{"id":20612,"date":"2026-01-12T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20612"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:25:37","slug":"ashtrays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20612","title":{"rendered":"Ashtrays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C89C50A6-684D-4536-811F-8A4FFF40D979.webp?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"566\" data-attachment-id=\"20613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20613\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C89C50A6-684D-4536-811F-8A4FFF40D979.webp?fit=560%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"560,566\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"C89C50A6-684D-4536-811F-8A4FFF40D979\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C89C50A6-684D-4536-811F-8A4FFF40D979.webp?fit=560%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C89C50A6-684D-4536-811F-8A4FFF40D979.webp?resize=560%2C566&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20613\" style=\"width:297px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C89C50A6-684D-4536-811F-8A4FFF40D979.webp?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/C89C50A6-684D-4536-811F-8A4FFF40D979.webp?resize=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m not saying I&#8217;m old&#8230; but when I was in school we all made our parents ashtrays for Christmas.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the beginning of a gentle protest against the giant joke complications that are popular on Social Media. 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