{"id":6516,"date":"2012-06-26T10:35:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T14:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=6516"},"modified":"2017-01-26T22:49:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T03:49:22","slug":"why-god-why-would-you-allow-this-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2012\/06\/why-god-why-would-you-allow-this-to-happen.html","title":{"rendered":"Why God, why, would you allow this to happen&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u2026 The thing about vodka, good vodka, is that it shouldn\u2019t have a taste. That is what makes vodka such a wonderful, glorious thing. You can mix it with other alcohols or put it in just about everything \u2013 like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slurpee.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Slurpees<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/content\/us\/en\/promotions\/cherryberrychiller.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cherry Berry Chillers<\/a>. Vodka is not supposed to have flavors like marshamllow, birthday cake, and s\u2019mores. It\u2019s unnatural. Unholy. A sacrilege! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/06\/smirnoff-fluffed.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/06\/smirnoff-fluffed-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"smirnoff-fluffed\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6518\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/06\/barf.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/06\/barf-300x218.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"barf\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6517\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have to do this unspeakably vile thing to vodka then perhaps you shouldn\u2019t be drinking alcohol at all. Why would anyone do such a thing to Vodka? Pure, innocent Vodka.  It makes the heart weep. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 The thing about vodka, good vodka, is that it shouldn\u2019t have a taste. That is what makes vodka such a wonderful, glorious thing. You can mix it with other alcohols or put it in just about everything \u2013 like Slurpees and Cherry Berry Chillers. 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