The Volunteer Firemen
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A fire started on some grassland near a farm. The county fire department
was called to put the fire out. The fire was more than the county fire
department could handle. Someone suggested that a nearby volunteer bunch
be called. Though there was doubt that the volunteer outfit would be of
any assistance, the call was made.
The volunteers arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They rumbled
straight towards the fire and stopped in the middle of the flames.
The firemen jumped off the truck and frantically started spraying water in
all directions. Soon they had snuffed out the center of the fire, breaking
the blaze into two easily controllable parts.
Watching all this, the farmer was so impressed with the volunteer fire
department's work and was so grateful that his farm had been spared, that
right there on the spot he presented the volunteers with a check for
$1000.
A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire captain what the department
planned to do with the funds. "That oughta be obvious," he responded,
wiping ashes off his coat. "The first thing we're gonna do is get the
brakes fixed on that darn fire truck!"
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How's Mrs. Kirkland?
Worried because they hadn't heard anything for days from the widow in the
neighboring apartment, Mrs. Silver said to her son, "Timmy, would you go
next door and see how old Mrs. Kirkland is?"
A few minutes later, Timmy returned.
"Well," asked Mrs. Silver, "is she all right?"
"She's fine, except that now she's angry with you."
"At me?" the woman exlaimed. "Whatever for?"
She said "It's none of your business how old she is."