{"id":1522,"date":"2014-08-05T00:03:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T04:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2014-08-05T00:09:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T04:09:16","slug":"its-a-trap-lou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=1522","title":{"rendered":"It’s a trap Lou."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cListen here\u2026.. don\u2019t you kids go playing in that back room.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want you to go and fall through that old trap door.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what my great Aunt Louise used to say when we were visiting.<\/p>\n

Now\u2026 this made me wonder beyond wonder.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of trap was it?\u00a0 One with a door\u2026. but what\u2026. or WHO\u2026. was she trapping?\u201d\u00a0 I asked my older brother.\u00a0 He explained it was just a door in the floor that went down to a room below.\u00a0 Probably a potato cellar.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my god.\u00a0\u00a0 She DOES have somebody down there!\u00a0 A Potato Seller! But who is he selling potatoes to?\u00a0 How long has he been down there?\u201d\u00a0 The questions bounced around in my little head like a fart in a skillet.\u00a0 \u201cWas the guy okay?\u00a0 What if one of us would have fallen through\u2026 THEN WHAT?!\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, I couldn\u2019t take it any more.\u00a0 I had to ask Aunt Louise.\u00a0 She said it wasn\u2019t a potato cellar down there.\u00a0 It was a root cellar.<\/p>\n

\u201cA ROOT Seller?\u00a0 What kind of roots?\u00a0 She REALLY did have a guy down there.\u00a0 But it was making sense now. Roots grow underground, and that\u2019s where the guy would have to be to get the roots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then Aunt Louise added\u2026. \u201cBesides that.\u00a0 Your Uncle Mac keeps his beer down there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oh\u2026 now I was putting the puzzle together.\u00a0 It was a secret place to make Root Beer. The Root Seller was there to sell roots for the beer… or something in that neighborhood.\u00a0 We left Uncle Mac and Aunt Lou\u2019s house that day.\u00a0 I never did get a look down through that Trap Door.\u00a0 But I decided from that day forward, I would love Root Beer.\u00a0 I sort of made a commitment to it.\u00a0 I guess I felt sorry for that guy down there.. and wanted to support the industry\u2026 or something.<\/p>\n

Yep.\u00a0 I used to drink Root Beer every chance I got.\u00a0 That is\u2026. when we were allowed to choose a soft drink on family outings and such.\u00a0 But then there was my oldest sister\u2019s wedding.\u00a0 I could have as much Root Beer as I wanted at that reception.\u00a0 Same with Homemade Polish Cookies.\u00a0 I consumed so much Root Beer and super rich confections\u2026 that I threw up that night.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t even stand the smell of Root Beer as an adult.\u00a0 And I will only eat Polish Sausage\u2026 but never a Polish Cookie.<\/p>\n

Yes my friends..\u00a0 I think that Trap Door came full circle.
\nThat is how the cookie crumbles.
\nHow the Fat Lady Sings.
\nAnd how the Root Beer Floats.<\/p>\n

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On one hand, we know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes or coincidences. On the other hand, we learn that we can never give up, knowing that with the right tools and energy, we can reverse any decree or karma. So, which is it? Let the Light decide, or never give up? The answer is: both.\u00a0 – Yehuda Berg<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cListen here\u2026.. don\u2019t you kids go playing in that back room.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want you to go and fall through that old trap door.\u201d That\u2019s what my great Aunt Louise used to say when we were visiting. Now\u2026 this made me wonder beyond wonder. \u201cWhat kind of trap was it?\u00a0 One with a door\u2026. but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nowyouseeit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1522"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1529,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522\/revisions\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}