{"id":4165,"date":"2009-08-13T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=4165"},"modified":"2009-08-10T10:36:01","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T16:36:01","slug":"clash-of-the-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/clash-of-the-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"Clash of the Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2115980\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/norris.jpg?resize=150%2C215&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"norris\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a>What happens when one unstoppable force meets an immovable object?  That\u2019s the subtext of this coffee-table style kitsch book, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2115980\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Norris Vs. Mr. T: 400 Facts About the Baddest Dudes in the History of Ever<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0   This 176 pages lets the reader ponder brief sarcastic koans about the strength, potency, and astrophysics-bending possibilities of these two demigods in a spin on the American tall tale.<br \/>\nI know Chuck Norris jokes are kind of 2005, but Mr. T is in this as well, and they\u2019re pretty dang funny.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Chuck Norris can beat a brick wall in tennis.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Mr. T sleeps with a pillow under his gun.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8216;The McRib sandwich only comes back when Chuck Norris is in the mood for one.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Mr. T doesn&#8217;t breathe.\u00a0 He holds air hostage.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For fans of <em>Walker: Texas Ranger<\/em> and <em>A-Team<\/em> alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when one unstoppable force meets an immovable object? That\u2019s the subtext of this coffee-table style kitsch book, Chuck Norris Vs. Mr. T: 400 Facts About the Baddest Dudes in the History of Ever. \u00a0 This 176 pages lets the reader ponder brief sarcastic koans about the strength, potency,<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/clash-of-the-titans\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[165],"class_list":["post-4165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-humor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-15b","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4165"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4169,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165\/revisions\/4169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}