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   Three men were sitting on a park bench. The one in the middle was reading a newspaper; the others were pretending to fish. They baited imaginary hooks, cast lines and reeled in their catch. 
 
   A passing policeman stopped to watch the spectacle and asked the man in the middle if he knew the other two. 
 
   "Oh yes, " he said. "They are my friends. " 
 
   "In that case, " warned the officer, "you'd better get them out of here!" 
 
   "Yes, sir, " the man replied, and he began rowing furiously. 
 
 
 
 
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