{"id":638,"date":"2018-06-17T13:17:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T17:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=638"},"modified":"2018-06-17T13:17:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T17:17:13","slug":"the-couples-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=638","title":{"rendered":"The Couple\u2019s Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHow old are you and your wife, Capt. Haddock?\u201d asked the insurance man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we were married 18 years ago I was thrice as old as Julia. Now I am twice her age,\u201d said Capt. Haddock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHmm\u2026\u201c The insurance man was busy scribbling in his notebook.<\/p>\n<p><em>Can you work out the present ages of Capt. Haddock and his wife?<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-638\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=638&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-638\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=638&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-638\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=638&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=638&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHow old are you and your wife, Capt. Haddock?\u201d asked the insurance man. \u201cWhen we were married 18 years ago I was thrice as old as Julia. Now I am twice her age,\u201d said Capt. Haddock. \u201cHmm\u2026\u201c The insurance man was busy scribbling in his notebook. Can you work out the present ages of Capt. 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