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07-19-2005, 11:30 AM
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morning giggle
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 more firemen arrived, the resident shouted out that the offer was now $100,000 to the fire department who could bring out the company's secret files. Still no takers.
From the distance, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into sight. It was the nearby rural township volunteer fire company composed mainly of Norwegians over the age of 65. They had fled Europe after WW2, and established their own town.
To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by these old 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 Norsemen 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, Norse firefighters.
The local TV news reporters rushed in after capturing the event on film and asked, "What are you going to do with all that money?"
"Vell," said Olee Larsen, the 70-year-old fire chief, "Da furst ting vee gonna doo is fix da BRAKES on dat truck!"
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07-19-2005, 11:41 AM
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roflmao   ....
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07-19-2005, 01:14 PM
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Nice. I love it!
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07-19-2005, 02:13 PM
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roflmao... too funny
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07-19-2005, 06:43 PM
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That was a good one!
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07-19-2005, 08:07 PM
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Just what I needed.. You made my day
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07-19-2005, 08:10 PM
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tee-hee, that was cute.
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07-19-2005, 08:19 PM
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that's cute!
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07-19-2005, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by callie
that's cute! |
Hi Callie, I see you want to be a sous chef Can I help?
kadesma
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07-19-2005, 10:57 PM
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Hi Callie, I see you want to be a sous chef Can I help?
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kaaaaaaaadesma!!!!! Yeah, I'm guessing sous chef is my next step up in DC. So, I"m aspiring to be a sous chef - then on to bigger and greater titles!!!!! 
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07-19-2005, 11:07 PM
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kaaaaaaaadesma!!!!! Yeah, I'm guessing sous chef is my next step up in DC. So, I"m aspiring to be a sous chef - then on to bigger and greater titles!!!!! |
But of course, keep posting and you'll be there before you know it...I'm waiting for you....
kadesma
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07-19-2005, 11:11 PM
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ok...i'm working on it - if only i didn't need to sleep and work! 
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