Old farmer Johnson was dying. The family was standing around his bed. With a low voice he sad to his wife, «Maude, when I’m dead and gone… I want you to marry farmer Jones.» «Oh no, I couldn’t marry anyone after you!» Maude replies. «But I want you to, Maude.» «But why?» Maude asks. «Because that no good son of a bitch once cheated me in a horse trade!»
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Old farmer Johnson was dying