{"id":1617,"date":"2010-11-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2010-11-01T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T12:00:00","slug":"ot-movember-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/01\/ot-movember-update\/","title":{"rendered":"OT: Movember Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well I wasn’t expecting such a response<\/a>. Thinking it over :-<\/p>\n

A) I have some very generous friends.
B) I have some very mischevious friends who are looking forward to 4 weeks of fun 😉
C) Several donors mentioned pictures. Yes, definitely. It’s all ‘trust but verify’ round here.
D) I kind of knew the ORA-DUDE<\/a> would insist on side-burns.<\/p>\n

Sincere thanks for all the donations. There’s no going back now. But Lisa<\/a> and Debra<\/a> have yet to show me the colour of their money. Cut throat razor? Hall 1?!?<\/a><\/p>\n

Final note. For you gentlemen who haven’t hit Tuesday morning’s shave yet, there’s still time … <\/p>\n

Go Mo<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Well I wasn’t expecting such a response. Thinking it over :- A) I have some very generous friends.B) I have some very mischevious friends who are looking forward to 4 weeks of fun 😉C) Several donors mentioned pictures. Yes, definitely. 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