{"id":1240,"date":"2008-02-04T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2008\/02\/joke-of-the-day-for-monday-feb.html"},"modified":"2008-02-04T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T01:00:00","slug":"joke-of-the-day-for-monday-feb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2008\/02\/joke-of-the-day-for-monday-feb.html","title":{"rendered":"Joke of the Day for Monday, February 4, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 4-year-old boy was asked to pray before Thanksgiving dinner. The family members bowed their heads in expectation. He began his prayer, thanking the Lord for all his friends, naming them one by one. Then he thanked the Lord for Mommy, Daddy, brother, sister, Grandma, Grandpa, and all his aunts and uncles.<br \/>\nThen he began to thank the Lord for the food. 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