----- One dark night outside a small town in Minnesota, a fire started
>>inside the local chemical plant and in a 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 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 fire engine, operated by these Norwegians, 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 Larsen, the 70-year-old fire chief, "da furst thing ve do
>>is fix da brakes on dat foocking truck!"
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