{"id":345,"date":"2017-08-03T16:24:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T15:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=345"},"modified":"2017-08-03T16:24:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T15:24:19","slug":"strewth-mate-old-crotchet-at-no-1-down-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=345","title":{"rendered":"Strewth Mate! Old Crotchet at No.1 Down Under?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strewth mate! <a href=\"http:\/\/myBook.to\/Oldcrotchet\">Old Crotchet<\/a> at number one down under? She\u2019s been having a bonzer time. I tell ya, it\u2019s been a real boil-over that\u2019s had me grinning like a shot fox, or it would have done if she\u2019d been romping up the charts for paid rather than free downloads. Still, it\u2019s better than staring at a brown-eyed mullet, although the sight of her in a cozzie would be about as welcome as a bunyip in your grundies. Crikey, I\u2019m as gobsmacked as you are that she\u2019s doing so well against all those better looking and younger Sheilas, nabbing the top slot in occult horror. Well, I\u2019d better stop yabbering on. You can find her here, whether you\u2019re in Australia, or, well . . . <a href=\"http:\/\/myBook.to\/Oldcrotchet\">myBook.to\/Oldcrotchet<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_348\" style=\"width: 887px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/myBook.to\/Oldcrotchet\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348\" data-attachment-id=\"348\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?attachment_id=348\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Old-Crotchet-Australia-Occult-Number-1.png?fit=877%2C959\" data-orig-size=\"877,959\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Old Crotchet Australia Occult Number 1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Old Crotchet goes to Number One in Oz, Canada and the UK.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Old Crotchet goes to Number One in Oz, Canada and the UK.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Old-Crotchet-Australia-Occult-Number-1.png?fit=274%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Old-Crotchet-Australia-Occult-Number-1.png?fit=600%2C656\" 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Old Crotchet at number one down under? She\u2019s been having a bonzer time. I tell ya, it\u2019s been a real boil-over that\u2019s had me grinning like a shot fox, or it would have done if she\u2019d been romping up the charts for paid rather than free downloads. 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