Here's your sign moment today

[fireplug]

I will set the scene : Our FD went Mutual aid to a field fire today. 25 acres of corn stubble on fire winds 20-30 mph. 6 brush trucks,3 tankers and a command vehicle. Smoke is blowing across the road, about 20 feet high and too thick to see through. I am standing by our tanker with 4 other firefighters. There are two hoses laid out off of our rig and one the other truck. Okay you all should have a good idea of the scene.

Through the smoke comes a big white cadillac going about 5 mph. Pulls up next to us, drops the window looks at us and says (I swear this is the truth)

"Whats going on, is the field on fire?"

The other captain looks at him and says no we are using the hoses to water the field so the crops grow better.

Here's your sign.


Steve

 

[SueOKW]

 

[athenna]

 

[denecarter]

Bill Engvall of Blue Collar Comedy Tour... stupid people should have a sign basically saying "I'm stupid"... when someone asks a stupid question, they get a smart-alec answer and a "here's your sign" (as in, here is your stupid sign)... like in the story above or when DD, niece, and I were in a 2-story mall, on the 2nd floor, heading straight for the escaltors (one heading down, one coming up toward us), niece asks if we're going down, I said "no, we're going up", DD said "here's your sign"

 

[kathleena]

As the daughter of a 56 year veteran volunteer firefighter - I appreciate this one!

Just a little firefighting story here: Dad retired from the local force at age 78! He would have had more years in except he was in the Coast Guard during WWII and a bit after, so he didn't start until late.

I am finishing up a scrapbook album for him with all of his fire dept pictures over the years. The album starts with my grandfather at a fire in 1928 and ends with my Dad's certificate of appreciation in 2000 when he retired.

Keep up the good work.

 

[gopherit]

Are you absolutely SURE it was a white cadillac, and NOT a gray Honda?

I think Engvall wrote that song for my poor DH, God love 'im. If I had a nickel for every self-apparent question he's asked me, I'd be rich (and have a LOT more DVC points, too!)

He once walked into a room at his brother's house -- it had a crib, diapers on the dresser, little tiny clothes in the closet hanging up, rocking chair in the corner with a baby blanket draped over it...

"So..." he says, looking around, "Is this the baby's room?"

"No," I replied bluntly, "It's your brother and sister-in-law's room. It's a bit cramped in the bed, but imagine what they save on laundry detergent when they wash the sheets."

(And oh, by the way, here's your sign......)

 

[SueOKW]

"So..." he says, looking around, "Is this the baby's room?"

"No," I replied bluntly, "It's your brother and sister-in-law's room. It's a bit cramped in the bed, but imagine what they save on laundry detergent when they wash the sheets."

 

[ColoradoBelle1]