{"id":489,"date":"2010-01-14T21:32:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T02:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betsybuchanan.com\/?p=489"},"modified":"2010-01-14T21:32:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T02:32:35","slug":"old-folks-need-love-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/2010\/01\/14\/old-folks-need-love-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Folks Need Love Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A farmer stopped by the local mechanic shop to have his truck fixed. They couldn&#8217;t do it while he waited, so he said he didn&#8217;t live far and would just walk home.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the way home he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket, and a gallon of paint. He then stopped by the feed store and picked up a couple of chickens and a goose. However, struggling outside the store, he now had a problem&#8230; how to carry his entire purchases home.<\/p>\n<p>While he was scratching his head he was approached by a little old lady who told him she was lost. She asked, &#8216;Can you tell me how to get to 1603 Mockingbird Lane?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The farmer said, &#8216;Well, as a matter of fact, my farm is very close to that house. I would walk you there but I can&#8217;t carry all these things.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The old lady suggested, &#8216;Why don&#8217;t you put the can of paint in the bucket. Carry the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each arm and carry the goose in your other hand?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;Why thank you very much,&#8217; he said and proceeded to walk the old girl home. On the way he says &#8216;Let&#8217;s take my short cut and go down this alley. We&#8217;ll be there in no time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The little old lady looked him over cautiously then said, &#8216;I am a lonely widow without a husband to defend me. How do I know that when we get in the alley you won&#8217;t hold me up against the wall, pull up my skirt, and have your way with me?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The farmer said, &#8216;Holy smokes lady! I&#8217;m carrying a bucket, a gallon of paint, two chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I possibly hold you up against the wall and do that?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The old lady replied, &#8216;Set the goose down, cover him with the bucket, put the paint on top of the bucket, and I&#8217;ll hold the chickens.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A farmer stopped by the local mechanic shop to have his truck fixed. They couldn&#8217;t do it while he waited, so he said he didn&#8217;t live far and would just walk home. \u00a0 On the way home he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket, and a gallon of paint. He then stopped &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/2010\/01\/14\/old-folks-need-love-too\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Old Folks Need Love Too&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,15,16,18,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-associates","category-entertainment","category-internetcomputers","category-life","category-opinion","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/bettybuchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}