this is an oldie, but
some say it's a goodie-
lets see what you tink



So anyhow, it was a very dark and dreary
night in a small town in Minnesota. A
small
fire started inside the local chemical
plant
and all of a sudden, it exploded into
massive
flames.
The alarm went out to all the fire
departments
from 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
1938 Ford fire engine, operated by these
Norwegian's, 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, the 70-year-old fire chief,
"da furst thing ve do is fix da brakes on dat
durn truck!"