Grandboy (casting a fishing line): Grandpa, I love fishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: Yep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grandboy (casting again): But I’m not catching anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: Then it wouldn’t be called “fishing”. It would be called “catching”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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