{"id":187,"date":"2008-10-30T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2008-10-29T23:22:33","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T03:22:33","slug":"almost-transformers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/30\/almost-transformers\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Transformers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My thanks to Cary from <a title=\"The Unique Geek Listserv\" href=\"http:\/\/listserv.theuniquegeek.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">THE UNIQUE GEEK<\/a> for finding this one.\u00a0 Hilarious!\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t see the embedded video below, <a title=\"Almost Transformers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ma_Cwh9VW1E\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This skit, &#8216;Almost Transformers&#8217; was featured on an Australian comedy show, &#8216;Merrick and Rosso&#8217;.\u00a0 Check out other videos from them on their website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ma_Cwh9VW1E&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-187\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/30\/almost-transformers\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-187\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/30\/almost-transformers\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/30\/almost-transformers\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/30\/almost-transformers\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-187\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/30\/almost-transformers\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My thanks to Cary from THE UNIQUE GEEK for finding this one.\u00a0 Hilarious!\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t see the embedded video below, click here. 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