{"id":3916,"date":"2024-11-19T12:14:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T12:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2024-11-19T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T12:14:05","slug":"the-older-man-boasts-to-the-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=3916","title":{"rendered":"The Older Man Boasts To The Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 92 year old man went to the doctor for his annual check-up.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor asked the man how he was feeling, and the 92 year old said, \u201cThings are great, and I\u2019ve never felt better!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI now have a 20 year old bride who is pregnant with my child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you think about that, doc?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The doctor considered the question for a minute, and then began to tell a story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have an older friend, much like you, who is an avid hunter and never misses a season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne day he was setting off to go hunting, but being a bit absent minded, he accidentally forgot to take his ammunition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs he neared a lake, he came across a very nice beaver frolicking at the water\u2019s edge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy now, he realized he had left his ammo at home, and so, he couldn\u2019t shoot the magnificent creature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNonetheless, he lifted his favorite hunting rifle, aimed down the sites, and yelled \u2018bang bang\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiraculously, two shots rang out and the beaver was slain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, what do you think of that?\u201d asked the doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Theelder man scatched his chin thoughtfully, then said, \u201cLogic would strongly suggest that somebody else pumped a couple of rounds into that beaver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The doctor nodded,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thoughts exactly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 92 year old man went to the doctor for his annual check-up. The doctor asked the man how he was feeling, and the 92 year old said, \u201cThings are great, and I\u2019ve never felt better!\u201d \u201cI now have a 20 year old bride who is pregnant with my child.\u201d \u201cWhat do you think about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3917,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions\/3917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}