re in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level.  You are at 31 degree, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She rolled her eyes and said, &#8216;You must be a Republican.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am,&#8221; replied the man.  &#8220;How did you know?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well,&#8221; answered the balloonist, &#8220;everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I&#8217;m still lost.  Frankly, you&#8217;ve not been much help to me.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The man smiled and responded, &#8220;You must be an Obama Democrat.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am,&#8221; replied the balloonist.  &#8220;How did you know?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well,&#8221; said the man, &#8220;you don&#8217;t know where you are or where you are going. You&#8217;ve risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem.  You&#8217;re in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it&#8217;s my fault.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hot-air-38087-thumb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hot-air-38087-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"hot-air-38087-thumb\" title=\"hot-air-38087-thumb\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-733\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hot-air-38087-thumb.jpg 380w, http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hot-air-38087-thumb-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nH\/T to my friend LLV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, let&#8217;s start the weekend with a chuckle&#8230; A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, &#8220;Excuse me, can you help &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=732\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xq4i-bO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}