{"id":30002,"date":"2025-11-02T17:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=30002"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:17:17","slug":"i-stole-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/i-stole-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"I Stole a Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi Mickey <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi Mickey <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How are you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am keeping well <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is that book <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What book <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The one that you are reading <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catalina <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where did you find it <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the bookshop on Gerard Street <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is a very expensive bookshop <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was it in the bargain bin <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How did you afford it on your meagre wage <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I stole it <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What would have happened if you had been caught <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used my sister Geraldine Geraldine as a distraction <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not the old cleavage trick <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The very same <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is the book worth much <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probably about sixty five pounds <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was it written by <strong>William Somerset Maugham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How did you know that <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because I can see his name on your book <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It might have been written <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Wilma Somerset Maugham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or even <strong>Willa Somerset Maugham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is very true <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is how I distracted the rich bookseller <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thought you used Geraldine Geraldine as a distraction <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever made you think that <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Mickey Hi Mickey How are you I am keeping well What is that book What book The one that you are reading Catalina Where did you find it In the bookshop on Gerard Street That is a very expensive bookshop I know Was it in the bargain bin No How did you afford it [&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-30002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30002","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=30002"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30008,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30002\/revisions\/30008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}