{"id":552,"date":"2014-08-10T11:39:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T11:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/?page_id=552"},"modified":"2014-08-21T11:15:42","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T11:15:42","slug":"lounger-lizards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/?page_id=552","title":{"rendered":"Lounger Lizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The honour among lounger thieves is enforced on ordinary sunseekers. The power of the towel on a sunbed is undeniable.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I like to move towels. I sneak down after the fanatical thieves have bagged their loot, but before the amateurs have ventured forth. I reposition a couple of towels. These newly empty prime locations are soon snapped up by delighted amateurs.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the ensuing argument turned violent. One man was stabbed to death.<\/p>\n<p>Some folk might say I was partly responsible. Maybe, but I certainly can\u2019t take all the credit for ridding the world of another lounger lizard pest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/KM-square-e1408618083887.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-588 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/KM-square-e1408618083887.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Magee Author\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>Author&#8217;s note. <\/strong>The idea for this drabble was came to me during a recent holiday in Cyprus when I wondered just how early people got up to bag the best sunbeds. The title was inspired by an early computer game called Leisure Suit Larry &#8211; the game introduced me to the term &#8216;lounge lizard&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Read the next drabble &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/?page_id=121\" title=\"Christmas Drabbles\">Christmas Drabbles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The honour among lounger thieves is enforced on ordinary sunseekers. The power of the towel on a sunbed is undeniable. Personally, I like to move towels. I sneak down after the fanatical thieves have bagged their loot, but before the amateurs have ventured forth. I reposition a couple of towels. These newly empty prime locations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":78,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-552","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552\/revisions\/601"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenmageeauthor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}