{"id":13411,"date":"2023-03-18T10:40:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T10:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=13411"},"modified":"2023-03-18T10:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T10:43:20","slug":"the-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/18\/the-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many years ago whilst in Switzerland <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I discovered a rather charming tradition <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which although a little macabre <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was quite interesting <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems that when an elder <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is on the point of death <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is taken to a hill <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a clear view <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the mountains beyond <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is there that he is strapped <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To a sturdy chair <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To enjoy the magnificence <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the mountain <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that is not all <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the most beautiful woman <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the village <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon stands in front of him <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Totally naked <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And without shame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reasoning is that the dying man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Will witness the beauty of God&#8217;s creations <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he fades slowly in to the after life <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many years ago whilst in Switzerland I discovered a rather charming tradition Which although a little macabre Was quite interesting It seems that when an elder Is on the point of death He is taken to a hill With a clear view Of the mountains beyond It is there that he is strapped To a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13411"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13414,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13411\/revisions\/13414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}