{"id":3595,"date":"2007-10-16T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/silly-string-is-shipped-off-to.html"},"modified":"2007-10-16T07:11:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T07:11:00","slug":"silly-string-is-shipped-off-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/silly-string-is-shipped-off-to.html","title":{"rendered":"Silly String Is Shipped Off to Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/10\/16\/nyregion\/16string.html\">This is such a great idea<\/a>! I wish I knew, I would have donated.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After months of frustration, Ms. Shriver has found someone who will ship her Silly String to Iraq, where troops use it to detect trip wires on bombs. 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