scratrat Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 TO PHOOEY WITH OVERGLORIFIED FIREMONKEYS That's AWESOME!!!
Asysin2leads Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 Look, don't get me wrong, its not that I hate the firemonkeys, I mean, really, just the opposite. Its just that the whole little cottage industry of overglorifying the firemonkeys gets on my nerves. Its gotten out of hand, folks. It started off with some nice knick knacks here and there, a cute little poem even, but now, its spun out of control, and its just needs to stop. Everyone take a giant step backwards. We lose more people each year fishing for Alaskan King Crabs than we do firefighting. Yet there are no gaudy airbrushed T-shirts 'honoring' them. In the same vein, my beloved grandfather, god rest his soul, for a while made his living retiling the inside of blast furnaces. The thing about blast furnaces is that you can't just turn them off to fix them, so you can imagine the working conditions. He didn't get to sit around between jobs, and yeah, a lot of people actually got hurt and killed doing it, and they did it without wearing a patch or a t-shirt or needing a figurine honoring their profession. So everyone, do your damn job, get over yourself, enough with the syrupy videos, or I'm going to need to get myself a Novolin prescription, capiche? Wait, I got one more in me... STUPID FIREMONKEYS!!!
8151 Posted February 28, 2007 Posted February 28, 2007 The bottom line is that FireFighters SAVE lives and property. Period! They go toe toe with the red demon and sometimes they never make it home . I've fought fire and danced with the grim reaper to preserve life and property,unless you are "On the job" I guess you will never feel the love and respect of the Brother Hood! (Don't get me going on female token ff's). Hug a fireman....he'll keep you warm :wink:
Ridryder 911 Posted February 28, 2007 Posted February 28, 2007 and law enforcement officers fight crime.. so? That's their job..
jw-c152 Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 My guess is that the guys sat at the computer at the firehouse and put this together for themselves.
Michael Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 "There are two insults no human will endure. The assertion that he has no sense of humor and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble." ~ Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)
chaser Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 True heroes often forgotten.....................the researchers. God bless them. :notworthy: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070124/clw047.html?.v=81
Michael Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 Caffeinated Donuts and Bagels To each his or her own; this is where I get my fix. 8)
BushyFromOz Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 The bottom line is that FireFighters SAVE lives and property. Period! They go toe toe with the red demon and sometimes they never make it home Sad . I've fought fire and danced with the grim reaper to preserve life and property,unless you are "On the job" I guess you will never feel the love and respect of the Brother Hood! (Don't get me going on female token ff's). Hug a fireman....he'll keep you warm Wink Potentially the most self glorifying, idolising statement ive ever seen. Statements like this not only remove the credibility of yourself, but tarnish the reputation of your profession, but undermine the humanity and service of those people who have died in the line of duty. In the end it amounts to nothing more than a pile of this..... I think you get the idea.....
Ridryder 911 Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 My guess is that the guys sat at the computer at the firehouse and put this together for themselves. What else is for them to do ? R/r 911
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