{"id":1745,"date":"2014-06-26T05:30:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2014-06-25T21:17:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T07:17:30","slug":"apparently-many-of-you-ladies-reading-this-are-witches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1745","title":{"rendered":"Apparently many of you ladies reading this are witches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was cruising the Internet and found another one of those deep wells of fascinating information.<\/p>\n<p>I have to read this stuff because the wife won&#8217;t let me go to sites with dirty pictures which is about 63-percent of the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>I know.<br \/>\nI counted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witche1-sized-e1403750821873.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1748\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witche1-sized-e1403750821873-203x250.jpg\" alt=\"witche1-sized\" width=\"203\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witche1-sized-e1403750821873-203x250.jpg 203w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witche1-sized-e1403750821873-244x300.jpg 244w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witche1-sized-e1403750821873.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a>Back in the 1600&#8217;s, checking to see if someone was a witch was big business.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list they used back then to decide:<\/p>\n<p>1. You are female<\/p>\n<p>2. You are poor or cannot support yourself financially<\/p>\n<p>3. You are rich or financially independent<\/p>\n<p>4. You have one or more female friends<\/p>\n<p>5. You have had an argument with one or more of your female friends<\/p>\n<p>6. You have had an argument or disagreement with anyone<\/p>\n<p>7. You are very old<\/p>\n<p>8. You are very young<\/p>\n<p>9. You are a midwife<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witch-article.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1749\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witch-article.jpg\" alt=\"witch article\" width=\"228\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witch-article.jpg 228w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witch-article-162x250.jpg 162w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/witch-article-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>10. You are married with too many children<\/p>\n<p>11. You are married with too few (or no) children<\/p>\n<p>12. You have exhibited \u201cstubborn,\u201d \u201cstrange,\u201d or \u201cforward behavior&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>13. You have a mole or birthmark<\/p>\n<p>14. You have spoiled butter or milk in your home<\/p>\n<p>15. You have had sex out-of-wedlock<\/p>\n<p>16. You have attempted to predict the identity of your future husband<\/p>\n<p>17. You wear clothing made of more than one kind of cloth or fabric<\/p>\n<p>That just about covers everything, doesn&#8217;t it?<br \/>\nMay the dark shadows cloak you in their wretched embrace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Witch-with-beer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1747\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Witch-with-beer-222x250.png\" alt=\"Witch with beer\" width=\"222\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Witch-with-beer-222x250.png 222w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Witch-with-beer.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a>Of course, if you ever watched Wizard of Oz you know there are good witches and bad witches.<\/p>\n<p>This is a good witch because she&#8217;s holding a beer.<\/p>\n<p>I had a blind date once a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p>Over dinner she told me she was a witch.<br \/>\nShe was also really weird.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if she ever got married.<br \/>\nMaybe to an Ogre.<\/p>\n<p>I know some guys that have called their wife a witch but I suspect this is not what they really meant.<\/p>\n<p>Probably more along the line of having to mow the lawn on Sunday instead of playing golf.<\/p>\n<p>But still&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1745\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1745&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1745\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1745&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1745&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was cruising the Internet and found another one of those deep wells of fascinating information. 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