{"id":36903,"date":"2026-01-05T01:33:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=36903"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:33:52","slug":"an-85-year-old-man-was-driving-down-the-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=36903","title":{"rendered":"An 85-year-old man was driving down the highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An 85-year-old man was driving down the highway when he suddenly saw flashing lights in his rearview mirror.<br \/>\nA police officer was pulling him over!<\/p>\n<p>The old man sighed and muttered, \u201cNot again\u2026\u201d but instead of stopping, he hit the gas.<\/p>\n<p>He sped up to 70 mph, then 80 mph\u2026 then 90 mph!<\/p>\n<p>The police siren wailed louder, and the officer yelled through the speaker, \u201cPULL OVER NOW!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The old man sighed again and thought, What am I doing? I\u2019m too old for this nonsense. So he finally pulled over.<\/p>\n<p>The officer walked up to his window, shaking his head. \u201cSir, what on earth were you thinking? You were speeding AND trying to outrun the police! This is serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The old man gave a tired smile and said, \u201cOfficer, let me explain. My wife ran off with a cop 30 years ago, and when I saw your lights, I thought you were bringing her back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The officer burst out laughing.<\/p>\n<p>After wiping his tears, the officer said, \u201cAlright, sir. Just drive safe, and have a good day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And with that, he let him go.<\/p>\n<p>LOL!!<\/p>\n<p>Hope this joke will make you smile! Have a nice day!!<\/p>\n<p>An Old Man Walks Up To The Counter.<\/p>\n<p>An old man walks up to the counter of a pawn shop with an old, weathered guitar.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019d like your expert opinion on this guitar, how much do you think it\u2019s worth?\u201d asks the old man.<\/p>\n<p>The pawnbroker looks it up and down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell I can tell right now that there\u2019s a little warping in the neck, the lacquer is faded and there are scratches and dents all over it. It\u2019s an old, well-played guitar but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s worth any more than twenty bucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The old man reaches his hand out and says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, if that\u2019s what you think it\u2019s worth, you have a deal!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat!\u201d Replies the pawnbroker, shaking his hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s twenty bucks.\u201d Says the old man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll buy it right now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The broker stops and suddenly looks confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait, buy?\u201d He asks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes!\u201d Smiles the old man as he flips the guitar over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one has a sticker price of $150, but now that I have your honest opinion I think twenty bucks is a great deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LOL!!<\/p>\n<p>Hope this joke will make you smile! Have a nice day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 85-year-old man was driving down the highway when he suddenly saw flashing lights in his rearview mirror. A police officer was pulling him over! The old man sighed and muttered, \u201cNot again\u2026\u201d but instead of stopping, he hit the gas. He sped up to 70 mph, then 80 mph\u2026 then 90 mph! The police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36904,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36903\/revisions\/36904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}