{"id":11969,"date":"2014-01-22T11:30:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/?p=11969"},"modified":"2014-01-22T11:30:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T16:30:49","slug":"is-there-something-wrong-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2014\/01\/22\/is-there-something-wrong-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there something wrong with me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

. . . that I do not find this irritating at all?<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>It sounds like a cross between one of those nutty medieval instruments \u2014 what is it called, a flageoblat or something \u2014 \u00a0and those straw kazoos we used to make. \u00a0You know how to do that, right? \u00a0Just bite down on the end of a plastic drinking straw to flatten it, cut the corners off to make a \u201creed\u201d to vibrate against itself, and blow hard. \u00a0Yeah, like this:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Air Horn From a Drinking Straw\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ug64rZESK-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>With some experimentation, you can figure out where to cut holes to play an octave.<\/p>\n<p>You can also make a straw trombone \u2014 just slightly crush the end of one straw until it fits inside another. \u00a0Cut a mouthpiece in the end of the outer straw, and slide the other straw in and out the other end as you blow. \u00a0IT IS FUN, okay?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . that I do not find this irritating at all? 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