{"id":5574,"date":"2025-03-20T12:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=5574"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:52:36","slug":"the-giant-puddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=5574","title":{"rendered":"The Giant Puddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man traveling down a country road was forced to stop before a giant puddle covering the entire road.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to the side of the road, the man noticed a farmer leaning on a fence. \u201cThink it\u2019s safe to cross?\u201d the man asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reckon so,\u201d replied the farmer.<\/p>\n<p>The car was immediately swallowed by the puddle as the man drove in.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it was so deep that he had to roll his window down to swim out of his car back to the surface.<\/p>\n<p>As his head broke the surface, the man said to the farmer, \u201cI thought you said I could safely drive through this puddle!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, shoot!\u201d said the farmer, scratching his head. \u201cIt only come up chest-high on my ducks!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-76284 td-animation-stack-type2-2\" src=\"https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2395e87c3a94846bf744d1c8e15e2858-300x256-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A drunk man gets on a bus<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-76285 size-full td-animation-stack-type2-2\" src=\"https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/csdhgufgewf-1024x535-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/csdhgufgewf-1024x535-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/csdhgufgewf-1024x535-1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/csdhgufgewf-1024x535-1-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/csdhgufgewf-1024x535-1-804x420.png 804w, https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/csdhgufgewf-1024x535-1-640x334.png 640w, https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/csdhgufgewf-1024x535-1-681x356.png 681w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This drunk gets on a bus and asks the driver how long the trip is between Limerick and Cork.<\/p>\n<p>About two hours,\u201d says the conductor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK,\u201d says the drunk \u201cthen how long is the trip between Cork and Limerick?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The irate driver says to the drunk \u201cIt\u2019s still about two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Why\u2019d you think there\u2019d be a difference?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell,\u201d says the drunk,\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s only a week between Christmas and New Year, but it\u2019s a long time between New Year and Christmas!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76286 td-animation-stack-type2-2\" src=\"https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/9b0614619e233297e54cc5ec9c2c0106-295x300-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/9b0614619e233297e54cc5ec9c2c0106-295x300-1.jpg 295w, https:\/\/teachmelife.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/9b0614619e233297e54cc5ec9c2c0106-295x300-1-60x60.jpg 60w\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man traveling down a country road was forced to stop before a giant puddle covering the entire road. Looking to the side of the road, the man noticed a farmer leaning on a fence. \u201cThink it\u2019s safe to cross?\u201d the man asked. \u201cI reckon so,\u201d replied the farmer. 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