Fire...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Thu, 20 Feb 1997 17:59:59 +0000


Hiya People...

Here's a tale of a fire crew at work...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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  ------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------

One dark night outside a small town, a fire started inside the local
chemical plant. Before long it exploded into flames and an alarm went
out to fire departments from miles around. 

After fighting the fire for over an hour, the chemical company president
approached the fire chief and said, "All of our secret formulas are in
the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved! I will give
$50,000 to the engine company that brings them out safely!"

As soon as the chief heard this, he ordered the firemen to strengthen
their attack on the blaze. 

After two more hours of attacking the fire, the president of the company
offered $100,000 to the engine company that could bring out the
company's secret files. 

>From the distance a long siren was heard and another fire truck came
into sight. It was a local volunteer fire company composed entirely of
men over 65. 

To everyone's amazement the little fire engine raced through the
chemical plant gates and drove straight into the middle of the inferno.
In the distance the other firemen watched as the old timers hopped off
of their rig and began to fight the fire with an effort that they had
never seen before.

After an hour of intense fighting the volunteer company had extinguished
the fire and saved the secret formulas.

Joyous, the chemical company president announced that he would double
the reward to $200,000 and walked over to personally thank each of the
volunteers. 

After thanking each of the old men individually the president asked the
group what they intended to do with the reward money. 

The fire truck driver looked him right in the eye and said, "The first
thing we're going to do is fix the damn brakes on that truck!"