{"id":3638,"date":"2012-09-09T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/?p=3638"},"modified":"2012-09-08T12:37:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T11:37:59","slug":"9-september-2012-amusements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/2012\/09\/09\/9-september-2012-amusements\/","title":{"rendered":"9 September 2012 &#8211; Amusements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But officer,&#8221; the man began, &#8220;I can explain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just be quiet,&#8221; snapped the officer. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to let you cool your heels in jail until the chief gets back. . .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But officer, I just wanted to say. . .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I said to keep quiet! You&#8217;re going to jail!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later the officer looked in on his prisoner and said, &#8220;Lucky for you that the chief is at his daughter&#8217;s wedding. He&#8217;ll be in a good mood when he gets back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t count on it,&#8221; answered the fellow in the cell. &#8220;I&#8217;m the groom.&#8221;\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Seems an elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%. The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, &#8220;Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased you can hear again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To which the gentleman said, &#8220;Oh, I haven&#8217;t told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I&#8217;ve changed my will five times!&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The third-grader was at the family dinner table with her six year-old brother and their parents, all giving reports of their daily activities. 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