{"id":69444,"date":"2024-02-29T16:44:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=69444"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:44:59","slug":"an-old-man-is-selling-watermelon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/an-old-man-is-selling-watermelon\/","title":{"rendered":"An Old Man Is Selling Watermelon&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>An old man is selling watermelons\u2026\n<p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-69445 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/02%5C/Albescent-White-Colorful-Soft-Texture-Background-Rounded-Rectangle-Frame-Mockup-Photo-Collage-4.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"2000\"' height='\"1600\"'>\n</p><p>His pricelist reads: <strong>1 for $3, 3 for $10\n<p>A young man stops by and asks to buy one watermelon.\n</p><p><strong>\u201cThat\u2019d be 3 dollars\u201d, says the old man.\n<p>The young man then buys another one, and another one, paying $3 for each.\n</p><p>As the young man is walking away, he turns around, grins, and says,\n</p><p><strong>\u201cHey old man, do you realize I just bought three watermelons for only $9?\n<p><strong>Maybe business is not your thing.\u201d\n<p>The old man smiles and mumbles to himself,\n</p><p>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;-\n</p><h3>The Obsessive Counter\n</h3><p>It was Christmas morning and an old man was enjoying opening presents with his family but every time he opens a present, he checks to be sure that everything is there\u2026\n</p><p><strong>\u201cGreat, 4 steak knives. 1, 2, 3 and 4!\u201d\n<p><strong>\u201cA dozen wrenches? Brilliant! 1, 2, 3, 4\u2026.10, 11 and 12! \u201cFour wine glasses, neat. 1, 2, 3 and one more makes 4.\u201d\n<p>This continues on for some time and his family is growing increasingly annoyed with him. Yet he continues on.\n</p><p><strong>\u201cFifty fishing lures, oh my. 1, 2, 3, 4\u2026\u201d\n<p><strong>&ldquo;Oh for father&rsquo;s sake, Adam,&rdquo; his wife suddenly yelled at him:\n<p><strong>&ldquo;It was ONE rib, let is go!&rdquo;\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An old man is selling watermelons\u2026 His pricelist reads: 1 for $3, 3 for $10 A young man stops by and asks to buy one watermelon. \u201cThat\u2019d be 3 dollars\u201d, says the old man. The young man then buys another one, and another one, paying $3 for each. As the young man is walking away,\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[384],"class_list":{"0":"post-69444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-jokes"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Albescent-White-Colorful-Soft-Texture-Background-Rounded-Rectangle-Frame-Mockup-Photo-Collage-4-e1709199893389.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></h3>