{"id":775,"date":"2008-01-16T10:25:04","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T10:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/01\/16\/foot-in-what-ketchup\/"},"modified":"2008-01-16T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2008-01-16T10:25:04","slug":"foot-in-what-ketchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/01\/16\/foot-in-what-ketchup\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Foot in what? ketchup.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/469616761\/\" title=\"Working the problem by Unhindered by Talent, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/230\/469616761_1b5c0876b7.jpg?w=450\" alt=\"Working the problem\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailywtf.com\/Articles\/Classic-WTF-No-Quack.aspx\">A tale of mismanagement, overly enthusiastic love of buzz words and the Next Big Thing, and hiring good people and making them do stupid things.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe pig go. Go is to the fountain. The pig put foot. Grunt. Foot in what? ketchup. The dove fly. Fly is in sky. The dove drop something. The something on the pig. The pig  disgusting. The pig rattle. Rattle with dove. The dove angry. The pig leave. The dove produce. Produce is chicken wing. With wing bark. No Quack.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks to MJ for the pointer.  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