Be Kind to a Fire Truck Driver

[Arctickat]

On a tour of Florida , the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the coast for some sightseeing.

He was cruising along the beach in the Pope mobile when there was a frantic commotion just off shore. A helpless man, wearing a fire department T-shirt, was struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark.

As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with three men wearing jackets emblazoned with the Star of Life aboard. One quickly fired a harpoon into the shark's side.

The other two reached out and pulled the bleeding, semi-conscious fire truck driver from the water. Then using semi automatic defibrillators, the three heroes beat the shark to death and hauled it into the boat.

Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. 'I give you my blessing for your brave actions,' he told them. 'I heard that there was some bitter hatred between fire truck drivers and paramedics, but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not the truth.'

As the Pope drove off, one of the paramedics asked his buddies, 'Who was that?'

'It was the Pope,' another replied. 'He's in direct contact with God and has access to all of God's wisdom.'

'Well,' the third medic said, 'he may have access to all of God's wisdom, but he doesn't know much about shark fishing. How's the bait holding up?'

[spenac]

lol

[Richard B the EMT]

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[rock_shoes]

That was priceless!

[Chief1C]

Super.

[Kiwiology]

The term is "engineer"

[BushyFromOz]

On a tour of Florida , the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the coast for some sightseeing.

He was cruising along the beach in the Pope mobile when there was a frantic commotion just off shore. A helpless man, wearing a fire department T-shirt, was struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark.

As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with three men wearing jackets emblazoned with the Star of Life aboard. One quickly fired a harpoon into the shark's side.

The other two reached out and pulled the bleeding, semi-conscious fire truck driver from the water. Then using semi automatic defibrillators, the three heroes beat the shark to death and hauled it into the boat.

Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. 'I give you my blessing for your brave actions,' he told them. 'I heard that there was some bitter hatred between fire truck drivers and paramedics, but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not the truth.'

As the Pope drove off, one of the paramedics asked his buddies, 'Who was that?'

'It was the Pope,' another replied. 'He's in direct contact with God and has access to all of God's wisdom.'

'Well,' the third medic said, 'he may have access to all of God's wisdom, but he doesn't know much about shark fishing. How's the bait holding up?'

Priceless kat, just priceless

[spenac]

If we could take a vote for best joke of 2008 this would be it.

[firedoc5]

Now that's hateful, funny, but hateful.

[Richard B the EMT]

The term is "engineer"

"Engineers" are the crews from engine (pumper) companies, and "Truckies" refers to the crews from truck (hook and ladder) companies.

Them that drives the BRTs (Big Red Truck) are chauffers, at least here in NYC, in the FDNY.