Wes;
THAT'S funny!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of W S Potter
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 11:20 AM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: To lighten up your Sunday ...
----- One dark night outside a small town in Minnesota, a fire started
>>inside the local chemical plant and in a blink of an eye it exploded
into
>>massive flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for
miles
>>around.
>>
>>When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the chemical
>>company
>>president rushed to 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 fire department that brings them out intact." But the
>>roaring
>>flames held the firefighters off.
>>
>>Soon more fire departments had to be called in as the situation became
>>desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president shouted out that the
>>offer
>>was now $100,000 to the fire department who could bring out the
company's
>>secret files.
>>
>>From the distance, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came
into
>>sight. It was the nearby Norwegian rural township volunteer fire
company
>>composed mainly of Norwegians over the age of 65. To everyone's
amazement,
>>the little run-down fire engine, operated by these Norwegians, passed
all
>>the newer sleek engines parked outside the plant ... and drove
straight
>>into
>>the middle of the inferno.
>>
>>Outside, the other firemen watched as the Norwegian old timers jumped
off
>>and began to fight the fire with a performance and effort never seen
>>before.
>>Within a short time, the Norske old timers had extinguished the fire
and
>>saved the secret formulas.
>>
>>The grateful chemical company president joyfully announced that for
such
>>a
>>superhuman feat he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over
to
>>personally thank each of the brave, though elderly, Norske fire
fighters.
>>
>>The local TV news reporters rushed in after capturing the event on
film
>>asking, "What are you going to do with all that money?"
>>
>>"Vell," said Ole Larsen, the 70-year-old fire chief, "da furst thing
ve do
>>is fix da brakes on dat foocking truck!"
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