Bus load of politicians

    A bus load of politicians were driving down a country road when all of a sudden the bus ran off the road and crashedinto a tree in an old farmer's field.  The old farmer after seeing what happened went over to investigate. He then proceeded¹ to dig a load of holes and buried all  thepoliticians.
    A few days later, the local sheriff came out, saw thecrashed bus, and then asked the old farmer, "Were theyALL dead?" The old farmer replied, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you know how them politicians lie."

1 proceeded   

v.进行( proceed的过去式和过去分词 )；前进；（沿特定路线）行进；（尤指打断后）继续说

参考例句：

• The lawyer proceeded to tackle him on this subject. 律师在这一问题上继续与他交涉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The horse proceeded at a walk. 马儿慢慢前进。 来自《简明英汉词典》