{"id":1919,"date":"2003-11-07T02:52:55","date_gmt":"2003-11-07T18:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/07\/the-allegations-are-untrue\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:32:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:32:27","slug":"the-allegations-are-untrue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/07\/the-allegations-are-untrue\/","title":{"rendered":"The allegations are untrue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12905,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2003\\\/WORLD\\\/europe\\\/11\\\/07\\\/uk.charles\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080708202456\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2003\\\/WORLD\\\/europe\\\/11\\\/07\\\/uk.charles\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 03:48:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:502}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 03:48:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:502},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12906,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.neilgaiman.com\\\/journal\\\/2003_11_02_archive.asp#106822564821653308&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060111081622\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.neilgaiman.com:80\\\/journal\\\/2003_11_02_archive.asp&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 03:48:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 03:48:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>According to CNN, Prince Charles has come out to publicly announce that the allegations are &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2003\/WORLD\/europe\/11\/07\/uk.charles\/index.html\" title=\"Charles claims 'ludicrous'\">totally untrue and without a shred of substance<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just to further clear up the matter a bit:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I haven&#8217;t been to England since I was around twelve, at which point I most certainly did not have a custom-fitted vinyl body stocking.<\/li>\n<li>That amount of marshmallow creme would be extremely difficult to acquire unnoticed.<\/li>\n<li>Platypi just aren&#8217;t that flexible.<\/li>\n<li>Neither is Prince Charles.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve never even heard of that brand of lubricant, let alone tried to smuggle two cases of it into Buckingham Palace.<\/li>\n<li>Getting a llama to stand still long enough to shave it is difficult enough without the gratuitous application of day-glo body paint afterwards.<\/li>\n<li>Once peeled, bananas are too soft to be inserted anywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I certainly hope that this clears up some of the misinformation, and that the rumors surrounding this incident cease forthwith.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neilgaiman.com\/journal\/2003_11_02_archive.asp#106822564821653308\" title=\"Neal Gaiman's Journal: More denials at eleven.\">Neil Gaiman<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to CNN, Prince Charles has come out to publicly announce that the allegations are &#8216;totally untrue and without a shred of substance.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028,2043],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-1919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","category-personal","tag-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}