{"id":2594,"date":"2020-04-01T12:54:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2020-04-01T12:54:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:54:06","slug":"april-1-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/2020\/04\/april-1-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"April 1, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>________________________________________<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dear Readers,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I\u2019ve seen various \u201cgallows humor\u201d emails floating around, and the occasional wry comment on social media, and these have impelled me to consider today. As many if not most of you already know, I\u2019ve been writing special \u201cApril Fool\u2019s Day\u201d columns for you since 2007. Maybe it\u2019s \u201cwriter\u2019s block,\u201d maybe it\u2019s a deep concern for all of my Scouting friends, personal and professional friends, and my family near and far\u2026 Whatever it is, today doesn\u2019t find me giggling with clever ways to make jokes. So, with your permission and forgiveness, may I simply wish you and yours health, strength, and courage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Till next week, please stay safe, stay healthy, and stay positive!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">Most sincerely,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">Andy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Have a question? Facing a dilemma? Wondering where to find a BSA policy or guideline? Write to askandybsa@yahoo.com. Please include your name and council. (If you\u2019d prefer to be anonymous, if published, let me know and that\u2019s what we\u2019ll do.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Although these columns are copyrighted, any reader has my permission to quote or reproduce any columns or column parts so long as you attribute authorship: \u201cAsk Andy\u201d by Andy McCommish.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[4\/1\/2020 \u2013 Copyright \u00a9 Andy McCommish]<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>________________________________________ Dear Readers, I\u2019ve seen various \u201cgallows humor\u201d emails floating around, and the occasional wry comment on social media, and these have impelled me to consider today. As many if not most of you already know, I\u2019ve been writing special \u201cApril Fool\u2019s Day\u201d columns for you since 2007. Maybe it\u2019s \u201cwriter\u2019s block,\u201d maybe it\u2019s a [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions\/2599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}