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Norwegian Fire Fighters
One dark night, outside a
small town in Minnesota, a fire started inside the local chemical plant.
In the 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
companies secret files.
From the distance, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into
view. It was the nearby Norwegian rural township volunteer fire company
composed mainly of Norwegians over the age of 60.
To everyone's amazement, that little run-down fire engine roared right
past all the newer sleek fire trucks 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 and fought it back on all sides. It was a
performance and effort never seen before.
Within a short time, the Norse 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. He walked over to personally thank each of the brave
firefighters.
The local TV new 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 Oleson, the 70 year old chief, Da first ting ve gonna do is fix da
brakes on da truck!"
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