Italian Firemen

charliemis · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:44 am Post subject: Italian Firemen

One dark night in the small town of West Haven, CT, a fire started inside the local sausage factory. In a blink, the building was engulfed in flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around.

When the first volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the sausage company president rushed to the fire chief and said, 'All of our secret sausage recipes are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved. I will donate $50,000 to the fire department that brings them out and delivers them to me'

But the roaring flames and intense heat held the firefighters off. Soon more fire departments had to be called in because the situation became desperate As more firemen arrived, the president shouted out that the offer to extricate the secret recipes was now $100,000 to the fire department that could save them.

Suddenly from up the road, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into sight. It was the fire engine of the nearby East Haven,CT volunteer fire department composed of Italian firefighters, all over the age of 65.

To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by these Italian firefighters, passed fire engines parked outside the plant, and drove straight into the middle of the inferno!! Outside, the other firemen watched in amazement as the Italian old timers jumped off their truck and began to fight the fire with a performance that was as if they were fighting to save their own lives. Within a short time, the Derby old timers had extinguished the fire and saved the secret recipes.

The grateful sausage company president joyfully announced that for such a superhuman accomplishment he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to personally thank each of the brave elderly Italian firefighters.

A TV news crew rushed in after capturing the event on film. The 'on camera' reporter asked the Italian fire chief, 'What are you going to do with all that money?'

'Wella,' said Chief Pasquale De Luccinellavanti, the 70-year-old fire chief, 'de fursta tinga we gonnna do isza fixa uppa de brakes on dat damn truck!!'

liviomoreno · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Italian Firemen

Cathy · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 2681

Good one Charlie!!

Luca · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: Italian Firemen

Ma quali freni!!!!
E' la profonda modestia dell'eroe che non vuole essere osannato!

nuccia · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: Re: Italian Firemen

Very funny Charlie! lol

BillieDeKid · V.I.P. Joined: Oct 26, 2007 Posts: 1221 Location: Illinois

Good one!!