07.01.2011, 19:38
>>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!"
>>
>>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!"
>>