Author	[Modern View]
kornfused 07-21-2012 18:51:09 69.149.222.155 Report to Moderator	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 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, that little run-down fire engine roared right past all the newer sleek engines that were parked outside the plant.. Without even slowing down it drove straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside, the other firemen watched as the Norwegian old timers jumped off right in the middle of the fire fought it back on all sides. It was a performance and effort never seen before. Within a short time, the Norske old timers had extinguished the fire and had saved the secret formulas. The grateful chemical company president 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 fire fighters. The local TV news reporter rushed in to capture the event on film, asking their chief, "What are you going to do with all that money?" "Vell," said Ole Larsen, the 70-year-old fire chief, "Da first thing ve gonna do is fix da brakes on dat focking truck!" [Reply]   [No Email]
LazyWP 07-22-2012 06:03:09 184.20.74.98 Report to Moderator	Re: Today's Chuckle in reply to kornfused, 07-21-2012 18:51:09   Ya know, the sad part is with all the fires around me right now, there are lots of trucks that resemble them fighting lots of fires. Lots of Flintstone brakes being used. [Reply]  [No Email]
RayP(MI) 07-22-2012 18:23:09 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: Today's Chuckle in reply to LazyWP, 07-22-2012 06:03:09   Donno, around here, the insurance company for the township dictates the age and quality of our equipment. Lots gets retired before it's time - lots of life left. Some are shipped to FDs in other countries. [Reply]  [No Email]
Pete black 07-22-2012 05:50:25 166.147.120.33 Report to Moderator	Re: Today's Chuckle in reply to kornfused, 07-21-2012 18:51:09   That is still a great laugh. Google Jerry Clower, a comic from Mississippi for the orginial 30+ years ago. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 07-22-2012 06:51:35 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: Today's Chuckle in reply to Pete black, 07-22-2012 05:50:25   Yep,that's the one I remember. The one where the Ledbetter family put out the grass fire. [Reply]  [No Email]
Pete black 07-22-2012 05:20:04 166.147.120.33 Report to Moderator	Re: Today's Chuckle in reply to kornfused, 07-21-2012 18:51:09   That is still a great laugh. Google Jerry Clower, a comic from Mississippi for the orginial 30+ years ago. [Reply]  [No Email]
Tom Stenerson 07-21-2012 22:01:50 66.114.186.6 Report to Moderator	Re: Today's Chuckle in reply to kornfused, 07-21-2012 18:51:09   Uff Da [Reply]  [No Email]
bison 07-21-2012 21:08:59 69.168.144.141 Report to Moderator	Re: Today's Chuckle in reply to kornfused, 07-21-2012 18:51:09   had to read it twice,....i'm still laughing :lol: [Reply]  [No Email]
jon f mn 07-21-2012 20:59:05 166.249.192.154 Report to Moderator	Re: Today's Chuckle in reply to kornfused, 07-21-2012 18:51:09   Now that's funny, I don't care who ya are! [Reply]  [No Email]
petetx 07-21-2012 18:56:01 76.1.72.137 Report to Moderator	Re: Today's Chuckle in reply to kornfused, 07-21-2012 18:51:09   thanks being of scandinavian heritage i'm still laughing [Reply]  [No Email]