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A little brake grease...
...never hurt anybody.
Ukrainian Fire Department Story
One dark night outside a small town in Manitoba, a fire started
inside the local sausage plant and in a blink 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 sausage
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 and 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 Ethelbert rural township volunteer fire department
composed mainly of Ukrainians over the age of 65.
To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by
these Ukrainians, 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 Ukrainian old timers jumped
off and began to fight the fire with a performance and effort never seen
before.
Within a short time, the Ethelbert old timers had extinguished the
fire and saved the secret formulas.
The grateful sausage 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, Ukrainian firefighters.
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 Nick Sputski, the 70-year-old fire chief, "da furst
thing ve gonna do is fix da brakes on dat focking truck."
One dark night outside a small town in Manitoba, a fire started
inside the local sausage plant and in a blink 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 sausage
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 and 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 Ethelbert rural township volunteer fire department
composed mainly of Ukrainians over the age of 65.
To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by
these Ukrainians, 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 Ukrainian old timers jumped
off and began to fight the fire with a performance and effort never seen
before.
Within a short time, the Ethelbert old timers had extinguished the
fire and saved the secret formulas.
The grateful sausage 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, Ukrainian firefighters.
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 Nick Sputski, the 70-year-old fire chief, "da furst
thing ve gonna do is fix da brakes on dat focking truck."
Better get moving before the salt air freezes it in place.
