<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Irresistibly Fish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[brettfish]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com/author/brettfish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[it&#8217;s the end of the world as we [me, R.E.M. and Stephan Pastis] know&nbsp;it&#8230;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>turns out the Mayans were wrong. or the apocalypse is working on African time. or we were wrong in predicting that just cos the Mayans didn&#8217;t carve a stone big enough to fit more days on that it meant the end of the world [were they maybe just trying to get us all to buy the next stone, hm?] but whichever one it was, i figured this was a great moment to whip out one of my favourite Stephan Pastis &#8216;Pearls Before Swine&#8217; cartoon moments &#8211; favourite because it is true [don&#8217;t pretend you know more!]:</p>
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<p>[And if you enjoyed that one then I&#8217;m pretty sure you will love <a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/pearls-before-tongue">Pearls Before Swine&#8217;s take on intimate relationships</a> through the eyes of poor stupid innocent little pig as seen <a href="http://mashandpeace.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/wednesday-wed-day-episode-12-the-search-for-meds-married-engaged-dating-single">at the end of this post on relationships over here</a>]</p>
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