{"id":1703,"date":"2013-12-24T17:48:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T16:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2013-12-27T17:56:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T16:56:19","slug":"an-ode-to-the-aa-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/24\/an-ode-to-the-aa-man\/","title":{"rendered":"An ode to the AA man."},"content":{"rendered":"

Interesting Christmas eve, eve for the Clarke household that meant we very nearly didn’t get our Christmas Turkey! <\/p>\n

But Thanks to the AA man, our knight in Hi-Vis armour Christmas was saved…..<\/p>\n

T’was the night before, the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. <\/p>\n

But out on the road the for the AA did they wait, because the exhaust it went clunk and on the road it did grate…<\/p>\n

Then in the rain and the dark with orange lights all flashing,
\nThe AA man in his yellow van came dashing.<\/p>\n

He jacked up the car and fitted a temporary clip. So to the supermarket Steph and James could nip.<\/p>\n

Around Asda they went to get their Christmas Dinner Because on that cold wet night that AA man was their winner!<\/p>\n

How’s it go….God bless us everyone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interesting Christmas eve, eve for the Clarke household that meant we very nearly didn’t get our Christmas Turkey! But Thanks to the AA man, our knight in Hi-Vis armour Christmas was saved….. T’was the night before, the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. 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