{"id":22925,"date":"2026-06-15T22:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=22925"},"modified":"2026-06-15T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:36:08","slug":"the-old-farmers-secret-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=22925","title":{"rendered":"The Old Farmer\u2019s Secret Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4252-168x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4252-168x300.webp 168w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4252.webp 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><br \/>\nOld farmer Ron knew exactly how to handle unwanted trespassers on his land, but his performance down by the property line one evening was an absolute masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Grabbing a rusty bucket, he walked down to his secluded pond to pick some wild berries growing along the bank. As he neared the water, he was greeted by splashing and giggles\u2014a group of young women had sneaked onto his property for a bit of skinny-dipping.<\/p>\n<p>The moment they spotted the old man approaching, they shrieked in horror, swam furiously to the deepest part of the pond, and submerged themselves up to their necks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not coming out until you pack up and leave!\u201d one of them yelled defiantly.<\/p>\n<p>Ron calmly held up his bucket, gave them a polite nod, and replied:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t mind me, ladies. I didn\u2019t come all the way down here to watch you swim naked. I\u2019m just here to feed the alligator.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old farmer Ron knew exactly how to handle unwanted trespassers on his land, but his performance down by the property line one evening was an absolute masterpiece&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22927,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22925\/revisions\/22927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}