{"id":319,"date":"2012-07-19T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T15:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english-culture.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2018-05-05T16:27:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T16:27:42","slug":"a-joke-about-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.english-culture.com\/a-joke-about-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"A Joke about Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8221; Smith meets his old friend Brown and tells him he has decided to get married:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> &#8221; Who is the girl ?&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> &#8221; Jane Huggins of Camberley &#8220;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> &#8221; Are you mad ? &#8221; asks Brown astonished.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> &#8221; Do you know her ?&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> &#8221; I do know of her. 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