{"id":1898,"date":"2010-05-07T14:10:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T13:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2012-12-18T21:27:13","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T21:27:13","slug":"ohhhhhh-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/blog\/2010\/05\/07\/ohhhhhh-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohhhhhh Ball!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Oh, Ball! I feel naked, lost without you, Ball.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a moment of madness I&#8217;ve let DHL Lagos ground crew whip you away from me. They are carrying you with ease through to the cargo plane while I am battling through customs without you. Usually you are there to guide me through difficult situations; to lighten the atmosphere. Nigerian customs and security check is proving to be a challenge without you. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where are you going?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Show me your ticket.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Why are you travelling on a cargo plane?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Are you a pilot?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not easy and it is suggested that I pay for the privilege of getting through. I try to explain about you and the journey to the World Cup. But without you those explanations are thin. Ohhh Ball, life is much easier with you, Ball. Finally, I negotiate my way through with a little help from my DHL friends. <\/p>\n<p><em>But, I promise you one thing Ball &#8212; from now until Johannesburg you and I are staying together. Whether you like it or not, Ball.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, Ball! I feel naked, lost without you, Ball. In a moment of madness I&#8217;ve let DHL Lagos ground crew whip you away from me. They are carrying you with ease through to the cargo plane while I am battling through customs without you. Usually you are there to guide me through difficult situations; to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,18,232],"tags":[59,137,109],"class_list":["post-1898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nigeria-countries","category-the-ball","category-the-journey","tag-behind-the-scenes","tag-lagos","tag-nigeria"],"geo":{"latitude":6.453055400000000219051798922009766101837158203125,"longitude":3.395833300000000054552629080717451870441436767578125,"description":"Lagos, Nigeria"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3193,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions\/3193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}