{"id":129,"date":"2014-10-29T22:06:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T22:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2014-10-29T22:08:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T22:08:37","slug":"smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Times there can be smoke without fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hate the expression “there’s no smoke without fire.” It’s just not true.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Smoke machine<\/li>\n
  2. Burning toast<\/li>\n
  3. Blowing out a candle (there’s only smoke when the fire is extinguished)<\/li>\n
  4. Smoke Monster from Lost<\/li>\n
  5. Smokey Bear<\/li>\n
  6. Smokey Robinson<\/li>\n
  7. Smokey and the Bandit<\/li>\n
  8. Smoke bombs<\/li>\n
  9. Referring to a city as “the big smoke”<\/li>\n
  10. Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple<\/li>\n
  11. The jar\u00a0of smoke I always keep with me at all times.<\/li>\n
  12. Something else that looks like smoke<\/li>\n
  13. Mist\/Fog?<\/li>\n
  14. The Fast and the Furious 7: Smoke Without Fire<\/li>\n
  15. Smoke from behind an old\u00a0sofa<\/li>\n
  16. Smoked Ribs<\/li>\n
  17. When people say “Richard, you are looking smokin’ hot today!”<\/li>\n
  18. In a vacuum<\/li>\n
  19. Fake Smoke (‘Foke’)<\/li>\n
  20. Holy smokes!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thanks. I’m glad we could clear that up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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