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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: architect* who wrote (11037)8/11/1999 9:22:00 PM
From: Dr. Id   of 62585
 

One dark night outside a small town, a fire started inside the local
chemical plant. Before long it exploded into flames and an alarm went
out to fire departments from miles around. After fighting the fire
for over an hour, the chemical company president approached 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
engine company that brings them out safely!"

As soon as the chief heard this, he ordered the firemen to strengthen
their attack on the blaze. After two more hours of attacking the
fire, president of the company offered $100,000 to the engine company
that could bring out the company's secret files. From the distance a
long siren was heard and another fire truck came into sight. It was a
local volunteer fire company composed entirely of men over 65. To
everyone's amazement the little fire engine raced through the chemical
plant gates and drove straight into the middle of the inferno.

In the distance the other firemen watched as the old timers hopped off
of their rig and began to fight the fire with an effort that they had
never seen before. After an hour of intense fighting the volunteer
company had extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas.
Joyous, the chemical company president announced that he would double
the reward to $200,000 and walked over to personally thank each of the
volunteers. After thanking each of the old men individually the
president asked the group what they
intended to do with the reward money. The fire truck driver looked
him right in the eye and said, "The first thing we're going to do is
fix the damn brakes on that truck!"
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