{"id":15919,"date":"2025-10-16T23:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/?p=15919"},"modified":"2025-10-16T23:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:21:57","slug":"joke-of-the-day-the-old-mans-promise-from-the-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/?p=15919","title":{"rendered":"JOKE OF THE DAY: The Old Man\u2019s Promise From the Grave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An old man and woman had been married for decades \u2014 though everyone in town wondered how. They&nbsp;<em>couldn\u2019t stand each other.<\/em>&nbsp;Their shouting matches could be heard clear down the street, and no one dared knock on their door after dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every time they fought, the old man would yell, \u201cWhen I die, I\u2019ll dig my way up and out of that grave and come back to haunt you for the rest of your miserable life!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neighbors whispered that he practiced black magic. Pets went missing, strange lights flickered at odd hours, and eerie sounds came from their basement. Everyone feared him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then one day, the old man died \u2014 suddenly, under mysterious circumstances. The funeral was short and tense, with a&nbsp;<em>closed casket.<\/em>&nbsp;The neighbors crossed themselves quietly as they watched the body being lowered into the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But just hours later, the widow was spotted at the local bar \u2014 drinking, dancing, and laughing like a woman half her age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her neighbors gathered around, stunned. One finally asked, \u201cAren\u2019t you scared? He swore he\u2019d come back to haunt you! Aren\u2019t you even a little worried?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The old woman took a long sip of her drink, smirked, and said\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cNah\u2026 I buried the old fool&nbsp;<em>face down.<\/em>&nbsp;Let him dig all he wants!\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;\ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An old man and woman had been married for decades \u2014 though everyone in town wondered how. They&nbsp;couldn\u2019t stand each other.&nbsp;Their shouting matches could be heard clear&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15920,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15919\/revisions\/15920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}