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a  rich  man  was  very  fond  of  spending  his  time  fishing, one  day  it  was  rather  cold  , he  kept  on drinking  to  keep  himself  warm , by  the  end  of  the  day  he  was  quite  drunk, he  drove  homewards, feeling  his   ankles  were  wet  he  was  surprised, a  farmer  near by  looked at  him, the  rich man asked  him the  shortest  possible  route  to  town before   the  floods   reached  the  shores, the  farmer  said  if  he  drove  his  car  on the  road  he  would  reach  somewhere  , but  if  he  drove  further  into  the  river    floods  or  no  floods  he  would  ...