{"id":948,"date":"2017-07-26T21:57:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T02:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.emeraldsilver.com\/gamequotes\/?p=948"},"modified":"2017-07-26T21:57:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T02:57:09","slug":"call-of-cthulhu-726","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.emeraldsilver.com\/gamequotes\/2017\/07\/26\/call-of-cthulhu-726\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Cthulhu, 7\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Why him?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;The last time I did it to a random guy, it incited a mob.&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s like in this circle&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;He is not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the icon of conjunctivitis!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Wash your hands!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s thinking about shooting you with a shotgun.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Can&#8217;t say I blame him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have the phantom hug from the other side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay, what are you thinking?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;The Yith city.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;That we blew up?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are there any stop-gap places we could go to?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Is Antarctica closer?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I guess?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I will take you as well.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230;So that you can be with her.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Solid point there.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Not that I think you&#8217;re crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I&#8217;m going to hand him a bunch of coins.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;You&#8217;re going to hand him the whole damned bag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m willing to work for a discount for my 35%.  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